Subj : Word Play
To   : Ardith Hinton
From : alexander koryagin
Date : Wed Nov 29 2017 04:52:06

Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 26.11.2017 16:52

 ak>> What do the Englishmen draw in drawing rooms? Why do you call
 ak>> it "drawing room"?


 AH> I'd been having such a wonderful time with your second question
 AH> that I almost missed the first... but then I remembered a series of
 AH> children's books by US author Peggy Parish about a maid(servant)
 AH> named Amelia Bedelia. Amelia's employers often leave written
 AH> instructions which she misunderstands, apparently because she
 AH> doesn't realize certain words may have more than one meaning. IIRC
 AH> she makes a sketch of the bathtub, e.g., when told to "draw a
 AH> bath".

Another theory -- "drawing" it is when you draw your brush along the wall or 
paper. Then "brush" had been shortcut, and now you have the verb "to draw" that 
means picturing something.

So, when a room have many pictures (or drawings) on its walls it is called 
"drawing room". ;-)

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
ENGLISH_TUTOR 2017

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