Talk:Pitcher (container)

This article was nominated for merging with Jug (container) on 23 June 2011. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

This article was nominated for merging with Jug (container) on 11 April 2019. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

A fact from Pitcher (container) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 March 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the word "pitcher" originates from the 13th century Middle English word picher, which means earthen jug?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/March.

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"The most outward plank, the most difficult one to caulk"[edit]

This is interesting, but I can't visualise it. Where on a ship is this most outward plank located on a ship? And why is that hard to caulk? Please make a picture to show us. Ace Frahm 01:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose because it would be in contact with water. 79.40.164.63 (talk) 11:20, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar lesson?[edit]

I removed the following (incorrectly punctuated) sentence from the article: "Worth Noting, that the correct terminology when describing these articles is "An Ewer" as opposed to "A Ewer" - correct according to whom? Even if so, it needs a reference if it's even worth mentioning, and I'm not convinced that it is. Aleta!

I agree. To begin with, it wouldn't be 'terminology', and anyway it's A ewer (e.g. Collins Dictionary ^[1]) 79.40.164.63 (talk) 11:20, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ewer

Jugs[edit]

Is there any difference between a pitcher and a jug? Would be reasonable to propose to merge the articles? --Brandizzi (talk) 03:46, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The original pitchers were so named because they were designed specifically to pour hot pitch. They had very long spouts for this purpose. This is not true of jugs. So I do not believe the two articles should not be merged. Geo Swan (talk) 01:37, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pitcher does not come from pitch. See the article. 79.40.164.63 (talk) 11:20, 3 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If the articles are not to be merged, they do need to be clarified. At the very least, no-one in the UK uses the word "pitcher" in general parlance (except in some specific terminology ), so there needs to be some reference to this divergence of nomenclature in this article or the Jug article. It's not easy, but something ought to be done. - Jarry1250 ^{[Humorous? Discuss.]} 19:38, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree with merging this with the jug article. Regardless of the different etymologies of the two words, they both refer to the same thing, ie "a container with a spout used for storing and pouring contents which are liquid in form". There are many examples in English of words with different origins which mean the same thing (eg car and automobile), but we don't have multiple articles for each of them.Gymnophoria (talk) 21:06, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

there are few difference between two. please merge it --Gaepakchinae (talk) 03:11, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to jug, the more global term, also generally used by American sources such as museums. Johnbod (talk) 12:55, 31 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]
There is no consensus for a merger either on this page or on Talk:Jug. There is no real interest in a merger. This question for merger should be abandoned. Pkgx (talk) 20:47, 1 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Done Proposed merger have been removed. Pkgx (talk) 11:58, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

AmEng vs BrEng[edit]

Hey all, someone on the talk page for the main page brought up that it appears pitcher is used, albeit with less frequency, in other forms of English as well. Would this be a suitable reference https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/pitcher for that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LetUsNotLoseHeart (talk • contribs) 19:14, 30 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I thought so too. Especially the claim that "American pitchers will be called jugs elsewhere" seems to be unsourced, so I added a citation needed tag. Maybe someone can find a good source that describes in which dialects the word "pitcher" is used and how often. Tc14Hd (talk) 04:31, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ewer

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