Silverware and tupperware

[nq:1]Does silverware have to be silver? Are stainless knife or spoon silverware?[/nq]
In my usage, forks, spoons, and knives are called "silverware" whether they're silver, stainless steel, or plastic. Some people only call it "silverware" if it's actual siver and reserve "flatware" for other materials. Some include silver and stainless steel in "silverware" but don't include plastic.
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[nq:1]Does silverware have to be silver? Are stainless knife or spoon silverware?[/nq]
I think this varies from dialect to dialect and idiolect to idiolect, but in mine, "silverware" certainly includes stainless steel silverware. I draw the line at plasticware this is not silverware except in a fairly weak sense.
[nq:1]Are aluminum containers that we use silverware?[/nq]
Certainly not.

[nq:1]I know Tupperware is a brand. But do people use it for other brands of plastic containers too? For example, would someone ask "Where is tupperware" in a store to ask where all the plastic containers and boxes are?[/nq]
In the UK, they might ask "Excuse me, where is the Tupperware?" or "Have you got any Tupperware?" or "Have you got anything like Tupperware?", or they might use ano

[nq:2]I know Tupperware is a brand. But do people use ... to ask where all the plastic containers and boxes are?[/nq]
[nq:1]In the UK, they might ask "Excuse me, where is the Tupperware?" or "Have you got any Tupperware?" or "Have ... name. Also, depending on the shop, many sales assistants would assume that if you said "Tupperware" you actually meant "Tupperware".[/nq]
For years, T

[nq:1]For years, Tuppwear sold their product in the US only at home parties.[/nq]
That's clothing, innit?

We are asked:
[nq:2]Does silverware have to be silver? Are stainless knife or spoon silverware?[/nq]
Two singular nouns joined with "or" still form a singular expression, so the correct verb is "Is", and you want an article, "a".

Aaron Dinkin writes (spelling corrected):
[nq:1]In my usage, forks, spoons, and knives are called "silverware" whether they're silver, stainless stee

[nq:1]We are asked: Two singular nouns joined with "or" still form a singular expression, so the correct verb is "Is", and you want an article, "a". Aaron Dinkin writes (spelling corrected):[/nq]
[nq:2]In my usage, forks, spoons, and knives are called "silverware" ... if it's actual silver and reserve "flatware" for other materials.[/nq]
[nq:1]And then there are people like me, who conside

[nq:1]Does silverware have to be silver? Are stainless knife or spoon silverware? Are aluminum containers that we use silverware?[/nq]
I usually use "silverware" for things made of silver, or at least EPNS (electro-plated nickel silver) like my grandmother's tea pot, and my father's sports trophies.
We have three other teapots - an earthenware one, an aluminium one, and a stainless steel o

[nq:1]Aaron Dinkin writes (spelling corrected):[/nq]
[nq:2]In my usage, forks, spoons, and knives are called "silverware" ... if it's actual silver and reserve "flatware" for other materials.[/nq]
[nq:1]And then there are people like me, who consider both -ware nouns pretentious (but especially "silverware" if it's not made of silver) and call it "cutlery".[/nq]
Ah, how remarkable. To

[nq:2]Aaron Dinkin writes (spelling corrected): And then there are people ... if it's not made of silver) and call it "cutlery".[/nq]
[nq:1]Ah, how remarkable. To me, "cutlery" sounds pretentious. Or, if not pretentious, commercial: that is, I wouldn't be surprised to ... for them, but it's not what I'd expect to hear people refer to them as. Like "soft drink" versus "soda".[/nq]
Just toda