ScoutTN Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Burners. Grew up in OH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmmaNZ Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I've been thinking about this. I call the whole stovetop the hob. The individual circles are rings. Do you talk about individual hobs? I don't think I have a name for just one ring. I suppose it would be 'ring' if it was anything. But I think I use hob as a collective noun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Hot plates .au Oh! A hot plate here is a stand alone electric burner. This has been so informative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) element (electric), burner (gas or electric), coil (glass top) I grew up all over the Western USA. Edited January 12, 2016 by Tap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Oh! A hot plate here is a stand alone electric burner. This has been so informative. It is here too, but they're all doing the same job. One has friends and the other is a loner, lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Eyes, burners, and range top . I don't know why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMS83 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Burners, raised in GA by Midwestern parents. I've heard both eyes and elements, but I don't remember where or when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbridgeacademy Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 usually I call it a burner but I've also called it and eye. I grew up all over the place, a little of Tennessee and Kentucky, and a little longer in Florida but most of the time (after 5 years old) I lived in Southern Indiana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) burners--both of them. I grew up in Washington, DC. Parents from Michigan and NJ. I have never, ever heard eye. Edited January 13, 2016 by freesia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 SE Va. Eyes. I specifically remember my mom teaching me to never touch the eyes on the stove, because you never know if they have been on recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Eyes --- I am from TN but my AL family calls them eyes too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Burners for gas and coils for electric. I only had one electric stove for a short time. All the rest were gas. Grew up in CT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 I'm very curious to know the conversation that spawned this thread! (*hint-hint*) Nothing too exciting. DD19 has heard different terms used and wondered aloud about whether the differences were regional. We tried doing a Google search but didn't come up with much conclusive information. So, I offered to ask the Hive! I called them eyes when I was very young (Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama) but was later mocked by classmates when I used this terminology (South Dakota) and learned to call them burners. DH claims that burners only refers to gas stovetops and that elements is the term to use for electric stovetops. I loved hearing some of the terms used in England and Australia. Those are new to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) SE Va. Eyes. I specifically remember my mom teaching me to never touch the eyes on the stove, because you never know if they have been on recently. Having never, every heard the term used in this way, it just sounds so funny for something that's really serious. Kind of seems like being told not to poke the stove in the eye or you'll blind it. ;) At least with the word "burner" you know what it does. I was wondering what terms would pop up in this thread, but sure wasn't expecting eyes!! By the way, I'm from Canada and use the word burner. Edited January 13, 2016 by wintermom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Burners..... everywhere I've ever lived (GA, TN, FL, VA, MD, PA). I have never heard them called eyes, even during my time in TN and GA. Edited January 13, 2016 by QueenCat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 SE Va. Eyes. I specifically remember my mom teaching me to never touch the eyes on the stove, because you never know if they have been on recently. Huh. What are the eyes on a stove? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalypso Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Burners for both IL, UT, AZ I have never heard the term eyes. Interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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