Re: spade and shovel (was [romconlang] -able)
| From: | T. A. McLeay <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 2:03 |
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ROGER MILLS wrote:
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> Bucket vs. pail used to be a major isolgloss in US dialectology, though I've
> never been sure how it worked. The 2 were alwys synonymous for me.
A pail is the device filled by Jack and Jill when collecting water on
that fateful day. Hence in order to avoid any similar problems (or
because it's what everyone else around here says), I have always used
and referred to "buckets", never "pails".
I'm told an electric kettle is in the US a jug (I think). A jug to me is
most frequently a 1140 mL vessel of beer (that is, "jug" like "pot"
(something around 350 mL) or "pint" (570 mL) has a standard size).
Although it could be any other similar (open top/lidless!) vessel
regardless of size and content too, if needs be.
--
Tristan.
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