Re: "write him" was Re: More questions
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 28, 2003, 4:15 |
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Mark J. Reed wrote:
> "Cupboard" = "kitchen cabinet" = shelves in the kitchen enclosed behind
> doors, usually built-in rather than standalone furniture.
> "Kitchen dresser" just sounds completely odd; chests-of-drawers are
> called "dressers" because they're where you dress, and I don't tend
> to get dressed in the kitchen. :) But as a noun, "press" to me is a
If it hepls:
The kitchen dresser in our kitchen has cupboards down the bottom for
crockery, a spice rack, and cupboards up the top for glasses, cups etc.
It's probably about 1.5--2 m wide, where the m doesn't stand for mile. The
bottom sticks out further than the top, which sticks out further than the
middle; the shelf hence made above the bottom is where our telephone/diary
etc. live.
--
Tristan.
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