Re: "write him" was Re: More questions
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 27, 2003, 22:47 |
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--- "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 09:51:54PM +0000,
> Stephen Mulraney wrote:
> > Let me get a quick poll of another (to my
> mind) oddity.
> >
> > Does anyone employ phrases like "The water
> > will stop immediately the stop-cock is
> > turned"?
Rarely. I understand it to be British.
> First of all, I never hear the word
> "stop-cock" over here; it's a "faucet".
I wasn't aware that a fawcet, spigot or tap in
British is "stop-cock"? In the US, a stopcock is
little doololly you find in chemistry labs that
allow liquids to flow into or out of tubing,
flasks, etc.
Padraic.
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