Re: "write him" was Re: More questions

John Cowan wrote:
> >I consulted my local experts, who tell me that this is a "hutch"
> >or a "china cupboard".
Oh!  Not quite what I was envisioning.  My mother had two of those
when I was growing up, and they were definitely called "hutches".

> Incidently, a "pan" means a "frying pan" to me. I don't know of any other
> kind of "pan", so the addition of "frying" is redundant. I suppose I call
> a "cake pan" something else (a "cake tray", possibly!)
Is a "cake tray" what you bake cakes in, then?  For that is what
"cake pan" signifies - the thing you pour the batter in and then put in
the oven, after which you get a cake in the shape of the pan.

And there are other varieties of "pan" as well.  The thing you bake
cupcakes and muffins (the cupcake-shaped variety, not English muffins)
in, though, is generally called a "tin" rather than a "pan".

-Mark

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