Re: Cloakroom
| From: | Daniel Prohaska <daniel@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 14, 2008, 7:44 |
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-----Original Message-----
Mark Reed wrote:
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>Hm. While "basin" is not part of my native vocabulary, I always
>understood it to be synonymous with "sink". Is there a difference
>between the two referents other than their locations?
>
From: ROGER MILLS
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:25 PM
"They may be synonyms now, though "basin" does seem to be falling into
disuse. In olden times, my parents/grandparents & I called the thing in the
bathroom the "wash basin". The sink was in the kitchen..."
This is exactly the way I use the two terms "wash basin" and "sink" in day
to day life. And I'm not even that old (35).
Dan
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