Re: Cloakroom

I do it too, and I'm just 20 (:

Eugene

On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Daniel Prohaska
<daniel@...> wrote:
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> Mark Reed wrote:
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>>Hm.  While "basin" is not part of my native vocabulary, I always
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>>understood it to be synonymous with "sink".  Is there a difference
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>>between the two referents other than their locations?
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> 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..."
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> 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).
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> Dan
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