Re: Cloakroom
| From: | Peter Collier <petecollier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 18:51 |
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From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:55 PM
To: <CONLANG@...>
Subject: Re: Cloakroom
> On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 12:34 PM, David McCann <david@...>
> wrote:
>> Note also the basin — a sink is found in the kitchen.
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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?
>
> --
> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
This brings to mind an old joke, which requires some familiarity with the
Birmingham (UK)/Black Country accent to fully appreciate:
Q What's the difference between buffalo and bison?
A "Yow cor wash yer onds in a buff'low" /jau) kU: w&S j@ rOnz in @
bVfflau)/ - 'you can't wash your hands in a buffalo'
The joke being bison/basin are homophonous (/boi)sn/)
P.
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