Re: [romconlang] -able
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 20:17 |
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Peter Collier
<petecollier@...> wrote:
> I also distinguish between a spade (blade generally flat, used for digging)
> and shovel (blade curved or flanged, used for..well, shovelling).
Right. That'd be the technical distinction I mentioned in my original
post. But I grew up digging holes with a "shovel" - which made sense
since I shoveled the dirt back into them with the same tool - so that
distinction has never been a natural one to me. The non-pointed
shovels are also still "shovels" to me, btw; the kind you use for
shoveling coal in particular are "coal shovels".
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>