Re: spade vs. shovel
| From: | Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 14:47 |
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Quoting Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...>:
> On 16.4.2008 MorphemeAddict@WMCONNECT.COM wrote:
> > To me (midwestern USA, 52yr), a shovel has a pointed tip,
> > and a spade has a square edge.
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> Doh! The difference between a _spade_ and a _skyffel_ in
> Swedish is exactly the opposite: the _spade_ has a pointed
> blade, the _skyffel_ a square blade.
Hm. For some reson IML that's true of "real" digging/shoveling implements, but
kids' or toy versions are always _spadar_, regardless of blade shape.
> And the only one you
> ever were allowed to play with was the _snöskyffel_.
Clearly your parents weren't as cool as mine - I used to play with a
_skyttegravsspade_ (entrenching tool). It didn't have sharpened side edges,
mind.
--
Andreas Johansson
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