Re: spade vs. shovel
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 6:42 |
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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.
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. And the only one you
ever were allowed to play with was the _snöskyffel_.
/BP 8^)>
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Benct Philip Jonsson -- melroch atte melroch dotte se
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"C'est en vain que nos Josués littéraires crient
à la langue de s'arrêter; les langues ni le soleil
ne s'arrêtent plus. Le jour où elles se *fixent*,
c'est qu'elles meurent." (Victor Hugo)
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