Re: USAGE: Washing machines (was: [T] -> [f])

> > In my case, the washing machine is a few blocks away in the laundromat,
> > and must be fed with quarters (seven to twelve, depending on size).
> > The signs in the laundromat speak of "washers", but ordinary human
> > beings refer to "washing machines", though both we and the signs
> > agree on "dryers" and not "*drying machines".
> >
>
>In rightpondia, those are Tumbledryers.
In Denmark, they frequently aren't.  I can't even remember the word for a
dryer.  (Ok, I can't remember the word for a lot of things nowadays, but
there's a *reason* I can't remember the word for a dryer.)  I lived with
five different families, and only one of them had a hot-air dryer to tumble
the clothes dry in.  The rest of them used laundry lines outdoors, although
one if the families had a sauna with laundry lines strung across it, and we
would go and hang the clothes in the sauna when the weather turned damp.

Isidora