Re: USAGE: [T] -> [f] (formerly Chinese Dialect Question)
| From: | James Campbell <lists@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, October 4, 2003, 14:17 |
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Tristan praatha »
> Ah, yes, I think I remember having this discussion on the net with another
> American (you funny people ... learn to speak the language! :P). The
> laundry here is where you keep the washing machine.
Up/over here (i.e. in England) that would be the utility room (which sounds
like it should be where you keep the gas, water and electricity), unless
your house is too small to have a whole room dedicated to dirty water, cat
litter and coal, in which case the washing machine is in the kitchen (like
mine).
James
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