Re: Question for English-English speakers
| From: | mike poxon <m.poxon@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, May 6, 2005, 15:12 |
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We call it a bumper! But not an automobile...
Mike
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From: Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 9:34 PM
Subject: Question for English-English speakers
> Silly question: in the UK, what do you call the "bumper(s)" of an
> automobile?? I suspect not "bumper"... (Yes, I know about boot, bonnet,
> mudguards, headlamps, lorry, saloon and many of your other oddities.)
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> The reason is, I'm going to derive the Kash word from "push" or maybe
> "protect", but perhaps there are better choices?
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