Re: Question for English-English speakers

Roger Mills wrote:

>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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I say 'headlights' more often than 'headlamps'.  What do you call them,
anyway?  But we do say 'bumper'.

>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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