On Tuesday 29 August 2006 01:08, Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
On Monday 28 August 2006 01:54 pm, David Boles wrote:
> Michael Hennebry wrote:
> > On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> >> I think the difference between British-English and US-English
> >> is exaggerated to an absurd degree.
> >> Ask someone whether the novel they just read
> >> was published in the UK or the US, and 90% will not have noticed.
> >> Even the words that are supposed to mark the distinction,
> >> like lift vs elevator, are used interchangeably in the UK
> >> (I don't know about the US.)
> >
> > I've never heard a USAn refer to a machine as a lift.
>
> In construction the machine that runs up and down the side of the
> building for hosting materials is called a - material lift.
>
> If is can carry people and materials it is called a - man lift.
A freight elevator is sometimes called a lift
Then, of course, in a warehouse we have a fork-lift truck
Anne