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
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David