On Tuesday 29 August 2006 12:11 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > 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 Short people have Lifts in their shoes > > Anne
