On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 17:37 +0000, Jaakko Helleranta.com wrote: > Since "Haberdashery doesn't have it's own wiki page an(d) is quite an > complicated word" may I ask: > Wtf is it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haberdasher
Haberdashery is a shop, or a section of a department store selling sewing supplies such as buttons, zips and the like. Nothing whatever to do with bags or luggage. I first heard the words in the opening to are you being served. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P6r6-gZYkI > .. And why on earth would we use it (over luggage or bag(s), which are > understood by pretty much anyone)? > Luggage would be better, it is the word used by Yellow Pages. Bags will bring up carrier bag suppliers, which is the thing that when through my mind when reading the first email in this thread. Phil _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
