For that matter, when I have seen the term pushchair in British books, it has always referred to what Americans call a wheelchair, used for transporting adults or older children who are temporarily or permanently unable to walk.
On April 4, 2014 6:57:08 AM CDT, Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> wrote: > I never heard the term pushchair in any American context. In fact, > this is > the first time I've ever seen it. We use stroller, or if you're old > enough, > walker, when we talk about conveyances for small babies. Nowadays > walkers > are those wheeled frames that help older or disabled folks get around > but > when I was a kid a stroller was a walker. Of course, a perambulator > was > called a buggy too. > > Ah, so many years have passed <sigh> > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Andy Mabbett > <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>wrote: > > > > > On Apr 4, 2014 11:44 AM, "SomeoneElse" <li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk> > > wrote: > > > > > > André Riedel wrote: > > >> > > >> At the moment "stroller" is used for ramps or ways as access > condition. > > >> > > > > > > But it's ambiguous, even in American. It's a noun meaning > "pushchair" > > only in American; in both English AND American it means "a person > going for > > a walk". I can't comment on other English variants (AU, SA, Scots > etc.). > > > > > > It makes sense to avoid the ambiguity > > > > This is where a Wikidata link would usefully add disambiguation. > > > > wikidata:subject=qnnnn > > > > or > > > > wikidata:baby_goods=qnnnn > > > > -- > > Andy Mabbett > > @pigsonthewing > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
