I don't have the titles at hand, but it was in several Victorian and Edwardian novels.
On April 5, 2014 5:01:36 PM CDT, Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote: > We use the term wheelchair in the same way as Americans, a pushchair > is used to transport young children, what Americans call a stroller. > > I have never heard of a wheelchair, referred to as a pushchair, what > books was that? > > Phil (trigpoint) > > -- > > Sent from my Nokia N9 > > > > On 05/04/2014 22:39 John F. Eldredge wrote: > > 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 > > <daveswarth...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > > On Apr 4, 2014 11:44 AM, "SomeoneElse" <daveswarth...@gmail.com> > > > 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 > > > daveswarth...@gmail.com > > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > > > > > > > -- > > John F. Eldredge -- daveswarth...@gmail.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 > > daveswarth...@gmail.com > 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
