Andy, as I said, the term is a bit old fashioned. I came across that derivation of the English surname Chandler when I was doing genealogy and it stuck with me.
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/chandler?s=t I have no idea what a modern candlemaker might be called LOL On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 7:19 PM, Andy Townsend <ajt1...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14/03/2016 11:48, Richard wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 07:20:46AM +0000, Malcolm Herring wrote: >> >>> The common name for such shops is "chandler". This is more specific to >>> the >>> type of shop you want to tag. "marine" is too broad a term >>> >> this meaning is not even in wiktionary. How many of those shops >> would even know they are called chandler? >> >> > It is - read https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chandler again. > > I wouldn't trust everything you read there though (a chandler is not > primarily "A person who makes or sells candles"). The main English English > use of "chandler" is in the sense of "ship's chandler" - someone who sells > all sorts of stuff that might be useful to someone on a boat. > > The wider sense ("someone who sells all sorts of stuff") is used, but more > rarely. There's an example in > http://halfmanhalfbiscuit.uk/90-bisodol-crimond/descent-of-the-stiperstones/ > (which exists and is http://www.bunners.co.uk/ ), for example. That's in > OSM as http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/489847395 (and "shop=hardware" > there is correct, I think). > > Although it's in the etymology, I've never heard of a modern candle-maker > being described as a chandler. > > Cheers, > > Andy > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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