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From: barryg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Lee Gold)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Terms which have outlived their descriptiveness
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Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 20:35:06 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 25 20:35:06 1985
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Summary: 

There are a lot of dead desriptors in the kitchen.

     Thirsty?  Have a glass of water.  Actually, the "glass" is probably
plastic.

     Hungry?  Get out the silverware (probably made of stainless steel).
Department stores have coined the term "flatware" to indicate stainless steel
silverware.  (And what on earth do you call a phrase like "stainless
steel silverware"?  Or a "plastic glass"?)

     China these days is also often plastic.

--Lee Gold