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From: jvc@stl.UUCP (Vic Churchill)
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Subject: Re: Americanisms Brit/Canadianisms
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Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 13:28:45 EST
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I recall the trouble arriving at a Chicago hotel from
England with a fifteen-month-old child; we asked for a
double room with an additional cot. (In English, a "cot" is a
small child's sleep-receptacle about 3-feet by 18-inches,
with a drop-gate on one side). What we got was a folding
single-size bed, 6-foot by 2-foot-6-inches. On querying
this, we were told "you don't want a cot, you want a crib!".
(In English, a "crib" is a tiny nest suitable for a newborn
infant).