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almuze
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 Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:19 pm Post subject: sledge? |
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| what is a "sledge"? and what country do they use this word in? |
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queenfrog
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| The Americans say 'sled' but British use 'sledge'. |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: sledge? |
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| almuze wrote: |
| what is a "sledge"? and what country do they use this word in? |
Dunno, but his sisters have got good pairs of lungs |
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gelin
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe I came across "sledge" for the first time. Yep, it's a sleigh. |
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ghost
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:01 pm Post subject: Sledge/sleigh |
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They both mean the same thing. It is a kind of cart with inbuilt "skis" on the side (instead of wheels) used to slide on snow. Kids often use them to slide down slopes.
In some impoverished areas of the world they are used as transport (for people and things) and drawn by horses. Or they are also used by the bourgeoisie in places like St. Moritz (Switzerland) for rides around the snowy streets, pulled by horses. |
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