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<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;"><span style=" font-family:'NokiaPureTextLight';"> </span></p></div><br><div id="fenix-reply-header"><p>On 05/04/2014 22:39 John F. Eldredge wrote:<br></p></div><div id="fenix-quoted-body"><div>
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.<br>
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On April 4, 2014 6:57:08 AM CDT, Dave Swarthout <<a href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I never heard the term pushchair in any American context. In fact,<br>
> this is<br>
> the first time I've ever seen it. We use stroller, or if you're old<br>
> enough,<br>
> walker, when we talk about conveyances for small babies. Nowadays<br>
> walkers<br>
> are those wheeled frames that help older or disabled folks get around<br>
> but<br>
> when I was a kid a stroller was a walker. Of course, a perambulator<br>
> was<br>
> called a buggy too.<br>
> <br>
> Ah, so many years have passed <sigh><br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Andy Mabbett<br>
> <<a href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a>>wrote:<br>
> <br>
> ><br>
> > On Apr 4, 2014 11:44 AM, "SomeoneElse" <<a href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > André Riedel wrote:<br>
> > >><br>
> > >> At the moment "stroller" is used for ramps or ways as access<br>
> condition.<br>
> > >><br>
> > ><br>
> > > But it's ambiguous, even in American. It's a noun meaning<br>
> "pushchair"<br>
> > only in American; in both English AND American it means "a person<br>
> going for<br>
> > a walk". I can't comment on other English variants (AU, SA, Scots<br>
> etc.).<br>
> > ><br>
> > > It makes sense to avoid the ambiguity<br>
> ><br>
> > This is where a Wikidata link would usefully add disambiguation.<br>
> ><br>
> > wikidata:subject=qnnnn<br>
> ><br>
> > or<br>
> ><br>
> > wikidata:baby_goods=qnnnn<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> > Andy Mabbett<br>
> > @pigsonthewing<br>
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