<html><head></head><body><div>As always, these linguistic preferences color every discussion. I use the word junkyard as do most Americans but I settled on scrapyard as a reasonable compromise but YMMV. </div><div>these conversations tend to go round and round and I am satisfied with what I have. </div><div><br><div class="acompli_signature">Sent from <a href="https://aka.ms/qtex0l">Outlook Mobile</a></div><br></div><br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 9:49 AM -0800, "Colin Smale" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:colin.smale@xs4all.nl" target="_blank">colin.smale@xs4all.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p>What is your linguistic frame of reference?</p>
<p>In the UK, the word "junkyard" is not used often and I would go to a "scrapyard" (or even more likely a "breakers [yard]") for a "new" window for my old car.</p>
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<p>Far better to use longer, more descriptive words/phrases which are less likely to lead to major differences in interpretation across the entire world, English-speaking and otherwise. We shouldn't be wasting energy arguing about whether to call an object a rubbish bin or a trash can. We could always call it a "wibble" so there are no winners, only losers, and everyone has to use a lookup table....</p>
<p>//colin</p>
<p>On 2016-01-21 18:22, EthnicFood IsGreat wrote:</p>
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<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 06:12:23 +0700<br> From: Dave Swarthout <<a href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a>><br> To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"<br> <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>><br> Subject: Re: [Tagging] Tagging scrap yards, junkyards<br><br> A waste transfer station is a different operation from this one, which is a<br> place to store used parts for the long-term until someone buys them. The<br> things stored therein are not waste but resellable parts. If I want a<br> tail-light lens for a 1975 Ford, for example, the best place, often the<br> only place, to get it would be at a junkyard/scrapyard.<br><br> Thanks for the input. I've got some good ideas now. I now agree that adding<br> the tags for shop=car_parts and second_hand=only would help describe this<br> particular type of scrapyard quite nicely.<br><br> Cheers,<br> Dave</blockquote>
<br><br> I thought scrapyards and junkyards were two different entities. This<br> is how I think of them.<br><br> Scrapyards are places whose primary purpose is to buy items that are<br> no longer wanted (typically metal objects) and then sell them for the<br> value of their raw materials. Junkyards are places whose primary<br> purpose is to sell intact vehicle parts from wrecks to people who are<br> repairing a vehicle. Definitely not the same thing.<br><br> _______________________________________________<br> Tagging mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org">Tagging@openstreetmap.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a></div>
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