<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 14/12/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dave Stubbs</b> <<a href="mailto:osm.list@randomjunk.co.uk">osm.list@randomjunk.co.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 14/12/2007, Edoardo Marascalchi <<a href="mailto:edoardo@edoardomarascalchi.it">edoardo@edoardomarascalchi.it</a>> wrote:<br>> Ulf Lamping ha scritto:<br>> ><br>> > I was discussing the term laundrettes vs. laundromat on the Irc a few
<br>> > days ago - where laundromat was preferred. Maybe this is another UK vs.<br>> > US thing?<br>> ><br>> sad to say this is another UK vs. Rest of the World, because US way of<br>> naming is well know around the world where UK way is'nt.
<br>> Landromat means something to me in a natural way, where laundrettes not.<br>><br><br>We don't normally use trade marks. Laundromat used to be a trade<br>mark... although according to The Source of All Knowledge it has been
<br>genericized [1]. So I suppose it's eligible... but its definitely not<br>the UK-english term, if we're still suggesting map features should be.<br><br>That page provides some other interesting alternatives...<br>
self_service_laundry is one, even if a little long-winded.<br><br>Dave<br><br>[1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laundromat">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laundromat</a><br><br>_______________________________________________
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</a><br></blockquote></div><br>Ah, I thought it was a brand name but decided not to say anything.<br>It's amazing how easily we can get hosehold names stuck in our head, most typical is hoover(vacume cleaner) when most of my generation haven't even seen one.
<br><br>It does make sense to keep naming as one language (and have country-specific tagging where appropriate). What's wrong with laundrette?<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Gregory<br><a href="mailto:nomoregrapes@gmail.com">
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