[Tagging] Towing service?

john at jfeldredge.com john at jfeldredge.com
Fri Jan 7 17:52:22 GMT 2011


I agree that shop=workshop, workshop=<whatever> is a good solution to this issue.

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Subject :Re: [Tagging] Towing service?
From  :mailto:deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com
Date  :Fri Jan 07 11:29:53 America/Chicago 2011


On 8 January 2011 02:52, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> I guess this misunderstanding derives from German ;-)
> In German there is a word "Laden (m.)" which is usually translated as
> "shop", but the actual meaning is not as broad as shop in English.
> Actually it only describes "retail shops". There is another word
> "Werkstatt" (f.) which is also a "shop" in English, but is describing
> a workshop / studio for working manually or with machinery. [1]

Well that might be the other option

shop=workshop
workshop=plumber|locksmith|...

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