[Tagging] shop for baby strollers only

[Philip Barnes]

 We use the term wheelchair in the same way as Americans, a pushchair is used to transport young children, what Americans call a stroller.

I have never heard of a wheelchair, referred to as a pushchair, what books was that?

Phil (trigpoint)
 
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On 05/04/2014 22:39 John F. Eldredge wrote:

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.



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