[Tagging] shop for baby strollers only

[John F. Eldredge]

I don't have the titles at hand, but it was in several Victorian and Edwardian novels.


On April 5, 2014 5:01:36 PM CDT, Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
> 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
> > >
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> John F. Eldredge -- daveswarthout at gmail.com
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> cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
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