Truck vs Not a Truck
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Re: Truck vs Not a Truck
Not sure but when I was a school boy at school in Kenya, we certainly never learned the word "truck". They were all called lorries.
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Don't get me wrong I dig them, it's like an El Camino with a cap slapped on top, saw a old doc with the surfers customizing them out.Username Taken wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:05 amSeasquatch wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:12 pm
Maybe I understand the Aussies's confusion after all didn't you guys call these vans???
No. That's a shaggin' wagon.
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called Lorries in England too, comes from the Old English + Northern English word "Lurry" which means to Lug/Pull/Drag, here is an original Lurry/Lorry before motor vehicles...hanno wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:56 amNot sure but when I was a school boy at school in Kenya, we certainly never learned the word "truck". They were all called lorries.
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This is such an educational thread I shall bookmark it, I've learn a lot from this.
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Also called 'sin bins'..No. That's a shaggin' wagon.
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Surely these are not simple lorries? They be artics!Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:30 am called Lorries in England too, comes from the Old English + Northern English word "Lurry" which means to Lug/Pull/Drag, here is an original Lurry/Lorry before motor vehicles...
Did these ever catch on in France? I can see the risk of the French driver eating his engine
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we American's call pick up trucks
pick up trucks
Ford F-150 Supercrew with tonneau, four doors, sidestep, and wind deflectors
Pickup truck
A pickup truck is a light-duty truck having an enclosed cab and an open cargo area with low sides and tailgate. Once a work tool with few creature comforts, in the 1950s, consumers began purchasing pickups for lifestyle reasons, and by the 1990s, less than 15% of owners reported use in work as the pickup truck's primary purpose. Today in North America, the pickup is mostly used like a passenger car and accounts for about 18% of total vehicles sold in the US.
A 1922 Ford Model T pickup
pick up trucks
Ford F-150 Supercrew with tonneau, four doors, sidestep, and wind deflectors
Pickup truck
A pickup truck is a light-duty truck having an enclosed cab and an open cargo area with low sides and tailgate. Once a work tool with few creature comforts, in the 1950s, consumers began purchasing pickups for lifestyle reasons, and by the 1990s, less than 15% of owners reported use in work as the pickup truck's primary purpose. Today in North America, the pickup is mostly used like a passenger car and accounts for about 18% of total vehicles sold in the US.
A 1922 Ford Model T pickup
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Learn something every day. I have always thought lorry was a funny word. Never caught on in the antipodes though, for some reason, even thought we speak the Queen's English there too. Well, NZ more than AU. Australia has a weird habit of taking the letter E out of words (e.g. judgment) and randomly popping them into words that don't need them (e.g. ageing, whingeing, although arguably the latter is an Australian word).Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:30 am
called Lorries in England too, comes from the Old English + Northern English word "Lurry" which means to Lug/Pull/Drag, here is an original Lurry/Lorry before motor vehicles...
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naa "Whinge" isnt Australian lol its an Old English word too, comes from Hwinsian - to wail or moan discontentedlytimmydownawell wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:22 pmLearn something every day. I have always thought lorry was a funny word. Never caught on in the antipodes though, for some reason, even thought we speak the Queen's English there too. Well, NZ more than AU. Australia has a weird habit of taking the letter E out of words (e.g. judgment) and randomly popping them into words that don't need them (e.g. ageing, whingeing, although arguably the latter is an Australian word).Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:30 am
called Lorries in England too, comes from the Old English + Northern English word "Lurry" which means to Lug/Pull/Drag, here is an original Lurry/Lorry before motor vehicles...
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haha well that surprises me as it's most commonly used in the expression "whinging pom"Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:40 pmnaa "Whinge" isnt Australian lol its an Old English word too, comes from Hwinsian - to wail or moan discontentedlytimmydownawell wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:22 pmLearn something every day. I have always thought lorry was a funny word. Never caught on in the antipodes though, for some reason, even thought we speak the Queen's English there too. Well, NZ more than AU. Australia has a weird habit of taking the letter E out of words (e.g. judgment) and randomly popping them into words that don't need them (e.g. ageing, whingeing, although arguably the latter is an Australian word).Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:30 am
called Lorries in England too, comes from the Old English + Northern English word "Lurry" which means to Lug/Pull/Drag, here is an original Lurry/Lorry before motor vehicles...
You must walk in traffic to cross the road - Cambodian proverb
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