Truck vs Not a Truck

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davegorman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:48 am
hanno wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 9:21 am They are lorries, not trucks.
Lorries are under 7.5t trucks above that?
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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Username Taken wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:05 am
Seasquatch wrote: ↑Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:12 pm
Maybe I understand the Aussies's confusion after all didn't you guys call these vans???

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No. That's a shaggin' wagon. :thumb:
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hanno wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:56 am
davegorman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:48 am
hanno wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 9:21 am They are lorries, not trucks.
Lorries are under 7.5t trucks above that?
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.
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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This is such an educational thread I shall bookmark it, I've learn a lot from this. :beer3:
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No. That's a shaggin' wagon. :thumb:
Also called 'sin bins'.. :la_rose:
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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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Surely these are not simple lorries? They be artics!

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

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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.

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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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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).
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timmydownawell wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:22 pm
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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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).
naa "Whinge" isnt Australian lol its an Old English word too, comes from Hwinsian - to wail or moan discontentedly
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Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:40 pm
timmydownawell wrote: ↑Sat Feb 09, 2019 3:22 pm
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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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).
naa "Whinge" isnt Australian lol its an Old English word too, comes from Hwinsian - to wail or moan discontentedly
haha well that surprises me as it's most commonly used in the expression "whinging pom" :D
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