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| Should a pail be more or less made of wood while a bucket of any materials? |
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| #18 (permalink) Fri Jul 11, 2008 23:49 pm pail or bucket |
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| I wonder whether it used to be 'pail' in dear Liza's song, MM |
It would take a hefty Southern drawl to pull that off.
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| #19 (permalink) Fri Jul 11, 2008 23:55 pm pail or bucket |
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I think 'pail' is giving way to 'bucket'. Does that help?
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Maybe.
A BUCKET OF - 451 per million words
A PAIL OF - 46 per million words
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| #21 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:21 am pail or bucket |
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| Molly wrote: |
But Googled:
82,000 English pages for "sand bucket"
39,600 English pages for "sand pail"
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Too bad you didn't also check out the numbers in Google images:
5,680 images for "sand bucket"
6,460 images for "sand pail"
Ms Google can be so fickle...
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Should we attack the next problem now?
Does the diagram of the backhoe below really contain a bucket?
Or is that shovel-like part perhaps a shovel?
Could the bucket actually be a hoe?
Or is that shovel-like part possibly just a pail in disguise?
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| #22 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:33 am pail or bucket |
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| According to AHD, it's a bucket = "A receptacle on various machines, such as the scoop of a power shovel or the compartments on a water wheel, used to gather and convey material." |
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| #23 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:22 am pail or bucket |
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Ah! A scoop from Haihao.
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| #24 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 2:33 am pail or bucket |
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Hi Haihao
I expected as much. I've actually had the pleasure of operating one of those contraptions, and knowing for sure what the bucket is is kind of fundamental. :lol:
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| #25 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 5:58 am pail or bucket |
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Hi Haihao
I expected as much. I've actually had the pleasure of operating one of those contraptions, and knowing for sure what the bucket is is kind of fundamental. :lol:
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Hi Amy,
To tell the truth, it was not a small surprise to know you, Amy, had the pleasure of operating one of those contraptions?! :D Do you want me to imagine an Amy operating those monsters in that cockpit-like box wearing a uniform? O I'd like to take a look at it! :) |
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| #27 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:00 am pail or bucket |
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Too bad you didn't also check out the numbers in Google images:
5,680 images for "sand bucket"
6,460 images for "sand pail"
Ms Google can be so fickle... |
But what does that tell you regarding language use? Not sure of your point.
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| Should we attack the next problem now? |
Again, not sure of your point. |
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| #28 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:08 am pail or bucket |
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Anyone ever flown with a pail airline?
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| #29 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 13:10 pm pail or bucket |
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| Anyone ever flown with a pail airline? |
You'd be a pail rider. :wink:
Life beyond the pail. |
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| #30 (permalink) Sat Jul 12, 2008 17:14 pm pail or bucket |
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| Molly wrote: |
| Photos of pails: |
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| Ask a janitor: |
But if you ask another janitor for a photo of a bucket...
Gosh, looks like basically the same thing... :wink:
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