Tuesday, January 19, 2010
quicko: cots, cribs and bassinets
I think we've got similar ideas as far as bassinets go, but what Americans call a crib seems to be what Australians call a cot. Not sure what Australians call what Americans call a cot -- a spare bed for unliked relatives perhaps? As for them, Australians don't know what to make of the word crib.
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I wonder if Australians think in terms of a feeder for wild animals when they hear "crib", as in "We saw a bear eating out of the corn crib"?
"Crib" is very much a nativity thing for me. However, I also understand the American usage of "cot" as in "You can sleep on the cot bed in the spare room" type of thing. Interesting!
We have the word crib, but we really only use it when we're singing "Away in a Manager".
A spare bed for unliked relatives is called a ... spare bed.
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