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* Truck or lorry?Lionel Edwards
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|`* Re: Truck or lorry?lar3ryca
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Subject: Truck or lorry?
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 by: Lionel Edwards - Thu, 14 Sep 2023 18:50 UTC

Truck and lorry are interchangeable in BrE. Does "lorry" ever
get mentioned in North America?

Yes it does:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ho1MN3NEM

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 by: TonyCooper - Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:06 UTC

On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:50:33 -0700 (PDT), Lionel Edwards
<lioneledwards61@gmail.com> wrote:

>Truck and lorry are interchangeable in BrE. Does "lorry" ever
>get mentioned in North America?
>
>Yes it does:
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ho1MN3NEM

North America, yes. Neil Young is Canadian by birth. According to
Wiki, though, "truck" is used in Canada more than "lorry".

--

Tony Cooper - Orlando,Florida

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 by: lar3ryca - Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:33 UTC

On 2023-09-14 13:06, TonyCooper wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:50:33 -0700 (PDT), Lionel Edwards
> <lioneledwards61@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Truck and lorry are interchangeable in BrE. Does "lorry" ever
>> get mentioned in North America?
>>
>> Yes it does:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ho1MN3NEM
>
> North America, yes. Neil Young is Canadian by birth. According to
> Wiki, though, "truck" is used in Canada more than "lorry".
>

I do believe that Neil Young is the first North American person I have
heard uttering the word 'lorries'.

--
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 by: Dingbat - Fri, 15 Sep 2023 05:35 UTC

On Friday, September 15, 2023 at 12:20:36 AM UTC+5:30, Lionel Edwards wrote:
> Truck and lorry are interchangeable in BrE.
>
When Truck is intended to mean Lorry.
>
Truck can also mean Bogie:
<https://infovisual.info/en/transport/truck-bogie>
<https://patents.google.com/patent/US2011918>
>
> Does "lorry" ever get mentioned in North America?
>
> Yes it does:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ho1MN3NEM
>

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 by: Hibou - Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:23 UTC

Le 14/09/2023 à 20:33, lar3ryca a écrit :
> On 2023-09-14 13:06, TonyCooper wrote:
>> On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:50:33 -0700 (PDT), Lionel Edwards
>> <lioneledwards61@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Truck and lorry are interchangeable in BrE. Does "lorry" ever
>>> get mentioned in North America?
>>> Yes it does:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ho1MN3NEM
>>
>> North America, yes.  Neil Young is Canadian by birth.  According to
>> Wiki, though, "truck" is used in Canada more than "lorry".
>
> I do believe that Neil Young is the first North American person I have
> heard uttering the word 'lorries'.

Do the rest have no truck with the word 'lorry'?

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 by: lar3ryca - Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:15 UTC

On 2023-09-15 02:23, Hibou wrote:
> Le 14/09/2023 à 20:33, lar3ryca a écrit :
>> On 2023-09-14 13:06, TonyCooper wrote:
>>> On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:50:33 -0700 (PDT), Lionel Edwards
>>> <lioneledwards61@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Truck and lorry are interchangeable in BrE. Does "lorry" ever
>>>> get mentioned in North America?
>>>> Yes it does:
>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4ho1MN3NEM
>>>
>>> North America, yes.  Neil Young is Canadian by birth.  According to
>>> Wiki, though, "truck" is used in Canada more than "lorry".
>>
>> I do believe that Neil Young is the first North American person I have
>> heard uttering the word 'lorries'.
>
> Do the rest have no truck with the word 'lorry'?

Only if they are cruising for British babes in their pickup.

--
I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid.
He says he can stop any time.

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