[HPFGU-OTChatter] Bonnets & boots

[Amanda Lewanski]

Neil Ward wrote:

> Leaving aside the fact Sherlock never existed, he would be, what, 140
> years old by now?  Not likely to be rolling across car bonnets and
> shouting "freeze!!!" now is he?
>
> Wow, this is Amanda,caught in your format. This is another favorite,
> car bonnets and car boots. Seems like the British "dress" their cars,
> and our terms put them more as utilitarian conveyances--hood and
> trunk. Anyone know how this particular difference originated? Since
> our countries were well separated when automobiles became the norm? Is
> it a carryover of horse-drawn terminology?
>
> --Amanda
>
> Neil, how have you bewitched this thing? Why can't I get "under" your
> message to respond?
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