[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Closets and Wardrobes

[Lee Storm(God Is The Healing Force)]

[Goddlefrood]:
| No we don't. Most use a cupboard for cups and a wardrobe for 
| clothes. Whatever gave you a contrary idea?

[Lee]:
Perhaps it's the use of the term "Airing Cupboard" in OOTP which, I was
under the impression, refers to a linen closet in US-Speak.  So, it might
follow that clothes go into a cupboard which might be a built-in wardrobe
which means "Closet" in American houses.

Do dat make sense?

And Geoff, I believe, said that our "Dresser" in the bedroom would be a
"Dressing table" in the UK.  Well, we do have dressing tables which some
call a "Vanity" which is a table top supported by drawers or a small cabinet
or cupboard on one or both sides and has a mirror at the back of it,
sometimes with lights on the mirror...sort of like a desk-styled thing.

Cheers,

Lee :-)
(Who still wants to know how the word "Bureau" came to mean that in which we
place clothing.)

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