LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.01.26 (06) [E]

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A=Afrikaans Ap=Appalachian B=Brabantish D=Dutch E=English F=Frisian
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From: David Barrow <davidab at telefonica.net.pe>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.01.26 (01) [E]

>From: schwambs <schwambs at slu.edu>
>Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.02.21 (03) [E]
>
>Hello all,
>  First let me say thank you to all of you who had
>suggestions for me in response to my earlier question about
>Old Saxon and Old Frisian.
>  Now, along the lines of this discussion, I find it odd to
>hear the phrase "visitor's book" considered a common English
>phrase. My experience as a native of the Western United
>States has almost exclusively exposed me to the term
>"guestbook" as the name for such a thing.  Having been
>recently married, I had to buy a "guestbook" and have signed
>many a "guestbook" at similar functions.  In fact, there is
>even a role at a wedding for someone to be the "guestbook
>attendant".  Maybe "guestbook" is more popular out west than
>in the rest of the U.S., Canada, etc. Just a thought.
>Sincerely,
>Sara Schwamb

A couple of different definitions from Longman Dictionary of  Contemporary
English

guest book:  a  book in which everyone who comes to a formal occasion or
stays at a hotel writes their name.

visitor's book:  a book, especially in a church or other important building,
in which visitors write their names and addresses.

David Barrow

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