LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.09.13 (09) [E]

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From: Ruth & Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.09.13 (04) [E]

Dear Críostóir & All,

Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.09.12 (11) [D/E]

On the subject of 'cans' & 'tins'

It seems to me that there is still a body of meanining to the word 'can'
that has not yet been usurped by the term 'tin'.

In 'Piers Ploughman' the word can appears, for a beverage (ale) container,
unassociated with the tinned plate-iron of the Late Napoleonic. We in
Afrikaans still use it for a rigid container of fluids, irrespective of the
material it is made of. A 'ses man kan' is a glass jug, or a host of
subsequent replacements, even cardboard cartons, of the cheap & extremely
mean fortified raw red wine, like jerepigo (Six fights per bottle,
guaranteed).

Yrs,
Mark

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