elephant's foot

[Lynne Murphy]

Thanks for these responses.  I'll take it as British.

Lynne

--On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:46 am -0700 Dave Wilton <dave at WILTON.NET>
wrote:

> I've heard the expression way back in some dim past--specifically in
> reference to rolling library stools. To my knowledge it's not very common
> on this side of the pond.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: American Dialect Society
>> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf
>> Of A. Maberry
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:30 AM
>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: elephant's foot
>>
>>
>> I've never heard anyone call them "elephant's feet", just stools or
>> step-stools.
>>
>> allen
>> maberry at u.washington.edu
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Lynne Murphy wrote:
>>
>> > Do other people call a rolling library step stool an
>> 'elephant's foot'?
>> > (i.e., the kind that look sort of like elephants' feet?) or
>> is that a
>> > Britishism?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Lynne
>> >
>> > Dr M Lynne Murphy
>> > Lecturer in Linguistics
>> > Acting Director, MA in Applied Linguistics
>> > School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
>> > University of Sussex
>> > Brighton BN1 9QH
>> > UK
>> >
>> > phone +44-(0)1273-678844
>> > fax   +44-(0)1273-671320
>> >
>>



Dr M Lynne Murphy
Lecturer in Linguistics
Acting Director, MA in Applied Linguistics
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QH
UK

phone +44-(0)1273-678844
fax   +44-(0)1273-671320