rooves

[Laurence Horn]

At 7:47 AM -0800 2/4/08, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>A roof that admits only moonlight helps protect against sunburn and
>its complications.
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>   JL

and vice versa, one assumes

LH

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>Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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>I've seen a distinction (but I couldn't tell you where) -- I think in an ad,
>even -- indicating that at least in this model, the sunroof had a fully
>retracting window and the moonroof did not.
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>m a m
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>On Feb 4, 2008 12:35 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>>  "... Often referred to as 'moonroofs ...'" doesn't make it clear that
>>  the two are necessarily distinct.
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>>  -Wilson
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>>  On 2/4/08, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
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>>  > They are different, aren't they: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunroof.
>>  BB
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