Some of the Sherlock Holmes stories make reference to a type of weapon
called a life preserver, what an American would call a blackjack or cosh.
Is that usage of life preserver now archaic in British speech?
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Some of the Sherlock Holmes stories make reference to a type of weapon
called a life preserver, what an American would call a
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Am 09.08.2015 um 09:03 schrieb Andreas Goss andi...@t-online.de:
http://talk-gb.openstreetmap.narkive.com/hXPJNpfG/life-ring-british-english
British English: lifebelt
American English: lifebuoy
German English: lifering
the oxford dictionaries pretend that
http://talk-gb.openstreetmap.narkive.com/hXPJNpfG/life-ring-british-english
British English: lifebelt
American English: lifebuoy
German English: lifering
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Hi
New life preservers have been placed in my city along the river:
https://twitter.com/AvonFireRescue/status/623478918729854976
Two questions:
1. Life ring http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dlife_ring
seems a little specific out of date. The self inflating jacket appears
to
