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| From | The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english |
| Subject | Re: Steamrollers (was Re: GNU) |
| Date | 2026-04-03 11:21 +0100 |
| Organization | A little, after lunch |
| Message-ID | <10qo4bl$1qj4s$16@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (10 earlier) <1rsy082.1sgvinr126mz1hN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <1775156110-12588@newsgrouper.org> <87o6k1rwi3.fsf@parhasard.net> <20260402142707.000056de@gmail.com> <cimuskljc91vqmm2lq96el6etm6j3fpode@4ax.com> |
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On 03/04/2026 07:15, Steve Hayes wrote: > On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 14:27:07 -0700, John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:29:56 +0100 >> Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> wrote: >> >>>> We certainly had machines we called *steamrollers* in the same >>>> period of mine. But I don't think that they were powered by steam >>>> engines. >>> >>> My memory was that actual steamrollers were used very late compared >>> to other steam-powered vehicles, and Wikipedia suggests this is true: >> >> It's interesting how these things go. It's such an unquestioned piece >> of linguistic drift that it honestly threw me for a loop when I learned >> that the Japanese use "road roller" instead - I'd love to know the >> etymological history there. > > As noted elsethread, actual steamrollers used to go past the house > where we lived in the 1940s. They had a big flywheel. By the 1950s > most of them had disappeared, and were replaced by diesel-powered > ones, for which we used the more generic term "roadrollers". > > Hell if you are in SA, most of the roads weren't even tarmacked anyway....graders and gravel -- "It is an established fact to 97% confidence limits that left wing conspirators see right wing conspiracies everywhere"
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