A propos of nothing, I thought this was an interesting comment because
up until now I had no idea that "dumbwaiter" was an arcane term in the
U.S. I grew up in Delaware (which for baffled foreigners is a small state
on the eastern U.S. seaboard) and when I was little we all knew what a
dumbwaiter was. Though there were very few around to actually observe.
Makes me wonder what hidden language traps there are just within one's
own country. I can imagine someone in Boston, I believe it would be, writing
a game where a useful object was described as a "grinder", and causing some
degree of confusion back home in Wilmington, where we call them "subs".
(Additional note for baffled foreigners -- they're both largish sandwichs.)
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