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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Does it hold water? #58932 03/04/02 07:43 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 So far as I know, the common usage is that a bucket or pail is a container for liquids ... I have never used "pail" except when reciting Jack and Jill as a child. I would get a bucket of water. In Scotland "bucket" is also used for what I would call a "bin" for rubbish (never garbage). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Does it hold water? Rubrick 02/27/02 12:08 PM Re: Bucket / pail wow 02/27/02 12:39 PM Re: Does it hold water? Sparteye 02/27/02 02:28 PM Re: Does it hold water? Bean 02/27/02 02:43 PM Re: Does it hold water? wwh 02/27/02 02:51 PM Re: Does it hold water? Rubrick 02/27/02 02:52 PM Re: Does it hold water? jmh 03/04/02 07:39 AM Re: Does it hold water? rkay 03/06/02 03:57 PM Re: Does it hold water? jmh 03/07/02 01:33 PM Re: Does it hold water? Hyla 03/04/02 05:30 PM . Max Quordlepleen 02/27/02 07:35 PM Re: Does it hold water? Flatlander 02/27/02 07:39 PM Re: Does it hold water? boronia 02/27/02 08:41 PM Re: Does it hold water? Rubrick 02/28/02 10:33 AM Re: Does it hold water? Bobyoungbalt 02/28/02 04:03 AM Flagon Rubrick 02/28/02 09:34 AM Re: Flagon Capital Kiwi 03/01/02 08:59 AM Re: Flagon (with the dragon) Bean 03/01/02 01:05 PM Re: Flagon (with the dragon) Keiva 03/01/02 05:28 PM Re: Flagon Jackie 03/01/02 06:16 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/01/02 09:45 PM Re: Flagon Keiva 03/01/02 09:57 PM Re: Does it hold water? jmh 03/04/02 07:43 AM What a waste Jackie 03/04/02 11:03 AM Re: What a waste jmh 03/04/02 11:15 AM Re: What a waste Bean 03/04/02 06:20 PM Re: What a waste boronia 03/04/02 07:04 PM Re: trash vs. garbage Keiva 03/04/02 07:58 PM Re: What a waste Jackie 03/05/02 01:35 AM Re: Trash it! WhitmanO'Neill 03/05/02 02:13 AM Re: Trash it! jmh 03/05/02 07:48 AM Re: Wheelie bins and "Herbie Kerbies" wow 03/05/02 01:20 PM Skips? Rubrick 03/05/02 01:35 PM Re: Smart Trashcan!? WhitmanO'Neill 03/05/02 03:28 PM Re: Compacter WhitmanO'Neill 03/05/02 03:40 PM Re: Smart Trashcan!? TEd Remington 03/05/02 09:41 PM Re: Skips? of troy 03/05/02 04:23 PM Re: Skips? of troy 03/06/02 12:00 AM Re: Skips = Dumpsters wow 03/07/02 01:51 PM Re: Wheelie bins and "Herbie Kerbies" jmh 03/05/02 09:32 PM Re: Wheelie bins and "Herbie Kerbies" TEd Remington 03/05/02 09:42 PM Re: Wheelie bins and "Herbie Kerbies" jmh 03/05/02 10:04 PM Re: Wheelie bins and "Herbie Kerbies" Capital Kiwi 03/05/02 10:00 PM Re: What a waste consuelo 03/05/02 02:20 AM . Max Quordlepleen 03/05/02 02:26 AM Re: What a waste jmh 03/05/02 07:34 AM Re: slops jmh 03/05/02 07:41 AM Re: What a waste Keiva 03/04/02 04:15 PM Re: What a waste wwh 03/04/02 05:16 PM . Max Quordlepleen 03/04/02 08:59 PM Re: What a waste wwh 03/04/02 09:55 PM Re: What a waste Angel 03/05/02 12:00 AM Re: What a waste Bobyoungbalt 03/05/02 04:43 AM Re: Does it hold water? wwh 03/01/02 06:33 PM Re: Does it hold water? wwh 03/01/02 06:55 PM Re: Does it hold water? Rapunzel 03/01/02 07:41 PM Re: Does it hold water? wwh 03/01/02 08:09 PM Re: Does it hold water? WhitmanO'Neill 03/01/02 08:40 PM Re: Does it hold water? Keiva 03/01/02 08:56 PM Re: Does it hold water? wwh 03/01/02 09:29 PM Re: Does it hold water? wwh 03/01/02 09:37 PM Re: Does it hold beer? wwh 03/01/02 11:00 PM Re: Does it hold water? RhubarbCommando 03/03/02 03:42 PM Re: Does it hold water? RhubarbCommando 03/01/02 09:23 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,363 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 388 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 31 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,558 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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