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1. Sedan? (score: 1): Author: Chris Davies <chris@thames-language.demon.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:56:25 +0000; I'm probably sounding really daft here, but what's a sedan? I keep reading this term both here and in the british cars list, but haven't heard it anywhere else! -- Chris Davies; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00717.html (7,333 bytes)
2. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: "Dan Ray" <danray@bluegrass.net>; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 18:31:38 -0600; I guess "sedan" is as uncommon over there as "saloon" is over here! Same thing, though. (this is correct, isn't it, listers?) Lorry = truck, biscuit = cookie, etc...sigh... A saloon to me is an old w; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00731.html (7,978 bytes)
3. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen); Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 17:23:55 -0700; Hi Chris: In North America a saloon is a place to drink booze. A sedan is a four door car. The term has been corrupted over the past 30 years to mean all cars with two or four doors but not cars with; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00733.html (7,810 bytes)
4. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: miker15@juno.com; Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:18:41 EST; Well actually, "saloon" in England is also a place to drink - but you have to understand British class structure.....until very recently most pubs had two bars - usually with 2 distinct entrances - a; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00753.html (8,584 bytes)
5. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: Hert <hert@wxs.nl>; Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 09:17:51 +0100; European definitions: sedan: two of four door car with a distinct boot or trunk (three-box design), originally from a carried chair named after the French town Sedan, later a horse-drawn coach with t; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00766.html (7,834 bytes)
6. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: Chris Davies <chris@thames-language.demon.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:29:22 +0000; Thanks for clearing that up. I'll be sure not to tell you the story about when I forgot to close the bonnet on my car, and mangled the bulkhead, needing spanners to take the bonnet off!:-) Cheers, Ch; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00822.html (7,764 bytes)
7. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: Chris Davies <chris@thames-language.demon.co.uk>; Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 18:17:51 +0000; What's a public roadway?;-) -- Chris Davies; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00868.html (7,380 bytes)
8. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: Chris Davies <chris@thames-language.demon.co.uk>; Date: Sat, 14 Mar 1998 03:14:00 +0000; Dear Bob, I live in Henley-on-Thames, about 20 miles from Abingdon. I've never heard of a public roadway in my entire life! Cheers Chris Davies; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00899.html (7,492 bytes)
9. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: Charley Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 09:58:53 -0800; Hi Chris, In the USA, the public roadways are on land owned by the governments (federal, state, county, city) and maintained by taxes collected by those governments. What do you call similar roads in; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg00904.html (7,908 bytes)
10. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: Chris Davies <chris@thames-language.demon.co.uk>; Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 01:08:37 +0000; Hello Charley, In the UK we would just call these public roads. -- Chris Davies; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg01075.html (7,316 bytes)
11. Re: Sedan? (score: 1): Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD); Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 20:39:07 EST; Hi Chris, Though a term that is not used much, it's indeed valid. Here's the poop from Webster's New International, ninth edition, (the one recently banned in some schools when they read the "F" word; /html/mgs/1998-03/msg01076.html (8,263 bytes)

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