John Macartney wrote :
>
> I think we assume (perhaps automatically?) they have "a battery" or
> "batteries" and we call them just 'torches' The flaming versions we
> carried for centuries and up to about 1850 haven't been in the shops
> for a very long time.
Do you also use 'torch' for the things Americans call 'torch' (eg propane
torch, oxy-acetylene torch, welding torch, etc.) ?
For that matter, my TR3's trunk seems to disagree with flashlight/torch
bulbs, I have been known to resort to a flame on a stick ! (LBC content)
Randall
"Strange women lying in ponds, distributing swords, is no basis for a system
of government."
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