03-16-2012, 04:58 PM
(03-16-2012, 12:05 AM)TA Forbes Wrote: And since you mentioned seals. We call various forms of gaskets and o-rings "seals," but we never see seals basking in the sun or swimming in the ocean and call them gaskets or o-rings.Ok they should be called packings. Buy I've never seen one fill a suitcase either.
And why do we say that a door is "ajar," but we never say that a jar is a door.
Why, why, why......?
John
Las Vegas, NV USA