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Why is an oven called a range?
I was out looking for an old electric oven to powder coat and noticed many are called a range? Where did that come from?
Other weird things are some call a dresser a chest of drawers? Just left overs from the good ole days?
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Why is it called a shipment if it goes by car? Why is it called cargo if it goes by ship?
Why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
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I knew this was going to happen,lol But true, why do you launder a washcloth?
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Why is a couch sometimes called a davenport?
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Why are pants sometimes trousers?
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When you're at home on it.
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the gas or el-trick range has the ability to have a controlled range of temperatures
something the old wood or coal stoves did not |
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A pair of pants?
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A chest of drawers is a taller single column of drawers. At least that's what I was told.
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Why do you park in the driveway, but drive on the parkway?
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I've lost a sock but I've never lost a pant.
Are they my pants pockets, my pant's pockets or my pant pockets? Did I tear my pant leg, my pants leg, or my pant's leg?
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The term is surprisingly old. It denotes the 'range' of options for cooking on a stove with different size burners.
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If those little candy dots used in baking are called "non-pariels", what are "pariels"?
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Etymology is an interest of mine. I checked all my sources and came up with nothing more than this, "The cooking appliance so called since mid-15c., for unknown reasons."
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Why is a cook-top called a hob?
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1969 and 1986 Porsche Targa and Coupe 1720cc and 3
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