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- From: liebea@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Adam Fred Lieberman)
- Subject: Re: Okay, here's one...
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
- References: <1993Jan21.123536.23443@lds.loral.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:49:20 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.123536.23443@lds.loral.com> kurnik@lds.loral.com writes:
- >
- >My girlfriend and I had this discussion recently and I wanted to know what you girls
- >and guys thought of it.
- >
- >In her house, she has several doors which are made of glass and that slide open
- >instead of swinging open. What are they called?
- >
- >I call them "glass sliding doors" because they are sliding doors made of glass as
- >opposed to wood. She says they're "sliding glass doors." I guess because they're
- >glass doors that slide. I don't know...life's a beach!
- >
- >later
- >-T.J.
- >
-
- You answered your own question. They're called "glass sliding doors."
- They're called "sliding glass doors." You call them one and she calls them
- the other. Each is correct for the reasons you stated.
- Of course, if swinging doors might have been put in their place, but
- they had to be glass, it would make more sense to call them "sliding glass
- doors."
- And of course, if sliding doors are required, but they might have been
- made of kryptonite, they should probably be called...
- There's no need to finish that sentence, is there?
-
- -Adam...
- Do I have to finish this signature,
- either?
-