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deird_lj ([personal profile] deird_lj) wrote2010-04-21 02:04 pm
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[identity profile] roccondilrinon.livejournal.com 2010-04-21 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
That thing in the passage for storing sheets/old books/whatever is a linen press.

[identity profile] roccondilrinon.livejournal.com 2010-04-21 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, glad but unsurprised to see that you call it that too. Interesting that to some people it's only a pantry if it's like a separate room — that distinction didn't occur to me when I did the poll, but now I think about it I think I'd half-agree with them. Ours isn't exactly a separate room, but it is walk-in, and that I think is the relevant distinction. Anything else with a door and food, except of course for the fridge, would be a cupboard.

To me, "closet" for "wardrobe" just sounds American — I'd only use the word myself in the sense of someone coming out of one.