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Old 11-Dec-2008, 00:18
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Question Lift/elevator in Canadian

Hello there, I would like to know how do you say lift or elevator in Canadian. Is there any word to nominate that.
I would be very thankful to who ever answers this question.
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Apparently, they call them elevators in Canada.
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Default Re: Lift/elevator in Canadian

I was asking this because my teacher told me to search for it, but I couldn't find...
Well, now I know!
They call them silos (yes, like a missile silo), or lifts, or elevators, but silos was really the word that I had to find out.
Thanks anyway!
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I'm curious about why you think silos are the same as elevators.
Yahoo! Image Search Results for silo Canada

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Basing my opinion on this website:

http://www.grainscanada.gc.ca/Pubs/G...es/2003AUG.pdf

I would say that they use it, since they have adopted it from French.
So it can't be tottaly wrong, what my teacher told me.
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There is a difference between a grain elevator and an elevator that carries people.

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