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Default Coach bolts or coach screws?

On 29 May 2007 16:08:41 -0700, dg mused:

On 29 May, 17:59, robgraham wrote:


For a start lets do the pedant thing and at least get them called by
their right names - they are "coach bolts" and "carriage screws".


I thought they were just different words for the same thing - after
all isn't a carriage a coach?

Tomatoes, tomartoes?

You see, one of those is a made up word and one isn't, that's a
different thing altogether.
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