Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 08:41:28 -0400

From: "M. Lynne Murphy" 104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA

Subject: Re: Stove/Range



For me, 'stove' and 'range' refer to different kinds of appliances. A stove

has an oven underneath it, whereas a range doesn't, the oven being mounted on

a wall. I suspect that interior decorator-speak for what I call a range is

'cook top' or some such (I'm drawing a blank right now).



Alice Faber



i was about to write the same thing... i'm from upstate new york,

but i think someone else from my region has indicated that they found

it to be a registral difference instead. for me, a stove is a range

(since it has a cooktop), but a range isn't necessarily a stove.



lynne



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