Date: Sat, 30 Sep 1995 15:05:38 CDT

From: "Donald M. Lance" ENGDL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1.MISSOURI.EDU

Subject: Re: stove/range



'Stove' and 'range' may have originated as a technical distinction made

by manufacturers or designers. I remember my mother talking (in Texas)

of wanting to buy a range, which I understood from store window displays

or Sears catalogues to be cook stoves (the old generic) with more elaborate

designs, including areas on top where pots and pans could be placed without

being directly over heat. For a time in the mid-1940s we has a kerosene

stove that I think was called a range. The finish on the ranges tended to

be enamel or some other glossy finish. Of course, what I'm saying does

not rule out the possibility of regionality. It will be interesting

to see what others say on the List. DMLance