[lit-ideas] Re: GRE Registration
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 02:08:24 +0100
Friday, May 13, 2005, 12:23:06 AM, Robert Paul wrote:
RP> Judy Evans wrote:
>> RP> Just what you'd expect a Canadian to say. However, scrap paper, although
>> RP> it can be jotted on (q.v.) is paper meant for scrap.
>>
>> No it is not! It is scrap paper!
RP> I'm not sure how this gets us any forwarder.
Scrap paper is paper that can be jotted on, not paper that is intended
for scrap.
http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/tests/mathstest.htm
http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/Paper.htm
*waste* paper may be made into scrap, "scrap" paper used for jotting
on during that process:
http://www.ecoaction.richmond.gov.uk/paper.htm
"Scrap" paper is not acceptable in all examinations -- see below --
but not because it is intended only for scrap:
http://www.lnat.ac.uk/faqs.html
computer printout paper "will be reused either for computer printing
or as scrap paper for notes, drafts etc. The Company recycles its
**waste** paper," (** mine)
http://www.hydro-logic.co.uk/BB_environmentalPolicy.php
"scrap" paper may be used in fax machines and for printing internal
memos etc.:
http://www.recyclenow.com/at_work/scale_down_the.html
I think these pages (consecutive top hits for "scrap paper" +UK) serve
to make the point that in the UK (and, it seems, Canada) "scrap paper"
normally means what "scratch paper" means in the US. Some people here
do, it seems, now say "scratch paper", I suspect by analogy with
"scratch pad", as in online and other software scratch pads.
I also think this gets us forwarder.
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