A porter in a British hotel comes upon an American tourist impatiently jabbing at the button for the lift.
"Sir, the lift will be here in a moment."
"Lift? Lift?" replies the American. "Oh, you mean the elevator."
"No sir, here we call it a lift."
"Well, as it was invented in the United States, it’s called an elevator."
"Yes sir, but as the language was invented here, it’s called a lift."
- cobweb, gossamer, or a similar product of a spinning creature.
- membrane between the toes of a swimming animal or bird.
- large roll of paper used in printing.
- thin flat connecting part in machinery etc. webbed adj. [old english]
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