• topherclay@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    You can tell it’s the first trip, not just because there’s only one load of soil on the pile so far, but mostly because he is still enjoying the task.

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    2 days ago

    I still remember the day I found out it was a wheelbarrow and not a wheelbarrel. Still think barrel makes more sense…

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      Barrow originates from old English, it means to bear a load. The original barrows were implements to allow people to carry more stuff than normal and were designed to be carried by two people (imagine handles on both ends). A wheel was added later, thus wheelbarrow.

      Barrel comes from French, and implies a fully-enclosed space for storing things, like wine.

      They are similar things, but practically different and originating from different languages. Though, that’s never stopped modern English from mashing two disparate things together before. And there have likely been many instances where someone carried a barrel in a wheelbarrow. :)