Thanks Doug
Patrick sent me a picture of one
I didn't have the sense -- or the time for the sense -- to google
I am grateful to you both
Plain and simple and functional. Straightforward.
I wondered if there was anything to read off -- well, there is but it's as
i say straightforward
over here there are makes of stoves and heaters which speak of social
class aspiration
i can read on now
ta
L
On Sat, January 7, 2012 16:46, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Well, my Canadian Oxford Dictionary has 'Quebec heater,' which I suspect
> is the same thing: 'a tall cylindrical stove using coal or wood for fuel,
> used esp for heating or cooking.'
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> Doug
> On 2012-01-07, at 3:38 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
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>> Anyone tell me what a Quebec stove is?
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>> I am reading a novel by Jane Urquhart, if I remember rightly, from
>> Canadada, and she refers to it as if one knows
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>> I can guess, probably accurately; but any kosher intelligence is
>> welcome -- to enhance my Reading Experience
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>> L
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