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Old 10-13-2004, 01:33 PM   #7 (permalink)
Rodney
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Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town
Quote:
Originally Posted by Janey
We call them Tractor-trailors. I think calling them semi's is a largely american custom. Sometimes they're called big-rigs or 18 wheelers too, but the predominant phrase is tractor-trailor.
Growing up in California in the '60s in an industrial area, tractor-trailer was the term I heard most often. But not lately.
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