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Brooming and Swweping

3 replies

LouIsOnAHighwayToHell · 11/04/2010 22:49

I mop with a mop.
I rake with a rake.
I vacuum with a vacuum.
So why then do I not broom with a broom? Why is it a broom and not a sweep?
This has caused chaos in my house this Easter. My family think I am nuts now.

OP posts:
bred · 12/04/2010 08:47

Aah, I think you vacuum with a vacuum cleaner though .

I dust with a dustER. Therefore, you'd think we'd use a raker and a mopper!

horsemadgal · 24/04/2010 16:15

I dyson with a dyson.

redroof · 24/04/2010 22:10

Or should you vacuum clean, with your vacuum cleaner?

I'd love to be able to itch an itch, rather than scratch it.

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