GSD Woman
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I've read plenty of books that take place in the UK and know that lorry is the same as our truck or panel van but how do you pronounce it? Does it rhyme with sorry or sound more like lore E? Thanks.
How to pronounce "lorry."
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yhanni
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I pronounce it to rhyme with sorry.
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Lorry, sorry, people aslo shorten Horsebox to just Box.
ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
A panel van is still a panel van here. They aren't usually called a lorry until they get to 7.5 tons, HGV weight. Some smaller vehicles without panel sides are called trucks.
Depending on where you are in the country, lorry rhymes with sorry or slurry.
Keith_Beef
Novice equestrian, accomplished equichetrian
Lorry rhymes with sorry, and as ycbm points out, it's really only for vehicles over about 7500kg (16500lbs).
A panel van is like a ford transit. Truck is a bit of an odd work in the UK. Some people use it like in the US for a pick-up. When I was a kid, the term was never shortened, it was always a "pick-up truck". A pick-up chassis with a flat-bed back (quite a few milk-men used to have these where I grew up) was called a "wagon".
A panel van is like a ford transit. Truck is a bit of an odd work in the UK. Some people use it like in the US for a pick-up. When I was a kid, the term was never shortened, it was always a "pick-up truck". A pick-up chassis with a flat-bed back (quite a few milk-men used to have these where I grew up) was called a "wagon".
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
Round here it rhymes with hurry.
Rowreach
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Yes but round here lorry would be lurry and hurry would be horry 😂
And a (horse) trailer would be called a horsebox, a horsebox would be called a truck, a pick up truck would just be a pickup, and a 3.5t is a bread van 😀 (or a small lurry) 😀😀
oldie48
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There was a young rider who was sorry
that her horse was too big for her lorry
So she bought a big truck
Horse still said "go F..."
Why's transporting such a huge worry? (pronounced "wurry" to rhyme with "hurry"
What a stupid language we have!
that her horse was too big for her lorry
So she bought a big truck
Horse still said "go F..."
Why's transporting such a huge worry? (pronounced "wurry" to rhyme with "hurry"
What a stupid language we have!
EventingMum
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Rhymes with sorry, pick ups are sometimes described as trucks but so are lorries. Lorries are also sometimes called wagons in horse circles. Trailers are usually called trailers or horseboxes - all confusing!
DD
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