Why is it that the moving stairs that take you both UP & DOWN are called ESCALLATORS? (sorry for bad spelling)
Surely escalate means go up! so how can it be used for the down version too?
I like the names UP-ALATORS & DOWN-ALATORS!
do you reckom it will catch on?
2007-02-23 23:04:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
escalators - nah ...not really. Ascendaltors and descendalators?
2007-02-23 23:15:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
More appropriate. When we stayed at the Luxor (the hotel shaped like a pyramid) in Las Vegas we had to use a lift called an inclinator. It went up and down diagonally. It was a really wierd sensation.
2007-02-23 23:10:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer fry-alators. Justa-postioners!
2007-02-23 23:09:54 · answer #3 · answered by Wonka 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or.. escalators and de-escalators.
but i like your names better!
god bless
2007-02-24 00:08:50 · answer #4 · answered by happy pilgrim 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i like the word travelators
2007-02-23 23:08:11 · answer #5 · answered by TINYTI 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋