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Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which?
#3889925 - 03/08/05 10:21 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Or do you even know the difference!? And yes, there is a distinct difference! For some reason this is a little piece of trivia I picked up when I was young and it seems no one ever knows it. So tell me (if you can)....what is the difference between a Carousel and a Merry-Go-Round?
Hint- I can see one, even from across a carnival or amusement park, and immediately tell you whether it is a Carousel or a Merry-Go-Round. Even if I have never seen that exact one before.
Oh, and just for fun...which do you prefer!
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: ToTheSummit]
#3889930 - 03/08/05 10:22 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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BTW- I prefer Merry-Go-Rounds. I don't know exactly why.
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: ToTheSummit]
#3889931 - 03/08/05 10:22 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Doesn't one have an open center, and the other does not?
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: DNKYD]
#3889933 - 03/08/05 10:23 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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nope
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: DNKYD]
#3889935 - 03/08/05 10:23 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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And aren't Carousel's usually powered by something other than the occupants, whereas Merry-Go-Rounds are powered by the occupants?
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: ToTheSummit]
#3889937 - 03/08/05 10:23 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Out with it! I need to know the answer!
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: delta9]
#3889939 - 03/08/05 10:24 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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nope...keep trying
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: ToTheSummit]
#3889949 - 03/08/05 10:25 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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One has music and the other does not?
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: DNKYD]
#3889955 - 03/08/05 10:26 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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try again
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: ToTheSummit]
#3889957 - 03/08/05 10:26 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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to me regarding carnivals/amusement parks, a carousel is a large, elevated (i.e. it goes 20+ feet in the air at its peak) verticular device with regular seats that spins slowly like a film projector. a merry-go-round spins on the ground in a horizontal direction and usually has animals such as horses as the seats. carousels are for couples and slightly older people mostly, and merry-go-rounds are for kids.
in the context of school playgrounds, merry-go-rounds are small (6' or so) steel round spinning things that hold several kids off the ground while one other pushes from the ground and spins the others very quickly.
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: ToTheSummit]
#3889960 - 03/08/05 10:27 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Depending on where you look and who you ask: 1) there is no difference 2) They turn in different directions (though self-powered merry-go-rounds usually go in either)
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: ToTheSummit]
#3889968 - 03/08/05 10:28 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Carousel has horsies and whatnot, merry go round does not?
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: delta9]
#3889972 - 03/08/05 10:28 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Actually delta9, you are dangerously close to the answer there...
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: delta9]
#3889974 - 03/08/05 10:29 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Quote:
delta9 said: 1) there is no difference
this is also an acceptable answer, as the (Merriam-Webster) dictionary links both together.
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: delta9]
#3889976 - 03/08/05 10:29 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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He can tell the difference from across the way, I believe he is referring to the direction of motion (one clockwise, the other counter-clockwise).
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: delta9]
#3889984 - 03/08/05 10:31 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Quote:
delta9 said: He can tell the difference from across the way, I believe he is referring to the direction of motion (one clockwise, the other counter-clockwise).
BINGO! Give that man a prize! Merry-Go-Roud = Clockwise Carousel = Counter-clockwise
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: delta9]
#3889986 - 03/08/05 10:31 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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ok, then.
merry-go-rounds are counter-clockwise, and carousels are clockwise.
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: ToTheSummit]
#3889987 - 03/08/05 10:31 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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The things on a carousel go up and down, on a merry go round they do not?
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: ricochet]
#3889989 - 03/08/05 10:31 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Quote:
ricochet said:
Quote:
delta9 said: 1) there is no difference
this is also an acceptable answer, as the (Merriam-Webster) dictionary links both together.
So does the Carousel Museum.
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Re: Carousel or Merry-Go-Round...which is which? [Re: DNKYD]
#3889993 - 03/08/05 10:31 PM (19 years, 25 days ago) |
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Damn. I hate those things anyway. Give me a tire swing any day.
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