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Old 09-14-2009, 02:56 AM   #173
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With all due respect, in average American parlance War and Peace is a book, not a work. I can't speak for the rest of the English-speaking world. My car is more accurately described as a sedan, but most people would just call it a car.
To me, and probably every other British person, a "sedan" is something you sit in, has poles sticking out of it, and is carried around by four men. I would never think of the word "sedan" as being associated with a car.
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