Victoria Clare wrote:
I still don't think my original terminology was in any way unclear though,
and as I have lived practically my whole life in houses surrounded by the
dratted things, I feel I can call them what I like as long as people know
what I mean, which they clearly do.

That's how the language changes. To me, if someone said "Cornish bank"
I would think of Barclay's or similar. See Mr. Maclaren's post on the
disappearence of Cornish accent/dialect/patois, whichever. This helps
the speed of change.