rolling / roller shutters (AE)

[takiakos76]

Hi!

What do you call them exactly in AE?
google ngrams (AE, 1970-2008) doesn't show any significant difference (except for a slight increasing tendency for rolling shutter in the past few years)
they are called sometimes this, sometimes that in these forums threads as well:

Rolling Shutters
Screening (as a roller shutter)
roll up shutters
shutters vs blinds



Thanks!

 

[Hermione Golightly]

All I can say is that 'shutters' is a generic word for me. Shops have their shutters down and windows have their shutters closed. The 'shutters' might be different sorts. It depends how you intend to use the word.

 

[takiakos76]

Hi,

I actually meant precisely this:
Roller shutter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(especially the first picture there, with the two roller/rolling shutters in front of the windows -- it's mostly what the threads I linked in are also about, as far as I can remember.)

 

[dojibear]

Thanks for the link. This is a kind of vertical rolling/sliding door that is made of shutters. I do not think there is any one "exact" standard term for it. It is used primarily by businesses, not ordinary people. Perhaps there is a standard term that businesses use. The wikipedia article you linked to has various terms.

I have never seen one on a home window (or door). Stores on a sidewalk often cover their entire front (glass display windows, entry door) with a rolling metal door or metal grate like this, during the hours they are closed.

Usually "shutters" means something different: slats that cover a window (often in a home). The slats are rotated to either block light or let light in. The shutters may be fixed in place, or may open at the center.

 

[PaulQ]

I actually meant precisely this:
Roller shutter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Definitely "roller shutters" -> shutters that operate on a roller.

 

[takiakos76]

Definitely "roller shutters" -> shutters that operate on a roller.

Thanks! But consider this:
Screening (as a roller shutter)
There, in answer #6, Packard (US) writes:

This is what I think of when I hear "rolling shutter". They are common in hurricane zones.

(Which are quite exactly the things I'm thinking of.)


==> AE/BE difference, or simply regional variations?

 

[PaulQ]

==> AE/BE difference, or simply regional variations?

Probably none of those.

The things are called "roller shutters" as they have a roller at the top and because they roll up and down. Unless you can find someone here who will validate "rolling shutter", you should abandon the attempt to use it.

 

[takiakos76]

Probably none of those.

The things are called "roller shutters" as they have a roller at the top and because they roll up and down. Unless you can find someone here who will validate "rolling shutter", you should abandon the attempt to use it.

Hm, anyone who uses "rolling shutter"?
Mr Packard maybe, who I quoted in answer #6? (Precisely because he did use "rolling shutter".)