What would you call a escalator if it breaks down?

India
March 5, 2010 10:09am CST
If the escalator breaks down would you call it a escalator or it would just be a stair?
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@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
5 Mar 10
I would call it a broken escalator.
@much2say (53941)
• Los Angeles, California
5 Mar 10
Ha ha - you beat me to it - I was going to say the same thing! Well then . . . If I needed to use the escalator, I'd then call it a "exercise" - hee hee!
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
15 Oct 11
Escalator - automatic stair
When an escalator breaks down, it still is an escalator but it is also a stair in fact whether it breaks down or not because actually escalator is a kind of stair, only it is an automatic stair. Now when it breaks down we can only but call it a broken escalator perhaps.
• India
6 Mar 10
i would still call it an escalator.