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To: JustAmy
I have just noticed another different term wading pool we call them paddling pools LOL

Seriously though I do find it fascinating the slight difference in language sometimes I have to sit and think what the word means other times of course it is obvious. The one that throw me most was yard it took me a couple of years of reading America novels before it sunk in that a lot of Americans refer to a garden as a yard. Whereas a yard in the UK is an area of concrete that you put things on such a builders yards or back yards in house that do not have gardens which might have a few potted plants etc.

90 posted on 06/01/2005 9:32:20 AM PDT by snugs (An English Cheney Chick - BIG TIME)
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To: snugs

LOL

I call them postmen also but I thought I was showing my age if I used that term.

Our yards are an area around the house for grass, patios, flowers, shrubs and trees. :) I guess we have broadened the use of yard to take in the entire area. When I mention a garden, it is where hubby has his vegetables planted .... tomatoes, peppers, corn and squash. :)

I love the English Gardens.


91 posted on 06/01/2005 9:56:44 AM PDT by JustAmy (Remember our President and our troops in your prayers. God Bless America.)
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