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Re: Yards versus gardens
In a message dated 3/5/02 11:00:04 PM, ycunnington@sympatico.ca writes:
<< Jemsharp@aol.com wrote: When I was in England a few years ago, I asked the
bus driver who was from Wales, if he had a garden. "Yes," he said. "What do
you have growing there?" I asked. "Lawn," he said.
The Brits always use the word 'garden' where most North Americans would use
the word 'yard'. In Britian nobody has front and back yards, they have front
and back gardens, whether these are filled with plants or not, they're
always called gardens.
Yvonne Cunnington >>
Yes, a lot of the world believes yards are for farms, measurements, and ships.
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