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Default Calling all Brits.........

On 10/4/2014 1:22 PM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
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>> On 04/10/2014 4:52 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 10/4/2014 6:24 AM, Janet wrote:
>>>> In article >,

>>>> says...
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>>>>> On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:33:39 -0300,
wrote:
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>>>>>>> I love some of the other terms - like 'garage drive' for....
>>>>>>> 'driveway'?
>>>>>
>>>>> Everyone has avoided this term. What is it?
>>>>
>>>> The paved vehicle access from the road through your garden to your
>>>> garage.
>>>>
>>> There's another fun term - "garden". I call it the yard.

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> See, there's another example of how you Americans just dont
> understand measurements.
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> Janet UK
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LOL Okay, it's the "lawn". Better? I think of gardens as either
places with decorative, often floral plantings, or vegetable and herb
gardens. A yard/lawn is pretty much just grass.

Jill