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Nutrition
Ophelia wrote:
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> "Nancy2"Â* wrote in message
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> dsi1, from my reading, Brits refer to rain boots as "Wellies," short for
> Wellingtons, which I think
> is a brand.Â* I don't know about hiking boots.Â* And trucks are lorries,
> and vacuum cleaners are
> Hoovers, for Hoover vacuum cleaners (like our use of Kleenex for
> tissue). There are lots of
> differences in terms....but most make some kind of sense and aren't hard
> to suss out ;-))
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> N.
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> Â*Â* LOL Nancy, the ones we call 'wellies' are rubber boots, similar to
> this:
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> https://www.mountainwarehouse.com/sp...CABEgJeL_D_BwE
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> Â* Other boots ie leather et all, we just call boots ))Â* See he
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> https://www.clarks.co.uk/Womens/Boot...iAAEgL7LPD_BwE
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> Â*HTH ))
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Or Durex for condoms
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