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David Rance[_3_] · 07-12-2015, 10:03 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 00:53:01 wrote:

On Mon, 7 Dec 2015 00:05:05 -0000, "Christina Websell"
wrote:

English is constantly evolving and it evolves from the UK. Because we are
English and it's our language. Americans speak American. Do you have a
faucet in your house, does your car have a hood or fender? I rest my case.

Ford Anglias had a knob on the dashboard quite clearly marked Hood.
This is a photo of one.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/OTU1WDEyODA=/z/mjgAAOSw3ydVlYjK/$_1.JPG
Quite a few people had one at one time.

My goodness! You're right! I had a couple of Anglias (105E with the
rake-back rear window) back in the '60s and I'd completely forgotten
that!

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK