Nick Maclaren wrote:
In article ,
dotCompost wrote:
bdawg Wrote:

I can actually enjoy my yard without being eaten up by the bugs!
In Britain we have gardens, not yards. Yards are for Builder's
Merchants, the Metropolitan Plolice, and for measuring things such
as
cricket pitches.

Oh, I dunno. I suggest you enquire further about possible
alternative
meanings of "I enjoy my yard" :-)

This being a respectable newsgroup, I shall not elaborate, but
merely
refer you to the OED.

'Faith, gode Master Maclaren! Dost bragge yet againe? Marry, thou'lt
e'en sette certayne naughtye felawes of ye lewdere sorte atte oddes
which shal bee ye greatere! 'Tis but an antick swaggeringe fancie:
prithee, forbeare, lest ye ladies and ye horses be frit! Wee speke
noe country matteres here, and yet, 'berLady, I do lie: for liberall
country folks must needes doe as we speke, and eke speke as wee doe.

--
Mike.