Jiri Borsky - www.borsky.com wrote:
On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:53:03 +0100, Pam Moore
wrote:

On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:43:04 +0200, Martin
wrote:

I knew what a mattock was long before the spaghetti episode in
Panorama. I heard Azada used for the first time this week. )
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Ditto. Is there a difference or are they the same thing? The word
mattock has been around a long time certainly.

Mattock is from Old E "mattuc", of unknown origin. I only looked it up
as the Czech word for the said implement "motyka" sounds rather
similar.

Jiri Borsky
gardening in N Staffs

'Azada' is Spanish for hoe I beleive. The implements with that name are
generally imported from Spain.
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Pete C
London UK