On 2011-11-04, Mike Lyle wrote:

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:37:06 +0000, Adam Funk
wrote:

On 2011-11-03, Mike Lyle wrote:

[Background: I asked about crop rotation of the "dirt" in garden
containers.]


Hi Adam. OT: Although Australian is my native tongue ("Our land is
dirt by sea"), I'm uncomfortable at seeing soil called "dirt".

Why, because "dirt" sounds "dirty"? "Soil" sounds, um, "soiled"!

At this rate, the urglers will kick our bottoms back to a.u.e.! As it
happens, I find it impossible to use "soiled" to mean "dirty"...

Not that "dirt" sounds so much "dirty" as "inferior" or "valueless".

[crosspost to AUE with FU set to AUE]

Dear AUErs, what do you think?