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Hi im new :-) and fairly new to gardening :-S
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Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote: So it seems - the use of 'yard' sounded American. It's not unknown for people to wander in and find they've lost the way! When I was a kid the concreted area outside the kitchen window was referred to as the yard. Yard=garden is an Americanism, but yard as distinct from garden isn't. No, it isn't. Like many Americanisms, it's just old-fashioned English. Yard in that sense dates from 1350 - a time at which Transpondia had not yet been invaded - and lasted up to the present day in various dialects. It's no more extreme than referring to a brock. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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