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MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: littleguitar on January 06, 2007, 07:20:31 pm ---LOL I just had to go look up "crofts" in my on line dictionary ::) :D
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So Mandy, enlighten us?
L
one_of_one:
--- Quote from: coffeecat33 on January 06, 2007, 07:11:16 pm ---And Helen – I’ll gladly help you with any American terms. For example, we say salt shakers here in the States, not salt cellars.
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Thanks Leslie :)
*scurries off to change*
littleguitar:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 06, 2007, 07:21:32 pm ---So Mandy, enlighten us?
L
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LOL, no prob...
From Mirriam-Webster online
croft
One entry found for croft.
Main Entry: croft
Pronunciation: 'kroft
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch krocht hill
1 chiefly British : a small enclosed field usually adjoining a house
2 chiefly British : a small farm worked by a tenant
- croft·er /'krof-t&r/ noun, chiefly British
littleguitar:
--- Quote ---For example, we say salt shakers here in the States, not salt cellars.
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Leslie, you have good eyes. Was this in the last chapter? I swear I didn't even notice this...
coffeecat33:
--- Quote from: littleguitar on January 06, 2007, 07:24:18 pm ---Leslie, you have good eyes. Was this in the last chapter? I swear I didn't even notice this...
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I don't remember exactly where it was. For some reason (maybe because I'm a Virgo??) words like that pop out at me. In Helen's case, this one little British vs. American terms was no big deal because I love Helen's story. I also didn't mind that I didn't know what a croft was, or anything about it. (But now I know thanks to you, Mandy.) Helen did you say pepper pot? I can't remember your term. We say pepper shaker. Unless it's whole peppercorns in a pepper grinder, then it's a pepper mill.
I can't help it. I'm kind of like Ross in "Friends." :-\
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