<div dir="ltr"><div>Ah, good to know. Google doesn't show the same for everyone, so it's not a particularly good reference. Wiktionary has some useful information, and I'm fairly sure it'll show the same for anyone who reads it (as long as it hasn't been vandalized recently, but we know all about that):</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dyke">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dyke</a><br></div><div><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dike">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dike</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Interestingly, both meanings of "dyke" show up under "dike" (plus a third that I wasn't aware of). So anyone intending to bowlderize our place names would need to change "Dyke" to something else entirely.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, from <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dyke">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dyke</a>:</div><div><br></div><div>> According to the 2010 United States Census, Dyke is the 6704th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5037 individuals.</div><div><br></div><div>I wonder if they'll need to change their names as well...</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 11:43, Edward Bainton <<a href="mailto:bainton.ete@gmail.com">bainton.ete@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Various dictionary entries for dyke</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 11 Jan 2023 at 11:01, Edward Catmur via Talk-GB <<a href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 11 Jan 2023, 10:54 Dave F via Talk-GB, <<a href="mailto:talk-gb@openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">talk-gb@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 11/01/2023 10:02, Robert Skedgell wrote:<br>
> In the first case the change from Dyke -> Dike corrected a genuine typo.<br>
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I thought dyke was the correct spelling.<br>
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<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Dyke&sxsrf=AJOqlzXJ-2BgdFycck6vHsQa5-Dq0A4hTA%3A1673432584929&ei=CI6-Y6yuOJeFhbIP7cG6oAc&ved=0ahUKEwis0p6Wpr_8AhWXQkEAHe2gDnQQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Dyke&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIHCAAQsQMQQzIECAAQQzIRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQrwEyCAguEIAEELEDMgsILhCvARDHARCABDIICAAQgAQQsQMyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BMgsILhCABBDHARCvATIFCC4QgAQyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgoIABBHENYEELADOgcIABCwAxBDOgUIABCRAjoGCAAQBxAeSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUJ0SWLoaYOkbaAFwAXgAgAGKAYgB_QGSAQMwLjKYAQCgAQHIAQrAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?q=Dyke&sxsrf=AJOqlzXJ-2BgdFycck6vHsQa5-Dq0A4hTA%3A1673432584929&ei=CI6-Y6yuOJeFhbIP7cG6oAc&ved=0ahUKEwis0p6Wpr_8AhWXQkEAHe2gDnQQ4dUDCA4&uact=5&oq=Dyke&gs_lcp=Cgxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAQAzIHCAAQsQMQQzIECAAQQzIRCC4QgAQQsQMQgwEQxwEQrwEyCAguEIAEELEDMgsILhCvARDHARCABDIICAAQgAQQsQMyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BMgsILhCABBDHARCvATIFCC4QgAQyCwguEIAEEMcBEK8BOgoIABBHENYEELADOgcIABCwAxBDOgUIABCRAjoGCAAQBxAeSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAUJ0SWLoaYOkbaAFwAXgAgAGKAYgB_QGSAQMwLjKYAQCgAQHIAQrAAQE&sclient=gws-wiz-serp</a></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That link doesn't work for me. What is it supposed to show? </div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br></blockquote></div></div></div>
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