[Talk-GB] crop=grass or sod

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Mon Jan 9 22:03:17 UTC 2017


On 10-Jan-17 08:48 AM, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jan 2017, SK53 wrote:
>> Turf has the distinct advantage of being less likely to generate sniggers.
> But a risk of turf wars...?
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Ok.. add turf to the mix

My dictionary for sources says

turf - Middle English (1100-1500) from Old English (before 1100)

sod - Middle English (1100-1500) from  Middle Dutch or Middle Low German

Maybe with Brexit sod is off.





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