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Originally Posted by michael johnson
If I were to break out in a sample of real english dialects from various parts of England -(and there are many) I seriously doubt if anyone would understand anything I say.
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I've had a hard time trying to discuss gardening before with someone from your side of the pond. As near as I can make out, here are the translations:
In Britain, the entire back yard is the garden. In the U.S. the garden is the cultivated section of the backyard. Those cultivated sections are called beds in Britain.
In Britain, compost is any kind of soil, even soil that contains no organic matter. I haven't found an equivalent word for what we call compost, which is well-rotted manure, orange peels, kitchen scraps, etc. I'm not sure how one distinguishes between topsoil, potting soil, and clay soil.