Posted by Robert Dilley on February 01, 1999 at 16:43:17:
In Reply to: Re: Un-Lake Windermere posted by Ian on February 01, 1999 at 14:06:37:
"Sod" is actually perfectly respectable Canadian for what the Brits call turf. Some years ago I was at an international conference in Southern Ontario where the banquet address was given by the then Deputy Minister of Agriculture. I was sitting at a table of visiting Brits, and when the dignitary referred to his past as a "sod farmer" the sniggers from my table companions were distinctly audible.