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User Name | Thread Name | Subject | Posted |
Howard Jones | Folklore: thatcher's language (roofing) (53* d) | RE: Folklore: thatcher's language | 10 Jul 17 |
I'm rather fond of the traditional names for sizes of roofing slates, named after the ranks of the female nobility. This gives wonderful terms such as "narrow ladies" and "broad countessess", all the way up to "princessess" and "empresses". |