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Thread #124681   Message #2757218
Posted By: MGM·Lion
01-Nov-09 - 09:50 AM
Thread Name: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
Subject: RE: BS: American English usages taking over Brit
In the Old Mother Hubbard nursery rhyme, however, the cupboard in question, as it was supposed to contained a bone for the dog, would have been the specialist form of food-cupboard called a 'larder'. Do the Americans have a word for that?