Re: CHAT: Education words in various English dialects //was"Mister"

On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 04:40:10PM -0400, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 12:59:39PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
> > "H. S. Teoh" wrote:
> >
> > > You can shed hair, and some animals shed their skin; however, you can also
> > > store the lawn-mower in the shed.
> >
> > Sure.  But where's the specifically Australian issue?
> [snip]
>
> *embarrassed look* I suppose this is what I get for jumping into a
> conversation without knowing what's going on :-P
I for one have never heard <shed> used that way.

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