Angels4 Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I'm from the US and have seen people on the forum talk about an allotment...What exactly is an allotment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joojoo Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 It is a piece of land that you can lease from the local town council to grow your own vegetables and flowers on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 I was about to launch into an explanation but thought Google might save me the bother . Here you go... http://www.sutton.gov.uk/leisure/allotments/whatallotments.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 12, 2008 Share Posted July 12, 2008 A plot of land, usually owned b y the local council, divided up into sections, which folk rent to grow vegetables and flowers. Like this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted July 12, 2008 Author Share Posted July 12, 2008 Ahhhh...I see. We have something similar here, I think we call it a "Victory Garden" most are found in major cities where yards or gardens are the size of postage stamps.... Thanks for the explanation I was feeling out of the loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Let us know if there is anything you don't understand vernacular wise......there was an amusing thread running the other day about us being 2 nations separated by common language. **here** Scroll down a bit. We hijacked a thread about Chickens and the law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I somehow missed that thread, Egluntine . Very funny . I particularly like the misunderstandings that come about following discussions about pants and vests . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 And suspenders! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Oh yes, how could I have forgotten those . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Chickens and the law thread is funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treekeeper Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Bill Bryson sums it up quite nicely when he is complemented in a backhand way on his return to America having lived in GB for several years He is in a diner in Anywhere Idaho and the waitress says to him 'Well I'll tell you one thing honey, for a foreigner you speak English real good'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted July 14, 2008 Author Share Posted July 14, 2008 That reminds me of a story...While in Rome we were taking a tour and our tour guide (a lovely italian women, who learned english in the UK) asked our group if anyone spoke english. This big american guy raises his hand and she asks where he is from "I'm from Ohio pretty lady, it's in the United States"! to which she responded, "Then you speak ameican not english"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
