Adrian Stott wrote:

> Caen Hill has side pounds.
> 
> Bratch has side pounds.
> 
> Foxton has side *ponds*.  Not the same thing at all.

So Adrian has decided that two terms which most of us would regard as
more or less interchangeable have distinct and separate meanings.

I wonder if he will be any more successful in persuading us of his views
than he has been with his contention that some boats with a beam
materially more than 7 feet are "wide" and some are "broad"?

David Mack

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