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
