> I've heard Americans refer to "garage sales". Where I live (mid-Missouri), there's more "yard sales" and "rummage sales" than there are "garage sales", but it's all the same thing. On Aug 30, 2009, at 8:21 AM, Carcharoth wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 2:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > <snip> > >> P.S. A Flea Market (at least in American English) is where people >> bring all >> their junk they want to get rid of, and spread it out for other >> people to >> buy it for very low prices. > > We have those. I've heard Americans refer to "garage sales". We > (Brits) have those sometimes, but more often we take stuff to a local > charity shop, or a school's "jumble sale", or stick stuff in the boot > (luggage compartment) of a car, drive with others to an empty field, > and have what called a "car boot sale"! :-) > > Carcharoth > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
