[WikiEN-l] "I should know this, I worked on the Wikipedia article..."

[Emily Monroe]

> 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, <WJhonson at aol.com> 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
>
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