> > > > I'm not sure how many people on the West Coast would know what a "boot" is and the term, "car boot sale," would probably befuddle most residents out here. But I could be wrong.
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> > > > Fer"Where're my trousers?"rick
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> > > I'm on the West Coast, and I haven't a clue what "boot" means with respect to a car, unless I feel like kicking it.
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> > > gab"Of course, I haven't finished reading this thread"by
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> > The boot is the ... um. I just realised how hard it is to describe something when you're only aware of one possible word for it. It's the big hole with a lid on it, at the back of the car, wherein you put things like suitcases. What on earth do they call it where you come from?
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> We call it the trunk.
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> Aya"I *thought* that's what the boot was..."ko

Yep. And the bonnet is the hood. If you have a car bonnet sale, you must have plans to do something with your car other than drive it.

Nyperold