> > > 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?

We call it the trunk.

Aya"I *thought* that's what the boot was..."ko