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Default I fought the law and I won - Update

On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:47:24 -0400, J. Clarke wrote:

> On 6/26/2010 10:29 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:04:32 -0400, "J. Clarke"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> The word at issue is not "shoulder", it is "berm". Do try to pay attention.

>>
>> I am paying attention. Berm is the wrong word, period. Nothing you
>> say can change that.

>
> Fine, when some teenager her car broke down and she stopped on the
> "berm" you go on thinking she's talking about a pile of dirt, and the
> rest of us will figure out what she actually did.
>>


it seems to be a regionalism:
berm (būrm)
n.