row

[Marc Robinson]

I'm also an American and grew up in a family with little or no higher
education.  For my grandparents and parents, the term "row" was very
common.  And any British blood or influence had already been thinned by five
or six generations in the new world.  I suspect that the usage is indeed
regional.

Marc Robinson
Russian Language and Area Studies
St. Olaf College

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Helen Halva <hhalva at mindspring.com> wrote:

> I'm an American too and don't find "row" for argument/spat/fight at all
> unusual . . .  must be regional usage (or not) . . .
> HH
>
>
> Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>
>> augerot wrote:
>>
>>  All my dictionaries include "row" derived from "rouse" as a dispute
>>> or disturbance, noise or clamor. Who says we can't use it in American
>>> English?
>>>
>>
>> My dictionaries, like yours, are full of words nobody knows and nobody
>> uses; that's what they're for -- to inform users about unfamiliar words. A
>> British dictionary will certainly list "truck," and "eggplant," too, but in
>> the real world they call them "lorries" and "aubergines."
>>
>> You can use "row" in America if you like, but you should know that 99% of
>> the public will either misunderstand you or be completely at a loss.
>>
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