Fox "kits"?

[Michael Quinion]

Fritz Juengling wrote

> "Fox CUBS" ?  Never heard that.  I've known 'kit' all my life.  Is
> there an isogloss somewhere?

There's definitely a boundary down the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, since here
in the UK I've never heard anything except "cub" ...

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