LL-L "Games" 2004.08.30 (08) [E]

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From: Kevin Caldwell <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Games" 2004.08.29 (05) [E/S]

> There is a skipping rhyme which I have from Great Yarmouth in Norfolk
> which
> replaces the last word with "jump", meaning "skip with a rope": the rope
> is
> called a "jump rope". I don't know much about the distribution of "jump"
> and
> "skip" for this activity but "jump" is the US term I've heard on TV.
>
> John Feather johnfeather at sceptic1.freeserve.co.uk

I have heard both "jump" and "skip" here in the US.  I grew up in several
different parts of the country (consecutively, not at the same time :) ),
but that was a long time ago, so I couldn't begin to speculate on the
distribution of the terms.

Kevin Caldwell

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