That wound't surprise me. This is from wikiapedia, so it could be wrong, but apparently "boot" comes from the word for a built-in compartment on a horse-drawn coach. What the USA calls a hood we call a bonnet. Bonnet is quite obvious. My Dad's English, so sometimes I'm caught saying (British) wings instead of (Australian) guards. What's it in the USA, fenders? This is exactly why non-English speakers have such a hard time. We have far too many synonyms.
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Hood and bonnet both make sense, imo, they're both something that covers one's head. Guard definitely makes sense, and wing kinda makes sense, but I didn't think fender made any sense until I looked it up. Apparently it comes from the word defender.
That wound't surprise me. This is from wikiapedia, so it could be wrong, but apparently "boot" comes from the word for a built-in compartment on a horse-drawn coach. What the USA calls a hood we call a bonnet. Bonnet is quite obvious. My Dad's English, so sometimes I'm caught saying (British) wings instead of (Australian) guards. What's it in the USA, fenders? This is exactly why non-English speakers have such a hard time. We have far too many synonyms.
Hooroo!
Hood and bonnet both make sense, imo, they're both something that covers one's head. Guard definitely makes sense, and wing kinda makes sense, but I didn't think fender made any sense until I looked it up. Apparently it comes from the word defender.
I find it funny when JKR talks about the Ford Anglia in Harry Potter as having wings... I wonder if some kids were confused when it wing-less in the films.
I think the former looks funny. It's probably just because we're both used to the other one.
Maybe. I still think that USA English is chat speak. Did you guys invent LOL?
We invented the internet, too... we'll have to take responsibility for that.
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Hood and bonnet both make sense, imo, they're both something that covers one's head. Guard definitely makes sense, and wing kinda makes sense, but I didn't think fender made any sense until I looked it up. Apparently it comes from the word defender.
I find it funny when JKR talks about the Ford Anglia in Harry Potter as having wings... I wonder if some kids were confused when it wing-less in the films.
Lol, I read the American version, so I wasn't confused.
. Which is quite funny, actually. 
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