Regional variations of words: Word-atlas

[Harpo]

 

[Dave]

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This is absolutely true!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Still called a skelf here

 

[Ursa major]

This is absolutely true!

Agreed: my mother (from west Cumberland) called them spells but I, having been born in a "yellow" area, have always called them splinters.

 

[Ursa major]

Still called a skelf here

We're not talking about unauthorised liquor production....

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[Swank]

I blame Splinter of the Mind's Eye for driving all other slivers into obscurity.