[**] Note for thegreenman and other foreigners: a ginnel is a small alley.
qv: * wynd [pronounced variably as wind (as in: 'the wind doth blow', versus 'wind me some string') - in use in N Yorks in the names of narrow alleyways - historic?]; * snikkit(sp?) [pronounced to rhyme with cricket, in use in N Yorks, tends to refer to a back-route behind suburban houses rather than strictly an alley]; * twitten [Kent/Surrey (ditto)]
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Date: 2003-06-06 05:28 pm (UTC)qv:
* wynd [pronounced variably as wind (as in: 'the wind doth blow', versus 'wind me some string') - in use in N Yorks in the names of narrow alleyways - historic?];
* snikkit(sp?) [pronounced to rhyme with cricket, in use in N Yorks, tends to refer to a back-route behind suburban houses rather than strictly an alley];
* twitten [Kent/Surrey (ditto)]