Down the Avenues and Alleyways!..

I have noticed before when I have used the word ‘ginnel’, as I did a couple of blogs ago, that there are comments as to what I have said.. two comments this time which had me looking on google this evening..

From Martin..

When you say ginnel do you mean gitty?

and from Gail Mead..

Surely it's a twitten !

Now that is very interesting.. Of course being from Hampshire I should have said alleyway, but my family on my mother’s side is from Wigan in Lancashire and my grandmother had a house which backed on to a ginnel.. and I fell in love with the word and have used it ever since!

I can guess now where my two commenters come from.. Martin says gitty.. I guess you are from the Midlands Martin, while Gail prefers twitten.  Surely Gail is from Sussex!?