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Old 11-14-2018, 03:44 PM   #41982
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb View Post
I wonder if pottering is different from puttering. Linguists? i only know "puttering" from my experience in the Chicago and central-Pennsylvania areas. And book reading.
FWIW, even two of my dictionaries literally use the same phrases as usage examples of the two--pottering and puttering. "The little old lady is puttering/pottering around in the garden." They are literally described identically in all ways, other than geographic usage. Pottering is shown as being predominantly UK/NA usage, whilst puttering is apparently more widespread.

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