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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Potatoes are only tatties in the North, esp. Scotland.
They are spuds around here.
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A spud is any of various sharp, spadelike or chisel-like tools used for rooting out weeds, stripping off bark, etc.
Spud is also (IMHO) is a silly word for potato. We have it in the US, but it's not really used.