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Why do Sheffielders use the word Dam to refer to the water not the wall thing holidng it back?
Mickey
not round here its not..... unless its like Ladybower
eastwestdivide
Not just in Sheffield - some dictionaries have it also as for the body of water held back by the wall. See also the folk song Two Sisters/Twa Sisters/Minorie (various versions) for drowning* in the miller's dam.
*It's a rare folk song where nobody dies!
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Agreed, it's quite common all over the world.
