I've just caught up with this thread - very interesting.
I was caught by surprise with Nancy's bringing up row = fight as something unusual or surprising, because here in the UK it's commonplace to use it in that context. In fact, most people in the UK would say "I had a row with her" rather than "I had a fight with her", I think. Fight here mostly tends to denote something more physical than a verbal argument.
And, of course, it's pronounced differently in that context. Not row as in boat, but row (r-ow).
It had never occurred to me before that that wasn't universal.
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LabRat
