'Lawned area' is definitely ok - like 'fenced area' or 'paved area'! But if you're not confident using it then find another way of saying it - what about 'an area laid to lawn' - that's an acceptable term. That's one of the wonderful things about the English language - there are so many ways of saying the same thing.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I agree, Gemma. At work I used to have to print out enormous signs to use on the verge, to entice people in (it was a garden centre. Why should they need enticing???) and by the time I'd seen the word SALE upside down five times I doubted its existence...
I always think "lawned" is estate agent speak, so that a "lawned garden" means one in which there's nothing but lawn, probably used as a children's playground by the vendors... but then I'm an old cynic
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I know that I previously mentioned I had lost this argument, well I now feel that I may talk some of you into agreeing with me.
The word lawned just totally feels wrong, and here is why I personally think so.
When I think of a lawn, I think of a green, short, carpet like area of grass that is the focal point to a well kept garden. It is the one thing some of us slave over two to three times a week in the summer just so we can sit next to it and admire its strange beauty. The lawn is, in my opinion, the most important part to a garden.
However, the thing the estate agents call lawned areas I believe are wrongly labelled and are in fact just simply grassed areas. Using the word lawned like 'paved' and 'fenced', I feel is still wrong, as you would say 'that area is to be paved' unlike 'that area is to be lawned' you wouldn't, you would say turfed.
I know I sound crazy but I just feel that the word lawned is making a true lawn sound cheap.
Remember how we all jeered at the use of the word ' refurbish' when it was used by the American Ambassador about his London home. Now everybody uses the word!
So I've not seen this. So I took a look on the internet to see if I could see if it were true, I couldn't find any examples. So can't say I saw any evidence of it.
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I guess I lost this argument. Cheers all for your input.
'Lawned area' is definitely ok - like 'fenced area' or 'paved area'! But if you're not confident using it then find another way of saying it - what about 'an area laid to lawn' - that's an acceptable term. That's one of the wonderful things about the English language - there are so many ways of saying the same thing
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The best match I can think of is carpeted - that would be used much like lawned??
I don't know the more I think about any word for too long it just becomes senseless to me.
I agree, Gemma. At work I used to have to print out enormous signs to use on the verge, to entice people in (it was a garden centre. Why should they need enticing???) and by the time I'd seen the word SALE upside down five times I doubted its existence...
I always think "lawned" is estate agent speak, so that a "lawned garden" means one in which there's nothing but lawn, probably used as a children's playground by the vendors... but then I'm an old cynic
LOL I'm in the Steve camp, I wouldn't play scrabble with you either
I know that I previously mentioned I had lost this argument, well I now feel that I may talk some of you into agreeing with me.
The word lawned just totally feels wrong, and here is why I personally think so.
When I think of a lawn, I think of a green, short, carpet like area of grass that is the focal point to a well kept garden. It is the one thing some of us slave over two to three times a week in the summer just so we can sit next to it and admire its strange beauty. The lawn is, in my opinion, the most important part to a garden.
However, the thing the estate agents call lawned areas I believe are wrongly labelled and are in fact just simply grassed areas. Using the word lawned like 'paved' and 'fenced', I feel is still wrong, as you would say 'that area is to be paved' unlike 'that area is to be lawned' you wouldn't, you would say turfed.
I know I sound crazy but I just feel that the word lawned is making a true lawn sound cheap.
Sorry if I annoy you with this nonsense.
Words go in and out of use.
Me too!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
So I've not seen this. So I took a look on the internet to see if I could see if it were true, I couldn't find any examples. So can't say I saw any evidence of it.
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