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		lostlogin on April 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hardest problem in computer science: centering thi... It’s ‘skirting’ here in NZ.

defrost on April 18, 2024 | [–]

Ditto here in NZ's West Island (Australia).

OJFord on April 18, 2024 | [–]

Probably throughout the Commonwealth, skirting or skirting board (it is here in the UK too), and a confused Canada as for most of these words!

skipants on April 18, 2024 | [–]

This time the coin-flip of Canadian nomenclature landed on "American"; we call them baseboards.

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