I always though 'mudguards' were the flexible flange attached to the end of
the fender to help keep road debris from spattering onto the body.

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 17:32:46 +0100, Roy Brown 
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>In message <[log in to unmask]>, Brian
>Donaldson <[log in to unmask]> writes
>
>><< But you Yanks call 'em fenders.  >>
>
>I see I have been wrong about this for years :-(
>
>Fenders are wings. Rats. No wonder Denys was confused....
>
>And our bicycles and motorbikes have mudguards.
>
>Truly two nations separated by a common language.
>
>>I wouldn't go calling someone from the South (Ray in Texas, for example)
>>a "Yank(ee)"
>>Do you want to start another Revolutionary war, y'all?
>
>>Brian.
>
>Privately, we call you 'merkins'. But you might like that even less :-)
>--
>Roy Brown        'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
>Kelmscott Ltd     useful, or believe to be beautiful'  William Morris
>
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