Letter: Dunlop daps
Sir: Daps? Welsh? No, daps hail from Bristol as any good Bristolian who has worn them in PE at school will tell you.
Incidentally, Bristol has many odd alternative words but my favourite is the notion that snow falls all over the country but it only pitches in Bristol.
MIRIAM ANDREWS
Hampton Hill, Middlesex
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