the OED is looking for help:

http://www.oed.com/newsletters/2004-12/appeals.html

maybe you can plausibilize something...

DARE wants to know what you call that strip of grass (and sometimes trees) between the sidewalk and the curb. Non-USns need not apply:

http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dare/dare.html (click on Queries)

Hi Anna-Betsy ! Tried several times but page wont display- anyway, that area is the "verge" a word I learned many many many many many years ago. Like 65.
Where have you all been?