Talk:fossick

To my knowledge this is not chiefly British but mainly used in Australia and New Zealand, with a localised usage in Cornwall, England. Etymologically it has been suggested that it comes from Cornish. Clarificition needed to show it is mainly used in Australia?
 * It was used extensively in the south of England (not just in Cornwall - as far east as Essex and as far north as Staffs) when I lived there (1954 to 1971); I haven't heard it recently, but that's probably because I've not lived there since. So I#m not at all sure that localised usage in Cornwall is correct, nor used mainly in Aus and NZ. Michealt 21:01, 9 November 2011 (UTC)