On 1/22/18 1:27 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:59:09 -0000, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 1/21/2018 7:28 PM, trader_4 wrote:
On Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 7:17:35 PM UTC-5, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 1/21/18 5:16 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:

What are "decks" in British English?* Do you mean a patio?

******* A patio is an area usually behind the house covered by stone,
bricks, or concrete.* It's ground level.* A deck is a raised platform
usually made of wood with railings.*** So a house could have a deck
above the patio.

But then there are pool decks, which are concrete at ground level too.
It gets a bit confusing.

Not to mention decks on ships.* And the poop deck.

Is poop not American English for ****?

Yes. It's used in a bit more polite company. A little bit more
polite.