Thanks guys - please keep the replies flowing in.... From the answers so far you can see why I am having problems....
Even the names for tools (and weapons) vary from region to region in a country - so far for France I have about 20 different names for the billhook....
France is not unique - before the early 19th century it was a disparate collection of different states, each with several regional languages, with different dialects and patois.... Germany was not unified until after WW1, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire had about twelve different 'official' languages...
Even English varies from England to the USA (and Australasia, South Africa, India etc)....
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