American vs UK English
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From: liquidator on 10 Sep 2008 19:09 I think Ron made a recent post noting substatial differeces in US vs UK English. He wasn't kidding. When I was in London the doorman told me "This is an informal club,sir. You can take your dickey and jacket off." Next thing I knew I was under arrest.
From: geoff on 10 Sep 2008 19:12 liquidator wrote: > I think Ron made a recent post noting substatial differeces in US vs > UK English. > > He wasn't kidding. > > When I was in London the doorman told me "This is an informal > club,sir. You can take your dickey and jacket off." > > Next thing I knew I was under arrest. Not to mention in need of re-attachment surgery ? geoff
From: geoff on 10 Sep 2008 19:14 geoff wrote: > liquidator wrote: >> I think Ron made a recent post noting substatial differeces in US vs >> UK English. >> >> He wasn't kidding. >> >> When I was in London the doorman told me "This is an informal >> club,sir. You can take your dickey and jacket off." >> >> Next thing I knew I was under arrest. > > Not to mention in need of re-attachment surgery ? It's not so much 'UK English' as 'Rest Of The Torld English', though that partuicular expression may very extremely regional , even within the UK. My best look of horror from some yank freinds was when I was explaining how I was honking at somebody from my car. geoff
From: Mike Dobony on 10 Sep 2008 19:34 On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:09:47 -0400, liquidator wrote: > I think Ron made a recent post noting substatial differeces in US vs UK > English. > > He wasn't kidding. > > When I was in London the doorman told me "This is an informal club,sir. You > can take your dickey and jacket off." > > Next thing I knew I was under arrest. Mind the gap.
From: geoff on 10 Sep 2008 22:02
liquidator wrote: >> > Not sure about the Nova claim- it's also made about the Chevy Nova. > It isn't internet legend- I heard it back around 1972, so it was > around way before the net. But many authorities discount it. Me, I'm > agnostic... Well "no va" does mean "doesn't go" en espanol. The Pajero people weren't so clever.... geoff |