I admit to being totally Anglo/American bilingual, so I know that in the
UK, when told to "Keep your pecker up", I am being encouraged to not let
my problems get on top of me and to try to be optimistic, rather than in
the USA, where... oh, never mind!
Peter
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham Naisbitt
Sent: 06 May 2005 15:16
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [TN] Is it Friday yet?
Hi Techies
Here in olde England, a cat is called a pussy.
As George Bernard Shaw once famously remarked, "Two nations divided by a
common language". Another example involves the US word eraser that we
call.....read on:
I am also reminded of a friend who was seconded to a major facility in
Illinois to work in the drawing office (remember them?) Finding himself
in need of correcting a mistake leant over to a lady colleague and
innocently
asked: "Do you mind if I borrow your rubber?"
Noticing her glazed expression then added: "It's alright, I'll bring it
back when I've finished."
...and the pen, having writ, moves on.....
Happy Friday everyone
Graham Naisbitt
On 6/5/05 2:34 pm, "Douglas O. Pauls" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Yes, but if you have ever talked around Trafalgar Square or St. Paul's
> Cathedral, you see that they are not that good a performing "throw a
> pigeon amonst the cats". Either that or the UK is tragically short of
cats.
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> OK Graham, have at it.
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> Doug Pauls
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> England has been using the language a lot longer than the US, and has
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> "throw a pigeon amongst the cats" GREAT.
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> Rudy Sedlak
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