While attending a dinner party over seas for our new neighbors, my wife made
a comment after dinner that she was stuffed. Our neighbor's wife, a nice
elderly woman told my wife that she needed to be careful what she said while
living overseas as some phases and terms could have different meanings.
Stuffed in England meant that someone had just had sex and she told my wife
that she would come knock her up tomorrow to talk.




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From: "Graham Naisbitt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:16 AM
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]> wrote:
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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.
>>
>> OK Graham, have at it.
>>
>> Doug Pauls
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>> England has been using the language a lot longer than the US, and has
>> clearly developed some conversational gambits which are spectacular.
>> "throw a pigeon amongst the cats"   GREAT.
>>
>> Rudy Sedlak
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>> David Greig <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Been a long week, thought I'd just go through a pigeon amongst the
>> cats...
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