Re: a dumb query? pls humor me
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On 02/26/07 05:47, Chris Lale wrote:
> Steve Lamb wrote:
>>
>> Given the choice of "Americans" or "Brits" answer these questions.
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>
> "Torch" is the shortened form of "electric torch" (provides continuous
> light, not flashes).
Flashlights produce beams of light, not the general radiance of a
"flame" torch. Since "flame" torches radiate light in all
directions, the American phrase for that is (battery powered) *lantern*.
> "Petrol" is the shortened form of "petroleum spirit".
There are *lots* of petroleum spirits, not just the ones that go in
gasoline.
> BTW, the oil filler is under the "bonnet".
You put the second stomach of ruminating animals on your automobiles?
Geez, you people *are* strange!!!
> It seems that language was forking long before software projects.
Yup. You all went wrong, and we stayed correct.
(How's that for blatant, mindless jingoism???)
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