Thought for the day

[Jenny Greenleaf]

Nor should you get offended if an Australian man offers to nurse your baby.

That one really caught me off-guard the first time I heard it!

Jenny

On May 27, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Writer wrote:

> ...or trousers as pants.
> 
> Nadine
> 
> --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Lea Rush <lea at astoria-pacific.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Lea Rush <lea at astoria-pacific.com>
>> Subject: RE: Thought for the day
>> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>> Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 2:33 PM
>> And don't refer to your waist pouch
>> as a fanny pack. More offended looks ...
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
>> [mailto:framers-
>>> bounces at lists.frameusers.com]
>> On Behalf Of Nancy Allison
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:03 AM
>>> To: Syed.Hosain at aeris.net
>>> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>>> Subject: Re: Thought for the day
>>> 
>>> As does rooting for your team, in Australia. Expect a
>> few startled looks,
>> then
>>> grins . . .
>>> 
>>> In case anyone wonders about the tech-writing aspect
>> of this discussion,
>> it's the
>>> many tricky highways and byways of localization even
>> within the English
>>> language.
>>> 
>>> --Nancy
>>> 
>>> On May 27, 2010, Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net)
>>> <Syed.Hosain at aeris.net>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> And ... offering to give someone a ride in your car in
>> the UK has quite a
>> different
>>> connotation from the use in the US. :)
>>> 
>>> Z