Thought for the day

[Alan Litchfield]

Ahh, but not if they're public school educated ;)

Alan

On 28/05/2010, at 6:52 AM, Flato, Gillian wrote:

> If someone in the U.K. offers you a fag, they are offering you a cigarette.
> 
> Thank you,
>  
> 
> Gillian Flato
> Technical Writer (Software)
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> "Well Done is better than Well Said" - Benjamin Franklin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lea Rush
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:33 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Thought for the day
> 
> 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
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