Transatlantic Translation

[Merkin]

Weren't there some responses to this that have since disappeared?

[Bruin Fisher]

Yes and my flaky memory is struggling to remember what they were. Didn't Des and I attempt limericks - something about a pantechnicon, lorry or truck I seem to remember?

[Rutabaga]

They may have fallen through the cracks during the server move.

R

[Cole Parker]

Yes, there were a few of those. I'd guess all thread within a certain time frame were lost.

[DesDownunder]

I think I can remember my limerick, and that Bruin managed a clever one rhyming pantechnicon.

(Sorry I can't remember more Bruin.)

Here's what I remember of mine:

The difference between a lorry and a truck,

Depends on a bit of luck

If things halt in a lorry,

All you an do is say, "Sorry,"

But at a truck-stop you might get a *uck.

* Please insert the (*)uck of your choice

[ChrisR]

The one what drives me crazy is the British use of "different than" whilst we revolutionaries use "different from". Than is a comparative, as in bigger than or longer than but that's it. Definitely not a distinguisher. Harumph.

Or walk into an American school, ask if everybody speaks English, and upon their affirmative reply ask what's found between the boot and the bonnet. And whilst they stare at you, make it simpler: Does a ute have a boot? Of course if there's a Lou in the classroom, the fun has just begun,