For your amusement.
English automobiles - The engine is found under the bonnet, the passenger sits under
the hood and one puts a trunk in the boot.
American autombiles - The engine is found under the hood, the passenger sits under the
roof and one puts luggage in the trunk.
A friend of mine
On Giovedì, apr 15, 2004, at 16:29 Europe/Rome, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
England and America: Two countries divided by a common language.
craig -
please, who said that?
- bill
On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 11:21 AM, bill wrote:
On Giovedì, apr 15, 2004, at 16:29 Europe/Rome, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
England and America: Two countries divided by a common language.
craig -
please, who said that?
- bill
I think it was Mark Twain (I think...)
DR
David wrote:
On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 11:21 AM, bill wrote:
On Giovedì, apr 15, 2004, at 16:29 Europe/Rome, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
England and America: Two countries divided by a common language.
craig -
please, who said that?
- bill
I think it was Mark Twain (I
bless you!!...
i think i can sleep now.
On Giovedì, apr 15, 2004, at 17:35 Europe/Rome, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bill wrote:
England and America: Two countries divided by a common language.
craig -
please, who said that?
I honestly don't know. It could have been Disraeli, but more
David Rastall at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think it was Mark Twain (I think...)
George Bernard Shaw. You may be thinking of Twain's remark that the King's
English is not the king's, but a joint stock company in which America is the
majority stockholder.
He didn't consider India, of course.
