Hi Folks,
On Mon, 3 Jun 2002 08:49:36 -0400, Roger Turk wrote:
> Sam Ewalt wrote:
> .. > On Mon, 03 Jun 2002 20:46:15 +1000, Kali McLaughlin wrote:
> .. > > Quite - the funniest thing since the P76.
> .. > Sorry mate, but nobody over here has any idea what a P76 might
> .. > be. Never heard of it at all.
It was a car somebody at Leyland thought Australians "should" want to
buy, but it had very little resemblance to what Australians "did" want
to buy. A pity in some ways, because it had some very good and
innovative engineering in it - it just had no appeal to the market. But
those who did buy one seem to become real enthusiasts. It is a BIG car
by Oz standards.
> I took it to be something like an Edsel.
Que ????
> Winston Churchill was right --- we are [three] countries separated by a
> common language!
More than three, I think. Don't forget the Kiwis, South Africa,
Kenya (yes, English is now the official language there), the West
Indies, (and how are you getting along with the Canadians ?) to name but
a few.
And there is always the regional dialects in UK. I can remember
going into a pub in Derbyshire and not understanding a word of any of
the conversations going on around me.
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke
http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/index.html
http://tadpole.aus.as
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