In news:[EMAIL PROTECTED],
Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> typed:
> "Bob Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:48 AM [GMT+1=CET],
>> David Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Oui. I wonder what French people think when they come to
>>> Britain and see "Pet Shop".
>>
>> Possibly that they sell trumpets?
> <confused>
>
> Who are "they"?
>
> The above seems to mean that the French people did not think that the
> French people sell trumpets until they see "Pet Shop".
For the sake of clarity, the French people may think that the Pet Shop sells
trumpets.
> It would be more likely that they would start stroking the building.
Your confusion may be caused by the fact that you didn't spend half your
childhood translating rude words into various foreign languages. (Not that
I'm accusing David Sullivan of that!)
;-)
--
Bob
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