Re: Anglo-American communications studies

[David Honig]

At 11:45 AM 1/9/01 +0000, Ken Brown wrote:
>David Honig wrote:
>> 
>> >>and there are very few opportunities for real misunderstanding.
>> 
>> So Ken if you read that Blair was near Thatcher's house and knocked
>> her up, Yanks would think something very different from Brits.
>
>You've been listening to those old Max Miller records again, haven't
>you?

No, a british (Birmingham) cell biologist used it in casual conversation
in the early 1990s.  I was struck by the humor of it at the time.