My high school Spanish teacher used to tell the story of planning to dine one evening with her Brit friends.
One guy said to her, "I'll come by about 6 and knock you up." "I think not!!" she retorted, indignantly. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:54 AM To: 'Mike Wickham'; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: RE: Thought for the day I saw a similar sign in a Glasgow restaurant that said, "This door is alarmed". I thought, "How can you tell?" Because English is used (quite) a bit differently in the UK, I kept chuckling about the signs I saw while I was in Scotland. I knew what they meant, but the North American meaning was quite different than the UK meaning. Nadine --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Sharon Burton <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Sharon Burton <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Thought for the day > To: "'Mike Wickham'" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 12:08 PM Sign on door at local medical > clinic: > > > This is not a patient door. > > > sharon > > Sharon Burton > Content Consultant > www.anthrobytes.com > 951-369-8590 > IM: [email protected] > Twitter: sharonburton > http://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonvburton > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. > > Send list messages to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo > .ca > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. > Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jim.pinkham%40voith. com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
