Nor should you get offended if an Australian man offers to nurse your baby.
That one really caught me off-guard the first time I heard it! Jenny On May 27, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Writer wrote: > ...or trousers as pants. > > Nadine > > --- On Thu, 5/27/10, Lea Rush <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Lea Rush <[email protected]> >> Subject: RE: Thought for the day >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 2:33 PM >> And don't refer to your waist pouch >> as a fanny pack. More offended looks ... >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:framers- >>> [email protected]] >> On Behalf Of Nancy Allison >>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:03 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Thought for the day >>> >>> As does rooting for your team, in Australia. Expect a >> few startled looks, >> then >>> grins . . . >>> >>> In case anyone wonders about the tech-writing aspect >> of this discussion, >> it's the >>> many tricky highways and byways of localization even >> within the English >>> language. >>> >>> --Nancy >>> >>> On May 27, 2010, Syed Zaeem Hosain ([email protected]) >>> <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> And ... offering to give someone a ride in your car in >> the UK has quite a >> different >>> connotation from the use in the US. :) >>> >>> Z _______________________________________________ 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.
