On 23 Jul 2010 21:31:30 -0700, [email protected] (Tony Harminc) wrote: >On the other hand, Unitedstatians have been known to pronounce SNA and >RJE as words, and even on occasion to say them together so that it >sounds like a sneeze.
That's a new one for this USAmerican. >Bless you! > >Wait - light switches upside down? My dad was from England, and when >he moved to Canada he installed all our light switches so that down >was ON, much to the confusion of everyone else. Probably not as irritating for people used to double switches. Another non-intuitive switch is IBM's on-off switch. The "O" looks like an open mouth, with the "I" more closed. (A contrarian view). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
