I got into trouble with the Americans ( from the days when people were allowed to smoke in the office) in a presentation with a chart saying " 10 minute fag break"
On Sun, 19 Mar 2023 at 17:14, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > Well, UK English can also get us Americans in trouble, e.g., "fanny". > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Lennie Dymoke-Bradshaw [0000032fff1be9b4-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu] > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2023 6:29 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Question for our international friends (mostly) > > In Australia "rooter" means something rather different, so I suggest you > don't look it up. > I was always surprised that most of my USA friends say rowt , but they all > agree they get their kicks (CICS?) on root 66. > Lennie > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of > Jeremy Nicoll > Sent: 18 March 2023 01:49 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Question for our international friends (mostly) > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2023, at 01:38, Bernd Oppolzer wrote: > > Very interesting discussion. > > > > I recently tried to understand what the correct pronounciation of the > > word "router" is, because here in Germany there are different > > opinions. And I learned in the end, that BOTH ways are correct, like > > "rooter" and (don't know how to spell the other, > > maybe) "row-ter". > > In the UK, usual usage is "rooter" for the network device, but "row-ter" > for the woodworking tool. > > -- > Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
