Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 18:11:13 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regulated names (was: Crazy Laws) Message-ID: <4.1.19981225180656.05a34790@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <19981226021926.65101@welearn.com.au> References: <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1> <Your <4.1.19981224112052.05a31740@127.0.0.1> <4.1.19981224174155.03dd8670@127.0.0.1> <368378AB.969463E2@uk.radan.com> <4.1.19981225064918.05738f10@127.0.0.1>
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At 02:19 AM 12/26/98 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: >Bugger that. We just call them by their right name: chips. Which is the word Americans use for what you folks in Oz and across the Deep Pond call "crisps." Never mind all the cognates for parts of cars, or the one for those purse-like contraptions one wears around one's waist. As I was reminded this summer as I wandered around the UK on honeymoon, British and American are different languages. And Australian, Irish, and Scottish "English" are different still. ;-) --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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