Dawn Falbe

When I first came to America I worked in a very large company where the
office was open plan. I remember shouting across the room "Does anyone have
a rubber?" I don't think I've heard so many people snicker and laugh out
loud in my life. The woman who worked next to me grabbed me (I was also
standing up) and said "you can't ask people that". My response was "but my
pencil doesn't have one and I need to rub out the sentence I just wrote"...
She then explained that in America an eraser as the name for a rubber and
exactly what a rubber was. I think I must have turned a very beet root red
and didn't live it down in that company for a long time.

Dawn F
Tucson, AZ who now knows nearly all of the American language and how it
differs from British language.

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In a message dated 3/7/2003 1:05:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
astrologerdawn@... writes:

> Dawn F
> Tucson, AZ who now knows nearly all of the American language and how it
> differs from British language.

AH, but Dawn, did you know that there's a dance called "The Shag"? I was the
Shag Queen at college. <G> I shagged every night. With MANY different
partners! Often for hours at a time. <G>

My Brit friends STILL can't get their heads around THAT one! <BWG>

Anybody want to learn to shag at the conference? We even have our own
shaggin' music! <G>

~Kelly, Shag Queen


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In a message dated 3/7/03 11:05:36 AM, astrologerdawn@... writes:

<< I remember shouting across the room "Does anyone have
a rubber?" I don't think I've heard so many people snicker and laugh out
loud in my life. >>

I just snickered and laughed out lout far away and years later!!

-=-Dawn F
Tucson, AZ who now knows nearly all of the American language and how it
differs from British language.-=-

After visiting England, I've always wondered how Brits handle being in a
donut shop or similar counter-situation which has a sign saying "NO TIPPING."

First time I heard reference to "a tipping lorry," I thought it meant an
unstable truck that was likely to fall over. But it meant DUMP TRUCK. And
when I saw a sign on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere on the way
to some little town that said "NO TIPPING," I thought...
where have I seen a sign like that? Behind the counter at the Dunkin Donuts
where I worked in Santa Fe.

EEEYEW!!!

Sandra

Tia Leschke

> First time I heard reference to "a tipping lorry," I thought it meant an
> unstable truck that was likely to fall over. But it meant DUMP TRUCK.
And
> when I saw a sign on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere on the
way
> to some little town that said "NO TIPPING," I thought...
> where have I seen a sign like that? Behind the counter at the Dunkin
Donuts
> where I worked in Santa Fe.

Our conductor is English. He's told us about when he first moved to Canada
and told a woman he'd be around in the morning to "knock her up". <g>
Tia

Julie W

On 7 Mar 2003 11:03:49 -0700
astrologerdawn@... said:

>When I first came to America I worked in a very large >company where the
>office was open plan. I remember shouting across the >room "Does anyone
have
>a rubber?" I don't think I've heard so many people >snicker and laugh out
>loud in my life.

Here in New Zealand the fanny is the front rather than the rear, and not
regarded as very polite, which catches out many American visitors.

Julie W
Wellington
New Zealand

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In a message dated 3/7/03 6:30:45 PM, xtr581602@... writes:

<< Here in New Zealand the fanny is the front rather than the rear, and not
regarded as very polite, which catches out many American visitors. >>

I guess when prim Christian moms threaten to swat a kid's fanny, that's porn
stuff, huh?

Gross.

English is so dangerous. <g>

Joylyn

And to think--I have an Aunt Fanny.

Joylyn

Julie W wrote:

> On 7 Mar 2003 11:03:49 -0700
> astrologerdawn@... said:
>
> >When I first came to America I worked in a very large >company where the
> >office was open plan. I remember shouting across the >room "Does anyone
> have
> >a rubber?" I don't think I've heard so many people >snicker and
> laugh out
> >loud in my life.
>
> Here in New Zealand the fanny is the front rather than the rear, and not
> regarded as very polite, which catches out many American visitors.
>
> Julie W
> Wellington
> New Zealand
>
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Dan Vilter

on 3/7/03 5:28 PM, Julie W at xtr581602@... wrote:

> Here in New Zealand the fanny is the front rather than the rear, and not
> regarded as very polite, which catches out many American visitors.

An English colleague said that she would prefer that I call her "Fanny" pack
a Bum Bag. Which I did.

I kind of prefer that name now.

-Dan Vilter