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| AussieJimG:
I just feel sorry for poor old Thos. Crapper and Co. Jim |
| SwarfnStuff:
Since I started this waffle I should comment a little perhaps? Vsteam, Scotch Tape - here the predominant brand was Durex which I am informed does not equate nicely in the USA, now it is usually, "pass the sticky tape". Saran Wrap, - guess that would be Glad Wrap here, generic term = cling wrap, (Hang on, Not sure 'cling wrap' is not another brand?) Kleenex, band-aid, are the same here, aspirin = generic term for "Aspro" the proprietary brand common here. Appletree, Stillsons are the same here. NormanV. Google is now a verb as in, your post. Guess it's easier than saying, "I will have to put that into my favourite search engine"?? OH, :doh: what have I started? :loco: |
| Lew_Merrick_PE:
My father was an Anglican Canonical Bishop. We spent much of my very early childhood in England courtesy of an assignment. When we returned to the U.S. we had to wait quite a while for our "stuff" to come across the pond by ship. My sisters had been sent to stay with a family in my father's new parish during this period. On the night before her first day of school, my sister asked to be knocked up at 6:30 -- and was sooo grateful when my father was assigned to a different parish a month or so later! When I was working on a NASA project in the 1970's, requisitioning a Crescent wrench forced the purchasing department to buy only a Crescent brand wrench. You quickly learned to order an adjustable wrench... |
| vtsteam:
jello, super glue, post-it, simonize, spam, brillo pad, mickey mouse..... |
| SwarfnStuff:
Ha, someone said - not sure whether here or another forum that we are people separated by a common language. It shows. Lew, knocked up here in OZ seems to equate with the US term. Steam, I guess jello = jelly = glutinous shimmery shivery desert? I do know that what you call jelly is jam to us = the result of boiling fruit, sugar and water till it sets on cooling. Super glue and post-it are the same. Simonize you will have to explain whilst spam could be either the tinned meat (a product) or unwanted electronic junk mail. I'm also guessing that a brillo pad is steel wool? Mickey mouse?? Here, if something is Mickey Mouse it would be considered dodgy, iffy or susso = not up to acceptable standard. |
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