Boffin Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 What the instructions in your Haynes Manual really mean Andy Link to comment
Jerry Johnston Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Pretty funny stuff Andy. Thanks! Link to comment
Wooster Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 OK as far as it goes; what about "kerbs" ? (I'm thinjking Maynard G Krebs with spelling problem) And what's with "Tyre" (a city in mesopotamia) ? Was it Churchill who said America and England are divided by a common language ? Wondering Wooster who doesn't know a pannier from a potato Link to comment
Boffin Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 OK as far as it goes; what about "kerbs" ? (I'm thinjking Maynard G Krebs with spelling problem) And what's with "Tyre" (a city in mesopotamia) ? Was it Churchill who said America and England are divided by a common language ? Wondering Wooster who doesn't know a pannier from a potato I thought some folk might be caught out by "Mole Grips", which is the English word for "Vise Grips", not however from our need to use non-intuitive spelling for all sorts of words due to their derrivation from arcane ancient languages. Over here, we need to curb our enthusiasm for riding up the kerb, else the subsequent need to change the tyre will tire us. Add to that confusion the different names we use for all manner of objects, Gherkin = Pickle, Courgette = Zucchini and chaos is bound to ensue. Do not ask me about "Fanny". Andy Link to comment
Francois_Dumas Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Much obliged.... this really helps poor firreners like myself get a grip on the language Link to comment
ltljohn Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'll never forger the first time someone asked me if I had a spare fag Link to comment
Lone_RT_rider Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I thought some folk might be caught out by "Mole Grips", which is the English word for "Vise Grips"...... Andy Thanks Andy! I have to replace a sensor on Rainy's Focus this weekend and the instructions on a UK website kept talking about mole grips. I was wondering how I was going to keep the little critter from biting me long enough to get the retaining clip off of there. Shawn Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'll never forger the first time someone asked me if I had a spare fag I was about 15 seconds from a tussle with a couple blokes once who asked me if I wanted to blow a fag with them... Once it was explained, we went on about getting pissed! I miss the Navy sometimes, rum, buggery, the lash and then there were the unpleasant parts of it. Separated by a common language indeed. Link to comment
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