Reminds me of the first time a friend of mine asked if they could borrow my rubber and promised to give it back when they were done... ;)
BTW a rubber is an eraser... ~Brett On Fri, 2010-07-02 at 17:51 -0700, Lyle Johnson wrote: > > Not to mention the use of "stick it" rather than "sell it".... > > We must be careful not to read too much into this sort of thing. This > ad was placed in a UK magazine by a UK supplier targeting a UK market. > > The meaning of many common English words often changes as one crosses > the borders of the USA., as I quickly discovered the first time I > traveled overseas. > > Back in 1972, when I held the callsign ZL2ACY, I found myself in the > company of a very conservative group of people. There was a young child > present, perhaps 2 years old, and I complimented the parents, describing > him as "a cute little bug..r". I was met with shocked stares and > gasps. One elderly gentlemen drew me aside and explained the meaning of > this word in Kiwi society, which was quite different than it was in > American society at the time. We were both surprised to discover this. > > Upon this revelation, I humbly apologized to the group. > > 73, > > Lyle KK7P > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
