On Mar 5, 2005, at 12:36, Carol Adkinson wrote:
An American lady was also in the shop, and similarly admired the ring, but wanted to know why it was just for mornings, and why couldn't it be worn in the afternoon. She had her chequebook out,
Erm... To her, it was a "checkbook" - you see the trend? She was just overzealous in removing the unpronounced "u" from *all* words of her acquaintance. :)
and sort of elbowed me out of the way,
You were an inconvenience, just like the "u"... -- Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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