Rachel Carmichael wrote: > > sorry Jared, I have to tell this story on myself: > > at UKOUG in '99, I did a presentation on 24x7 options. I was being very > professional so I was standing in front of the room wearing a skirt, > instead of pants. > > I said to the room "being a paranoid DBA, I tend to want to wear a > belt, have elastic in my waistband and wear suspenders" > > silence.......... > > and then I realized that what Americans call suspenders the British > call braces and what I had said translated into Americanese as "garter > belt" > > I got a LOT of interested looks during the remainder of that > presentation. >
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