"Great Britain and the United States are two nations separated by a common language." - George Bernard Shaw
-----Original Message----- Rachel Carmichael Sent: 04 October 2003 01:19 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L 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. --- Govindan K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >when I went to the admin who had the keys of the stationary and > asked > her for a > >"rubber", instead of "eraser". In the English language they taught > me > >at school, that little rubbery implement used to erase what someone > >has written down was known as "rubber". I was extremely annoyed by > her > reaction > > Here is a short list of confusions i have observed so far > rubber --> eraser > cover --> envelope > 2nd signal on the road --> 2nd light on the road > Best (or worst?) dd/mm/yy --> mm/dd/yy > switch (off is down, on is up) > petrol pump --> gas station > > I too have gone crazy on a number of occasions. > > For an longer list, please mail me off the list. > > <-----Original Message-----> > > From: Mladen Gogala > Sent: 10/3/2003 1:02:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 15:29, DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote: > > > The manager feels awkward in being forced to hire an expert in an > area > > he/she knows nothing about. Tries to make suggestions in order to > flush out > > whether this "expert" really knows anything. > > And you call a guy who makes suggestions about something > he knows nothing about "inexperienced"? Nice euphemism, > sort of reminds me on my 1st working day in US, when I went > to the admin who had the keys of the stationary (and she was a > young and attractive female, which is important for the further > story development) and asked her for a "rubber", instead of "eraser". > > In the English language they taught me at school, that little rubbery > > implement used to erase what someone has written down was known as > "rubber". I was extremely annoyed by her reaction (she was actually > shocked and started speaking very fast, so that the only words I > was able to discern were "sexual harassment") and I didn't think much > > of her, to say the least. Today I dread to even think what did she > think > of me. > A DBA manager who doesn't know anything of a database is, > essentially, > in the very same position as a big east European klutz in desperate > need > of office stuff. Inexperienced isn't the word I'd use to describe > him. > > > > > > Author: Mladen Gogala > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > . > > > _______________________________________________________________ > Get Your 10MB account for FREE at http://mail.arabia.com ! > Access MILLIONS of JOBS NOW! > <http://ads.arabia.com/?SHT=text_email_english> > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: David Kurtz INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
