"the_dawggie" <the_dawggie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> No, it really smelt fart. I put my ****rt sleve over my nose when
> I got into the elevator.
That'd be the *lift*.
> No. Gas is an inappropriate term for petrol. You see, I use the
> appropriate terms as I see them, not as any culture sees them.
Oh :)
Surprising you don't use "gas" (as in gasoline) when almost everything
else
you spurt out is an Americanism of some form or other.
> Calling an apartment a unit is wrong - does not make any
> sense.
No, it doesn't really. It's a *flat* :)
Calling a pickup truck a ute is wrong, and misleading
> (and possibly insulting).
**** me.....
It's a *ute*, as in "utilitiy" vehicle. You prattle on about being
misleading and don't find the term "pickup" to be the slightest bit
misleading at all?
I mean, what the **** does it "pick up"? :)
> Lift? what on Earth is a lift? someone booted me up the arse
> and I landed on the appropriate balcony?
A "lift" would be the box you get into that moves between floors so you
don't have to take the stairs.
An "elevator" is an American equivalent.
> The US folk certainly have their spelling mixed up, agree there.
That's because they don't speak English.
>> Have you considered emigrating?... In either direction. ;-)
>
> No.
Shame really, as it sounds like you don't like Australia very much.
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Regards,
Noddy.
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