by "Noddy" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Feb 15, 2008 at 07:54 AM
"John_H" <john4721@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:pt79r3dtsevu313ohugn1ucsab51ct54m2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> That's coz they're mostly prudes... who else would call a grease
> nipple a zerk!
Lol :)
> (Thankfully, that one hasn't yet caught on here... though Patrick's
> pickup prolly has 'em.) ;-)
And tires :)
The strangest yank one for me is "faucet". I mean, *everyone* knows what a
tap is even if it doesn't look like one, but faucet?
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Regards,
Noddy.