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Hamish Folklore: ambiguous colloquialisms ? (23) RE: Folklore: ambiguous colloquialisms ? 20 May 15


I couldn't get the hot tap (fawcett as you over the pond call it, I believe) to work in a hotel room. Standard looking fitting, but the thread was for lever type handles so to turn the water on you had to turn it the wrong way. Never even occurred to me to try the other way. Phoned reception and everything...


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