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Thread #33063   Message #438596
Posted By: Kim Hughes
11-Apr-01 - 07:56 PM
Thread Name: BS: Transatlantic Idioms
Subject: RE: BS: Transatlantic Idioms
Well, the ones that I bumped into the hardest were were "anorak," "kagool" (sp??), "dandy brush" (that's for horse types), and the inwardness regarding "tea" as something you drink or a meal. I also had difficulty with stores that didn't "do" something, (e.g., "Oh, we don't do milk,")and (in Ireland) items that were "all," (as in, "The sugar is all," meaning "the sugar is finished, there isn't any more."

I could go on and on, but will refrain.

Kim