The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #139000   Message #3193872
Posted By: Dave MacKenzie
23-Jul-11 - 06:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: More on transAtlantic distinctions
Subject: RE: BS: More on transAtlantic distinctions
There is another thread going now, which mentions the 'Irish Mail' in its title. In Britain, although the American sense would be understood, it is (or at least was) the name of a train. We would normally say the Irish Post Office (or an Post).

"This is the Night Mail crossing the Border....." (Betjeman).