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New motor
Posted Jul 6, 2000
I'm getting a new pickup next week, a Toyota Tiger. I'm not too keen myself as I haven't really done any driving for a few years and the roads here can be a bit wild; but the wife wants one. Not that she's going to be driving it. She's got a licence but I wouldn't say that she can drive. Still, I'm going to get around some intersting places now.
What about an H2G2 Road Etiquette piece?
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Harry Potter/Porter/Pahter
Posted Jun 1, 2000
There's a letter from a Donald in the Bangkok Post(May 31) complaining that the Thai transliteration of Potter makes it read like Por-ter. He says that to be correct it should read Pah-ter.
Also he doesn't like that Thais pronounce Robinson department store as 'Rob', says it should be 'Rahb' like the song 'Mrs Rahbinson'.
To do a scientific experiment here, could you try saying 'Robinson' out loud and identify yourself as a 'ROB' or 'RAHB' person, or anything else that comes out.
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