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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Started conversation Oct 1, 2003
Rail road carriage?
In the English section? I think not, I really think not. Try "railway carriage" 
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 1, 2003
Oh, and a wardrobe is a cupboard for clothes, plimsols are thin canvas shoes that are a bit like cheap trainers, something that is 'pants' is crap, the term 'bobby' for a Policeman comes from Sir Robert Peel, the man who first set up London's police (who used to be called 'Peelers'.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 1, 2003
Concrete is the gray stuff nasty sixties buildings are made of- cement mixed with gravel, basically, and tarmac is the black stuff roads are made from.
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Oct 1, 2003
You also spelt biscuits with a q. It's got a c that sounds a bit like a q.
What trouble are you having with buns, pastries etc.?
They're little sweet cakes, mostly, that you buy from a bakers.
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Lady Scott Posted Oct 1, 2003
Just a suggestion - you might want to identify which side of the pond each word is used on when explaining a term, so that Nyssa doesn't have to check your space in an attempt to find out which way the equivalency goes.
Did that makes sense? 
Just suffice it to say that sticking US or UK in front of the word you're defining should be enough to help her keep things straight.
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Haylle (Nyssabird) ? mg to recovery Posted Oct 1, 2003
Thanks
*updated*
Now I'll plow back into the thread. Looking at other websites, this is going to take a while.
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Lady Scott Posted Oct 1, 2003
I'm soooo glad you're doing this - I'd read through the UK/US thread before, but I kept coming across terms on hootoo that I'd think I recalled seeing... but could I remember what they meant in "real English" (US English, that is 
)? Of course not! 
MY memory isn't *good enough* to hold all this!
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Jon Quixote: steaming little purple buns for tea. Posted Oct 2, 2003
'In good nick' does indeed mean 'in good condition', this is generally used for inanimate objects, especially cars.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 2, 2003
railway truck - freight car
Do you mean a freight wagon? Ain't no such thing as a railway truck in the UK...
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