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Here are some pet related entries UK moulting = US shedding UK guard dog = US attack dog UK Alsatian = US German Shepherd Hello 7rob7 :-) I don't know if any of you are aware of it, but there's a whole 'British English' thread going on at 'Ask h2g2' http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/F19585?thread=100569&latest=1

my brother's in the states right now...
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St. Goshoogoshoogosh. Very sad, and listening to my old HHGTTG tapes again. -

That's great! No, I didn't know - haven't had time yet to poke my nose into everything here. That will take some time, I 'spect. Thanks.

-7rob7

Hey Gosho, the birds are the ones doing the moulting in the US ... what do they do in the UK?

all i know is that animals like dogs and cats moult (annoyingly) and birds fly. i know nothing more about anything.
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Is that when they lose their baby feathers. I think they shed them.

So ...

UK moulting = US shedding
UK shedding = US moulting

I don't know....
All I can contribute is that UK malting (pron. moulting) is an integral part of making

Trust GD to bring to our notice the things that really matter!

Thanks GD! Cheers!

Mmmmmmmm, malting
I've just remembered something about an earlier post concerning 'all aboard'. I was at Penn Station (I think it was Penn - do trains go to New Jersey from Penn?), and whenever a train was withing 5 minutes or so of leaving, the departure time on the arrivals/departures board was replaced with the words 'All Aboard'.

That's Amtrak ... that's their slogan. They even have a lovely little jingle:

All aboard, Amtrak. All aboowooaard, Amtrak. All aboard, Amtrak.

Really amazing songwriting ...

Hmmm. The British railways have something similar. It goes:
'We apologise for the late arrival of this service, this was due to frozen points at Lewisham'

Hi PF
You missed...
"The wrong sort of snow"
"The wrong sort of leaves"
"There is no driver for your train"
"The whole system is down because we diverted all your, the taxpayers, money to paying big profits to the fat cats who *manage* the railways and didn't have any left over for maintaining the track. Sorry for all the dead people our policies left behind though..."

and

Sad, but true.

US "All abooooooooooard" = UK "The train now standing at plggfrrm mmlflgg is the 8 tnfftth to Shwthbbdnf calling at Ctmmfrwl, Brmbdum, Wbbmlth, Wxgdmnford, Drmbllton, and Prlthfshwing. There will be no restaurant service or buffet car on this train."

Explanation request: UK "Sodit

In the US: "sod" being grass or turf in it's pupal state. So, to "sod it" you would unroll it into it's adult state as a lawn.

Thingites: Sodit, Rest of the World: Monday

I've been waiting hours to avoid answering that question, and that's the best you can manage, Shea!

For the record, Elwood, 'sod' is a mild swear-word in the UK, derived I suspect from sodomy. It can be used as a noun ("He's a lazy sod" or "This program is a sod to download") or as a verb ("Sod him/her/it/them"). It can, of course, also mean turf as you mentioned.