My wife Debbie who’s English and her American friend Dolly, who’s from Texas, were having a conversation some time back. It went something like this.Debbie: “Hi Dolly.”
“Hi Debbie.”
“You’ll never guess what I’ve gone and done Dolly?”
“What you done?”
“I put a ladder in my tights!”
“Say what?”
“I’ve got a ladder in my tights.”
“You’ve got a what, in your what??”
Debbie lifted her skirt a little and showed Dolly what the problem was.
Dolly: “Oh you mean you got a run in your hose!”
This short conversation between two friends who claim to speak English really shows just how different our languages can be a times. Other examples are: The English have a ‘bonnet’ on their cars, while our American cousins have a ‘hood.’ We have a ‘Boot,’ they have a ‘Trunk.’ We have ‘Wings,’ while they have ‘Fenders.’ They ‘fill up with Gas,’- which brings all sorts of imaginings to mind – while we use ‘Petrol.’ It’s not just the Atlantic that sets us apart!
...ramon
England and America are two countries divided by a common language - George Bernard Shaw -1856-1950
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