Translation - RE: [Elecraft] Color code help?

[Dave Sublette]

Winston Churchill once defined the United States and Great Britain as, 
"Two peoples separated by a common language."

K4TO

Darwin, Keith wrote:
> One of my favorites is car parts.  The hood is the bonnet.  The trunk is
> the boot.  I think a fender is also different.
>
> And of course UK women do not wear pants.
>
> And don't ask for a bathroom.  Most public places in the UK don't have
> them.
>
> Just because they say "right" doesn't mean they think you are!
>
> A lady in Wales said I looked shattered and wondered if I needed a kip.
> Huh?
>
>
> Yes, there is a difference between the English language and American and
> it can make for some great fun when someone from one place visits the
> other!
>
> - Keith KD1E -
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/KC8NHF [mailto:nigel at ngunn.net] 
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:48 AM
> To: Darwin, Keith
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: Translation - RE: [Elecraft] Color code help?
>
> You Americans really need to talk proper English like what we do.
> A flash is something that stays on for a uselessly short time and then
> is expired.
> We have torches... they go on and on and on and...
>
> Darwin, Keith wrote:
>   
>> Torch - that would be "flashlight" for all us Americans.
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> - Keith KD1E -
>>
>>   
>>     
>
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