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From: meta@harlequin.co.uk (the ideal copy)
Subject: Re: English Vocabulary Update
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In article <437g3v$oce@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, jzahn@aol.com (JZahn) wrote:
> 2.)  Interestingly-named British Food Items Department
> 
> Toad In The Hole:  Batter pudding with sausage cooked inside.  Baked in
> individual serving dishes/ramekins/custard cups.

Don't forget Spotted Dick.

> 3.) Miscellaneous Vocabulary Department
> 
> In England, "a bomb" is a great success, while in America, it's a dismal
> failure.

Naah.  "His new car goes like a bomb" means it goes fast; but "Ford's
Probe launch was a bomb" means it was a dismal failure.  Clear now?  :-)


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