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Re: UK to US English

To: "List" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: UK to US English
From: "Graham Stretch" <technical-iwnet@wight365.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:12:22 -0000
Hi Steve 
Just one correction to make, Pear shaped not pair shaped mate
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "StevesTR" <StevesTR@veroquest.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 5:01 PM
Subject: RE: UK to US English


> After working on some projects with some British engineering colleagues,
> I noticed that they used a lot of words to talk about broken things. I
> like to think of these when I am fixing the car.
> 
> Please forgive me if some of these are incorrect.
> 
> -Steve
> '74 TR6
> Pair Shaped = Something off balance like a vibrating drive shaft. Will
> probably result in broken u-joints eventually.



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