RE: UK to US English

["Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>]

> Actually, we would tend to say "spares" rather than "bits".   "Bits" is 
> mostly used to refer to the state of the car (or some major portion of 
> it), as in "I've got the gearbox in bits at the moment".  You say 
> "disassembled", n'est-ce pas?

More commonly "apart", as in "I've got my Stag engine apart at the moment."

Randall
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.