Somebody did some very creative editing on that message. It was not me
that added "bits and parts" to the list.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Phil Ethier
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:10 PM
To: Michael Hargreave Mawson; triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: UK to US English
From: "Michael Hargreave Mawson" <OC@46thFoot.com>
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, at around 08:23:13 local time, Joe Curry
> <spitlist@cox.net> wrote:
>
> >UK US
> >bits parts
>
> Actually, we would tend to say "spares" rather than "bits".
Really? Then why is there a parts company called "Spridgebits"?
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa 65/2597, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1962 TR4
CT2846L
pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/ http://www.lotusowners.com
"TOOLS? Hell, any fool can work with tools. It takes a real mechanic
to
work with this junk." -Orv Ethier, 1921-2004. First Shot Naval Vets,
Pearl
Harbor Survivor.
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