All my American-born kids are familiar with the term "wanker" also.
Mike
From: Frank Fisher
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 11:35 AM
To: John Macartney ; Michael Marr ; William Pugh ; Andrew Uprichard
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] headlights dimmer
for some reason im getting the giggles when the british TV shows im getting
have some one proclaim "tosser"
old but not used a lot here in the US
From: John Macartney <flywheelcoventry1@yahoo.co.uk>
To: Michael Marr <mmarr@notwires.com>; Frank Fisher <yellowtr3@yahoo.com>;
William Pugh <anabil007@comcast.net>; Andrew Uprichard
<auprichard@uprichard.net>
Cc: "triumphs@autox.team.net" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [TR] headlights dimmer
If we're into Brit Brit vernacular, deprecating terminology for people could
employ terms such as "dipstick" or being "a 99 carat plonker"
Jonmac From: Michael Marr <mmarr@notwires.com>
To: Frank Fisher <yellowtr3@yahoo.com>; William Pugh <anabil007@comcast.net>;
Andrew Uprichard <auprichard@uprichard.net>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, 29 October 2012, 16:18
Subject: Re: [TR] headlights dimmer
You know my son-in-law? Oh, wait a minute, he is dips**t, not dipswitch...
Mike
From: Frank Fisher
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 10:45 AM
To: Michael Marr ; William Pugh ; Andrew Uprichard
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] headlights dimmer
I have a friend by that name !!!
Do you know him?
Frank
From: Michael Marr <mmarr@notwires.com>
To: William Pugh <anabil007@comcast.net>; Andrew Uprichard
<auprichard@uprichard.net>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] headlights dimmer
Dipswitch.
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From: "William Pugh" <anabil007@comcast.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 7:38 PM
To: "Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard@uprichard.net>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] headlights dimmer
> Dipper ???
>
>
> On Oct 27, 2012, at 2:59 PM, "Andrew Uprichard"
<auprichard@uprichard.net>
> wrote:
>
>> OK, so we had boots, bonnets, outer sills and more, but can you remind
me
>> what I called the dimmer switch in my previous (Ireland, Scotland) life
?
>>
>> Andrew Uprichard
>> 29 years in the UK, 25 in the USA
>>
>>
>
>
> "Life is too short to drive boring cars"
>
> Bill Pugh
> 1957 TR3 "Casper"p;
> TS16765L
> Wallace, CA
> anabil007@comcast.net
>
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