Re: Corrections to British <-> American Terms

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Re: Corrections to British <-> American Terms

To:	acg@hermes.dlogics.com
Subject:	Re: Corrections to British <-> American Terms
From:	"Chris Kent Kantarjiev" <cak@parc.xerox.com>
Date:	Tue, 7 Jul 1992 09:27:44 PDT

Nah, I've heard semaphore, too. I'll just bet that "Trafficator"
started out as a brand name for a particular style of semaphore, and
turned into a catch-all phrase like Kleenex or Xerox.

(American) Boot == (British) Hoodstick cover 

apparently because most roadsters had hoods that separated from the
bows. The bows stayed attached, the hood went into the boot.

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