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On 12/15/05, Trevor Jessie <trevorwj@insightbb.com> wrote:
> http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=pedantic
>
> David Lieb wrote:
>
> >>Tell me why people own classic cars insist on calling them "LBC" or
> >>"Little British Cars"? Let's get it straight folks, they are LEC's or
> >>Little English Cars.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >>Tell me why people who own what are now known as "Mark I" Sprites use
> >>English terms such as bonnet, hood, cheerio, etc., still refuse to call
> >>the cars by their ENGLISH name: Frogeyes? That is FROGEYE, as in
> >>frogs, as in Kermit! After all, they are far more loveable than a flie
> >>or mosquito! Or cockroach!
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Buster,
> >GET OVER YOURSELF!
> >Re-read your post. Since they ARE made in England and since ALL of England
> >is IN (perfect subset) Great Britain, they are unarguably made in Great
> >Britain. To quote the great Englishman, Michael Flanders, of Flanders and
> >Swann musical fame, there is a very simple test involved. If England does
> >something good, it is "Another victory for Great Britain"; if it messes
> >something up it is "England fouls up again". Therefore, your insistence on
> >trying to get us to call our LBCs "Little English Cars" is implying that
> >they are disasters rather than the joys we all know and love. I also happen
> >to know that there were quite a few workers at the Abingdon MG plant where
> >our Spridgets were built who were Irish and commuted home for the weekends.
> >So there ;-)
> >
> >It also happens that the eyes of frogs are accurately described as
> >"bug-eyed". Might as well cut out the middleman (ooh, do I hear Benny Hill
> >theme music?) and call the car a Bugeye. If you do a little more research,
> >you will find that our friends in Oz also call them "Bugeyes". Since there
> >are more Bugeyes in Australia and the USA than there are in England, I would
> >suggest that you take on the more reasonable crusade of converting your
> >English friends.
> >David Lieb
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