Question on bizarre usage of the English language
pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no
pengolodh_sc at yahoo.no
Wed Feb 28 01:35:20 UTC 2001
Looking through some of the earlier emssages here, I found a link to
Virgin Trains, which i immediately went to (I am a closet rail-fan,
plus I needed info for an rpg-instalment). On the list of on-board
facilities that Virign Trains found they had to boast, I find among
other things, the following:
*Get engaged!*
All Virgin trains have toilet facilities situated at the end of each
carriage.
Naturally, this had me a bit puzzled, as the heading seems to have
little to do with the facility described. Is this a case of bizarre
and dry English humour, or is it proof that one of the web-designers
of Virgin Trains too eagerly has embraced Tony Blair's slogan 'Cool
Britannia'?
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