Another Britspeak need some help WAS Re: Peeling Sprouts?

[Sarah]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Ladi lyndi <ladilyndi at y...> 
wrote:

As a Brit (but don't let that fool you into thinking I have a great 
command of the nuances of the language) I'd say that 'after a fashion' 
could be loosely translated as 'in a manner of speaking'
Yes, he did do what he said, but not entirely as one would assume.  He 
did go out and come back and that's as much as you need to know about 
it - the actual circumstances are unimportant.  
Am I making myself clear or are you all now thoroughly confused?

Sarah xx