doublets / langue / traffic

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> > Geoff:
> > Perhaps I can sum it up most concisely by saying that, to a UK
> driver, the inside lane is the slow lane and the outside lane is the
> fast lane which hopefully gets round the problem of those strange
> people who still persist on driving on the right-hand side.
> > :-)
> 
> Carol:
> But here, the inside lane (closest to oncoming traffic) is the fast
> lane and the outside lane (closest to the shoulder) is the slow lane.
> I feel as if I'm in Oz or Wonderland or a land of mirrors--someplace
> where everything is upsidedown and backwards. :-)

Geoff:
Yes, we've been this way before. I was just crystallising the UK position 
in what I hoped were clearer terms.

But, as a UK "native", I like living in a land where everything is upside-down 
and backwards, where we use lifts and dustbins, put our luggage in the 
car boot, run the car on petrol of diesel (if we still afford it!), wear trainers 
and eat spotted dick. And, in case you hadn't noticed, we drive on the left... 
It's all part of life's rich tapestry and often really quite fun.
:-))