Second Follow-Up

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Lee Storm \(God Is The Healing Force\)" 
<n2fgc at ...> wrote:
>
> | Geoff:
> | BTW, you know that in vernacular UK English, One meaning of "banger" 
> | is a sausage?  It almost sounds as if you are wrecking your 
> | diet (in its 
> | broadest term) rather than attacking the medicine!
> 
> [Lee]:
> <LOL>  Yes, I know about that meaning for "banger".  An American meaning can
> be "Cylinder" in an engine, I believe.  Also, the basic calculator with the
> four basic functions is sometimes referred to as a "4-banger."
> 
> Smile, and think chocolate!

Geoff:
Seconded. Especaily at 07:35 in the morning.
:-)

With a machine link in mind, another meaning of "banger" in UK 
English is to refer to an old (and probably unreliable) car as "an 
old banger".

Over here, a basic calculator is usually just referred to as a "four-
function".