Nice and Interesting for a Small fortune which is Pretty good.

Geoff Bannister gbannister10 at tiscali.co.uk
Fri Jan 9 07:44:41 UTC 2009


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Stephen Vandecasteele <vand195550 at ...> 
wrote:

Geoff:
> > It may sound British but it ain't! In the UK, you can
> > have "kettles", "teapots" 
> > 
> > but not "tea kettles".
 
Steve:
 
> The saying is "a tempest in a tea pot". As for the use of "ain't" you would be better off 
substituting "isn't".

Geoff:
Oh dear <sigh>.

Wotcher Steve!

Do I have to use a smiley every time I slip in a small joke? 
Regular members of OTC and Main know that I'm in the UK 
and that I lived in London for over 40 years so although 
I'm not a "native" of the city, I can slip in the odd 
Cockneyism.

Cor luv a duck.









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