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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