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Neil Ward wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Leaving
aside the fact Sherlock never existed, he would be, what, 140 years old
by now? Not likely to be rolling across car bonnets and shouting
"freeze!!!" now is he?</font></font></font><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1></font></font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Wow, this is
Amanda,caught in your format. This is another favorite, car bonnets and
car boots. Seems like the British "dress" their cars, and our terms put
them more as utilitarian conveyances--hood and trunk. Anyone know how this
particular difference originated? Since our countries were well separated
when automobiles became the norm? Is it a carryover of horse-drawn terminology?</font></font></font><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1></font></font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>--Amanda</font></font></font><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1></font></font></font>
<p><font face="Arial"><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Neil, how have
you bewitched this thing? Why can't I get "under" your message to respond?</font></font></font></blockquote>
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