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susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net
Wed May 12 22:16:21 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 98172
Geoff Bannister wrote:
> > I think it is a UK-US thing.
> > It was Oscar Wilde who observed that "America and England are
> > two nations divided by a common language" and I think that Bill
> > Bryson would say "Amen" to that as well. I would :-))
Jem responded:
> I think it was George Bernard Shaw. ;-)
Whether Oscar or George, I think it's accurate sometimes. Think of
our previous humorous discussion of "punting" across the swamp. :-)
As I said to Geoff, I think in the US I'd be more inclined to say a
dog was "sniffing" or "sniffling" than "snuffling," which was why I
asked him whether it might be another UK-US difference.... Then
again, I'm a cat person, so who knows!
Siriusly Snapey Susan
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