Anglo-American communications studies
David Honig
honig at sprynet.com
Tue Jan 9 08:58:34 PST 2001
At 11:45 AM 1/9/01 +0000, Ken Brown wrote:
>David Honig wrote:
>>
>> >>and there are very few opportunities for real misunderstanding.
>>
>> So Ken if you read that Blair was near Thatcher's house and knocked
>> her up, Yanks would think something very different from Brits.
>
>You've been listening to those old Max Miller records again, haven't
>you?
No, a british (Birmingham) cell biologist used it in casual conversation
in the early 1990s. I was struck by the humor of it at the time.
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