[projectaon] Re: Another Milestone
- From: "David Davis" <feline1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:18:38 +0100
LOL what you must remember is that,
just as the Lone Wolf series translates Sommlending into English for us by
convention,
so does the Freeway Warrior series translate Texan into English for us :)
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From: "James Murray" <barefootjimmy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 5:13 PM
Subject: [projectaon] Re: Another Milestone
Speaking as a seventh generation native Texan, there's no way anyone
from around here would ever say "Every little helps" without adding
the "bit" in there.
Honestly, though, there's so much British usage throughout the FW
books (or incorrect attempts at Texan usage) that it's probably
neither worthwhile nor appropriate to try and correct them all.
Heh... I remember reading these when I was younger and being
constantly freaked out at driving through Texas and having my "tyres"
shredded.
--Jimmy
On 6/25/08, James Durrant <james.durrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe he picked it up hanging around Brits one way or another :)
Definitely "Every little helps" though.
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:42:20 -0400> From: krefetz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To:
projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [projectaon] Re: Another Milestone> >
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On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Simon Osborne wrote:> > > (Do Americans really say
'lost my marbles'? I thought that was a British > > expression!)> > Yes,
we do say it, but that reminded me of a potential change for 01hh:> >
123:
'every little helps' -> 'every little bit helps'> > "Every little helps"
is definitely a British expression, so it seems a > pretty odd thing for
Uncle Jonas to be fond of saying.> > Ben> > ~~~~~~> Manage your
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