XPost: rec.food.cooking, can.politics   
   From: flwp@in.valid   
      
   On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:15:43 GMT   
   dsi1  wrote:   
      
   > Tal Yessen  posted:   
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   > > On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 22:23:55 GMT   
   > > dsi1  wrote:   
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   > > > Dave Smith  posted:   
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   > > > > On 2026-01-25 3:50 a.m., dsi1 wrote:   
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   > > > > > Ed P  posted:   
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   > > > > >> Once it became very much used here, others, like England   
   > > > > >> copied it. Seems the King liked it   
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   > > > > > There's a world of words out in the world. A "fanny pack" is a   
   > > > > > strange and rude term to the brits. They call an apartment a   
   > > > > > "flat." They call a wrench an "adjustable spanner." If you're   
   > > > > > a really old American mechanic, you might have called it a   
   > > > > > "monkey wrench." As everyone knows, tyres is just plain   
   > > > > > wrong.   
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   > > > > I always thought of a monkey wrench as a adjustable pipe wrench   
   > > > > and not capable of being as precise as our modern adjustable   
   > > > > wrenches.   
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   > > > > Fanny pack does indeed have a much different meaning in the UK   
   > > > > than over here.  Root is another one that is innocent here but   
   > > > > rude elsewhere. Root as a noun is the part of a plant or tree   
   > > > > that is underground, and as a verb it refers to the way pigs   
   > > > > dig up food. In Australia is is a euphemism for sex. A friend   
   > > > > of my wife had cousins visiting from Australia and thought the   
   > > > > kids would like some Roots sweatshirts. Roots was a Canadian   
   > > > > manufactured of designer casual clothes, one of those clothing   
   > > > > gimmicks where displaying the company logo was stylish. Poor   
   > > > > Mary was so disappointed by the strange reaction to what she   
   > > > > thought was a great gift idea.   
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   > > > As far as monkey wrench goes, Canadians have different words for   
   > > > American things. "Monkey wrench" is a word that's hardly ever   
   > > > used by Americans. "Fag" is a derogatory and inflammatory word in   
   > > > America. In the UK, it's just another word. "Smoking a fag" in   
   > > > America means you're a very bad boy.   
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   > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxGw80_bwac   
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   > > Ask him if he has a "whack of tools"" in his gare-idge.   
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   > Ha ha, will do. The Chats aren't the tightest of bands but that guy   
   > has Takamine GX-100 guitar which I've never seen anybody playing one.   
   > I have one too. It's actually a very comfortable/enjoyable guitar to   
   > play.   
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   https://mdtv3.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/closeup.jpg   
      
   I can see that, but you were off on the Explorer and Firebird, so...   
      
   How's about headless:   
      
   https://media.guitarcenter.com/is/image/MMGS7/518965000001000-01-600x600.jpg   
      
   Like a quick lap steel.   
      
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