Re: Language disfunction (Re: Comprehending British dialect)


12 Sep 1995 09:39:46 -0500

In article <432pi0$skn@elaine33.Stanford.EDU>,
james reese <jreese@leland.Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> I've never been to England, but I thought dumbwaiter was a rather
>common concept in the U.S., and to date I haven't had any complaints
>from players of "Veritas" about its dumbwaiter puzzle. I just assumed
>that most people understood what a dumbwaiter is.

I've never actually seen one, that I recall, but I certainly knew what
one was. I had *no* idea, though, what `an old moggy' was when I came
across one in Christminster. I laughed out loud when I examined it
and found it to be a cat! I guess this is to be expected from a
country with city names like `Middle Wallop.' :)

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