18 Apr
1999
18 Apr
'99
2:20 a.m.
At 05:50 17/04/99 +0930, Geoff Roberts wrote:
Classic example is a US exchange student we had here in
the 70's.
She was nearly ready to go home before many of us figured out her name was
"Carol" and not "Kerryl" which is how it sounded to us.
Well I was at an American run management course last year in Newcastle. One
of the (male) attendees made the comment that he was cold and that he was
going to get a jumper. This caused a hysterical reaction by one of the
female presenters - apparently from her part of the USA a jumper is a dress!
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