<VV> British English vs American English, was: terminology

[Mike Jacobi]

The British and Americans are two peoples joined by a love of air cooled 6
cylinder chevies and separated by a common language.

Mike in Michigan


On 4/28/09 11:39 PM, "airvair at earthlink.net" <airvair at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Alan,
> 
> Across the pond here in the states (colonies, to you, mate) a saloon is a
> drinking hall, what you call a pub (or would that be a tavern?) That said,
> maybe you can drink and drive, but we discourage the practice.
> 
> And since the Corvair is American, WE get to claim terminology naming
> rights. ;o)
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Alan and Clare Wesson <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
>> Subject: Re: <VV> terminology, was:  A/C part needed
>> 
>> We just have saloons, and a few coupés (with an é). But not many, because
>> they are regarded as rather lowbrow.
>> 
>> Mostly we just call them saloons (berline if we are Italian), and they of
>> course all have B posts.
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Alan 
>> 
> 
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