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Synchro909 said:
31, I have met several Americans in various places around the world and have spent some time in the US. I have found them to be super polite people and easy going. I believe we are the same, maybe that's why we get on so well. The American version of English had its origins a long time ago so it isn't the fault of those abut today. It is never-the-less, a pity that the differences are not diminishing.
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American english to English english is a combination of some of the other languages that immigrated to the US, though sounding the same are spelled different but sometimes mean the same thing that never originally existed in English english and you can very well agree the, Digger language is something that originated in Australia or.....at least half way from England while in chains on your way to then, New South Wales. :D When someone talks to an Australian, they hear an accent that is only indigenous to Australia but here it depends upon what part has a different accent but!!!!! not only accents but different meanings for different words.

There is a long list of british auto terms that mean the same but not by the same word. Boot, Bonnet, Windscreen......etc etc. wheel nuts-lug nuts.


"Damn she has a big fanny!!!!" :D
 
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"Damn she has a big fanny!!!!" :D

Umm mention that word Fanny here, and it has a whole different meaning .
 
31 Model A said:
There is a long list of british auto terms that mean the same but not by the same word. Boot, Bonnet, Windscreen......etc etc. wheel nuts-lug nuts.


"Damn she has a big fanny!!!!" :D
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It's not only "auto terms" (car terms) that vary but almost everything. I think we do surprisingly well to communicate as well as we do, given how differently words are used on different sides of "The Ditch". Now grammar is a whole different subject.:eek:
 
31 Model A said:
I try my best to over look improper use of grammar, I understand that not everyone is as edjamakated as I is!!! :D
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Yes and besides that this is a car site and not a venue to criticize other members for improper grammar. Those that think they are perfect have never been viewed by another persons eyes! Wayne
 
Car parts can also be amusing in foreign countries and in different languages.

For example, horse drawn vehicles had what was called a dash in English, a vertical board in front of one's feet which prevented horse manure from falling inside one's buggy.

The expression, "pardon my French" has some meaning at times because the French named this part of the buggy "garde de crotte"; a crotte guard; hence when Duryea Brothers made their car they placed their ammeter etc. on their "garde de crotte."

As late as the 1970's I heard many seniors in parts of French speaking foreign countries still using the somewhat amusing French term, "gard de crotte" for dashboard ...... dashboard in French has since been renamed "tableau de bord".
 
1. Be succinct and to the point.
2. Look at the Parts Books, and use correct and accurate terms to describe the parts about which you are concerned...ALL the parts have exacting names.
3. Include Photos
 
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