Sunday, March 2, 2008

Words and Phrases

Maybe it is the British influence or something else, but there are many English words and phrases that they use here in a way that Americans, at least, wouldn’t do. If the traffic is bad, you say you are caught in a jam. You don’t live in that neighborhood, you stay there. The plug for the sink is a stopper.

More later….

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I am familiar with the words traffic jam and I have heard of a plug being called a stopper...

Bill Strehlow