Hmmm. don't I recall fenders as being those things you bump into other cars
with?
Windscreens of course made a little more sense. Please don't mention
Whitworth
sized bolts and the corresponding bastard wrenches.
I'm a big fan of BBC and France 24 news from my cable provider, but both use
the
Brit pronunciation of controversy,which quite frankly grates on my antique
ears.
*Rick in Maryland USA*, and ex-owner/driver of a MGTD, a Riley 1.5 and an
AH 100-4,
as well as a Berkeley 500 (for those well-informed of useless trivia.)
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Aw, c'mon, Chris, spell it right. It's vocaliZe, not vocaliSe. <g>
>
> And of course we're kidding. Unless you're not, then we're not either.
> <wink>
>
> --Bob, not your uncle
>
> On Jun 1, 2011, at 7:38 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>
> > I'll mention the truly ugly word "vocalise" as an example of how horrid
> such a tendency can be . . .
>
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