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Old October 21st 20, 03:05 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
James Metcalfe
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Default As heard on 123.3........

At 12:44 21 October 2020, Martin Gregorie wrote:
Could also tie in with the differences between American and British
English, when I was working in NYC in the mid 70s, periodically I'd
notice these differences:

"Move your ass" was evidently an acceptable way for a New Yorker to ask
somebody to make room on a bench or sofa, but would be rude in

London.

"Oh, bloody hell, Martin!" as a response to a (work) request to use a
different approach to a task is/was quite OK in London, but seemed to
strike New Yorkers as quite out of order.


Well, you have the advantage over me there. But as an Englishman, it
was caution about possible cross-cultural differences (on a predominantly
American forum) which caused my reticence.
J.

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Old October 21st 20, 04:16 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_6_]
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Default As heard on 123.3........

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:05:15 +0000, James Metcalfe wrote:

At 12:44 21 October 2020, Martin Gregorie wrote:
Could also tie in with the differences between American and British
English, when I was working in NYC in the mid 70s, periodically I'd
notice these differences:

"Move your ass" was evidently an acceptable way for a New Yorker to ask
somebody to make room on a bench or sofa, but would be rude in

London.

"Oh, bloody hell, Martin!" as a response to a (work) request to use a
different approach to a task is/was quite OK in London, but seemed to
strike New Yorkers as quite out of order.


Well, you have the advantage over me there. But as an Englishman, it
was caution about possible cross-cultural differences (on a
predominantly American forum) which caused my reticence.
J.


Snap!


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Gregorie | gregorie dot org

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Old October 21st 20, 04:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_6_]
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Default As heard on 123.3........

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:16:13 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:05:15 +0000, James Metcalfe wrote:

At 12:44 21 October 2020, Martin Gregorie wrote:
Could also tie in with the differences between American and British
English, when I was working in NYC in the mid 70s, periodically I'd
notice these differences:

"Move your ass" was evidently an acceptable way for a New Yorker to ask
somebody to make room on a bench or sofa, but would be rude in

London.

"Oh, bloody hell, Martin!" as a response to a (work) request to use a
different approach to a task is/was quite OK in London, but seemed to
strike New Yorkers as quite out of order.


Well, you have the advantage over me there. But as an Englishman, it
was caution about possible cross-cultural differences (on a
predominantly American forum) which caused my reticence.
J.


Snap!


PS: Personally, I don't like gmail and other globally generic addresses
on NNTP because they cancel out a valuable way of working out where
somebody is from. They are almost as bad as using the .invalid TLD and
not setting up a sig line or two.


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Gregorie | gregorie dot org

 




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