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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Separated by a common language #169002 07/05/2007 3:03 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky A blog I found interesting, and thought others might, too: Separated by a common language Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Separated by a common language Jackie #169010 07/05/2007 1:15 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont more about her: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/linguistics/profile115259 formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Separated by a common language Jackie #169129 07/11/2007 6:42 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland I have a suspicion that the water issue is not purely linguistic. Waiters prefer guests to order drinks other than water. Sometimes the lack of understanding may be subconscious, sometimes not. And we have an old standing joke about an American couple sitting down and ordering "a glass of water for two". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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