on 11/28/99 9:29 PM, william l brandt at [log in to unmask] wrote:

> I have a good time with a retired mechanic across town, who happens to be
> from London. In case there is a person who hasn't heard of G.B. Shaw, he
> said that England and America are 2 countries separated by a common
> language. I have learned TTFN (TaTa for now), among other things. I have an
> older Mercedes and I have a Haynes manual for this model - but this
> particular manual is for the  UK market only - I ordered it over the Net
> straight from Haynes. Sometimes I have to sit back and wonder what they are
> saying. Terms like "renew". Windscreen, etc aren't used much here.

Being the Masochist that I am, I have a couple of MG's at home... You want
to talk about needing a translator for the workshop manuals. If you ever get
stuck on translation try looking at http://www.team.net/sol/solterms.html or
for a more general document try
ftp://ftp.team.net/sol/Brit.US.translation.dictionary.txt

TTFN, Lane