Oh pshaw, on Wed 31 Oct 2007 06:33:26a, PeterLucas meant to say...

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
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>> Oh pshaw, on Tue 30 Oct 2007 10:04:44p, PeterLucas meant to say...
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>>>> Of course we don't. That's what happens when you base your
>>>> impressions of a country and/or its people by watching television...
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>>> Or maybe approx 18months living in/around LA :-)
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>>> My main claim to fame there was that I taught Carl Weathers and
>>> Dudley Moore how to say 'scone' properly :-)
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>>> *And* how much froth to *not* have on top of a Cappuccino!!
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>>> Starbucks, Santa Monica, early '90's.
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>> How clever of you. :-)
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> A lesson I will gladly pass on here........
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> Scone is pronounced the same as the 'scon' in ABSCOND. Not as is
> pronounced over there as 'skoan' as in ROAN.
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> And when you order a Cappuccino (*especially* from Starbucks) ask for
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> Oh, and if you ever get to 'De Wolk' bar in Nationaal Paracentrum
> Teuge......... tell them you want a Skippy 4/Aussie beer with *one*
> finger of foam :-)
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> Be buggered if I'm going to spend my hard earned money on foam all the
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I would probably pronounce scone incorrectly if I hadn't spent time in the
UK. As to the foam, I prefer nearly none.


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Wayne Boatwright
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