"Charles Gifford" > wrote in
news
> > the hole in the sink with the plug in it leading to
> > the drain, a plug hole.
>
> That used to be a frequent, but not widely used terminology in the
> UK. It is a rather common, though not vulgar, term.
>
> > I must try to let everyone here in England know
> > we've all been wrong all these years, and that those of us using
> > this
> term,
> > must now use the U.S. term of drain..
>
> As sarcasm goes, this is a very poor attempt. Sorry.
>
> > Although I expect some do use this,
> > depending on how long they've lived in England, and what part
> > they come
> from.
>
> That's better.
>
> > You'd be flipping lost if I spoke in true English Cockney or one
> > of the Shire's Gaelic tongues.
>
> I doubt it. Are you a Cockney? That is a very specific term. There
> are no Gaelic toungues in the Shires. Forms of Celtic are spoken in
> Wales and Cornwall. Gaelic (derived from Irish Gaeilge) is spoken in
> Scotland. No celtic language has been spoken in England since the
> arrival of the Saxons.
>
> Charlie
>

It's a sink bung hole, anyways. I heard it on British Movies.

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