On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:59:18 +1000, august >
wrote:

>You are right on my wavelength. This IS an International NG and I know
>many a non USAlien (heh!) who has given up the list due to communication
>issues.

The alternative is to translate Engligh to American. Cultural
imperialism, sigh.

I got caught once talking about my sailboat as a yacht. In the US, a
yacht is a luxury boat of any description, here in NZ and other places
(Britain etc), a yacht is any kind of sailing vessel.

>Brownies, to me, are little girls who belong to an association and sell
>cookies door to door in 1950's movies.

There's a thread in nz.general at the moment talking about the perfect
brekkie (breakfast). Someone mentioned cheerios, which (IIRC) in the
US are a kind of breakfast cereal. In NZ, cheerios are a small
red-skinned cocktail sausage, also known (impolitely) as "little
boys"!

Now, can anyone explain the difference between tomato sauce* and
tomato ketchup?

Cheers
Jon

* Also known as RTF, or Red Tucker F**ker