alex @ apolloni . org

Sun, 06 Apr 2003 07:08:44 GMT

Do Most Of You Yanks Really Understand What The Brits Here Are On About? Although the cultural mistranslations are probably more a question of tone and habits of irony and understatement, Jeremy Smith's online American·British British·American Dictionary, to be published next September, might be of some assistance. Although I still prefer Terry Gliedt's older but pithier United Kingdom English For The American Novice and even Scotsman Chris Rae's English-to-American Dictionary. Here's a little BBC quiz to test your skills. Canadians, Australians & New Zealanders (from MF)

make a starship enterprise out of a floppy

Fri, 04 Apr 2003 16:18:54 GMT

"how to make a starship enterprise out of an old floppy disk"

Tue, 01 Apr 2003 17:28:28 GMT

i'd hang some of this up in my house :)

Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:54:27 GMT

Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:34:11 GMT

Wed, 19 Mar 2003 08:19:30 GMT

oh...so i'm back from New Zealand and Australia....for about a week now. no comment really except i had a perfect time and i'm sad to be back.

Wed, 19 Mar 2003 08:18:04 GMT

my sentiments exactly

Sat, 01 Feb 2003 14:24:48 GMT