Bruce L. Bergman wrote:
On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:17:35 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:
Gunner wrote:
raden wrote:

Here in the US it is called a crew cut too. Back in the 50's there was
a singin8 group called "The Crew Cuts"
We used to call it a "bog brush" at school
why would anyone want to brush a swamp?
"bog" being a UK slang expression for toilet ;-)

I seem to recall a similar shared "Whut the hell...?" between the UK
term 'Bum Bag' = USA term 'Fanny Pack' Going either way it could be
considered an insult if one was looking for a reason to be insulted.

My favourite (favorite!) story came from someone I knew who used to be
an instructor in the Royal Air Force. One job he quite enjoyed was when
he was sent to one of the USAF bases over here to induct new service
personnel into the pitfalls of our common language. His opening line was
always "Is there anyone called Randy, in the room?". He said you could
guarantee that a few hands would go up. His response of laughing out
loud and saying "you poor ****s!" always seemed to raised some
indignation. He would then point out that the closest word in meaning
they would be familiar with would be "horny". He said you could see a
few faces drop as the implications sank in!

--
Cheers,

John.

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