Meat Plow wrote in message
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:31:44 +0100, Eeyore wrote:



Franc Zabkar wrote:

Why do Chinese English speakers (for example in Singapore) say
"spoiled" when they mean "damaged" or "faulty"?

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spoiled

13. an imperfectly made object, damaged during the manufacturing
process.

Graham

Funny I suppose that you Brits refer to a CRT as a tube yet insist on
calling a tube a valve.


Only yesterday I had to correct my earlier misunderstood email reply to
someone in the USA.
I had earlier slipped into Brit-speak saying I'd posted something to him,
wheras for USA I have to say I had mailed it to him.
Americans pay checks with bills - we pay bills with cheques.


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