On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:09:51 GMT, Chris J Dixon wrote:

I once had a conversation with a truck driver - I was talking about
lorries - after a while he asked "What is a lorry?"

Similarly, if you told him you lived in a semi, he might well
have got the wrong impression.

And don't ask for a coke in and "ordinary street side bar".

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Cheers
Dave.