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To: Robert DeLong

Well the British call aluminum
alu-minium


32 posted on 03/22/2020 12:29:03 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: mountn man

a truck is a Lorry the hood of a car is a bonnet. the trunk is a boot.


40 posted on 03/22/2020 1:42:24 PM PDT by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2020 - Keep America Great)
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To: mountn man

Yep, and my aunt you to pronounce it that way, because she spent many years in Scotland, as her dad, my grandfather, was the military equivalent of Ambassador to Scotland after WWII So they traveled to England quite a lot I assume, and I reckon they pronounced it the same way in all of Great Britain. 8>)


46 posted on 03/22/2020 2:21:32 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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