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From: roger@celtics.UUCP (Roger Klorese)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: Briticisms
Message-ID: <954@celtics.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Dec-85 13:08:42 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 18 13:08:42 1985
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In article <760@brl-tgr.ARPA> wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) writes:
>In article <974@lsuc.UUCP> msb@lsuc.UUCP (Mark Brader) writes:
>>When I go to Britain I don't ask for the elevator, but the lift; I don't
>>ask for the subway (which means something else), but the underground.
>
>What does "subway" mean in Britain, then?
>
A subway is a tunnel under a street, in other words, an underpass.
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 ... "What were you expecting, rock'n'roll?"                                  

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