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Author:  wjajr [ Thu Sep 09, 2010 5:28 pm ]
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Professor Stern:
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The French word for "station wagon" is "break",
Oh bloody hell, I misplaced the damn e.

Why would the English use a French phrase for station wagon? By the way, I never knew that break was French.

Being one of the world’s lousiest spellers, I would have never picked up on that. The French wife I have had for 33 years, never had took the time to point that little braking detail out to me either…

Thanks for the language lesson.

Bill

Author:  SlantSixDan [ Sun Sep 12, 2010 10:09 pm ]
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New thread here

(Oh, and the word I was looking for is bodge, which does come from England.)

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