Phaezen
Adventurer
Car needed the bonnet replaced. Fortunately it was his fault as I had right of way.
The bonnet?
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Oh right, need to post in American english.....
The would be the hood

and not this hood:

or this hood:

Car needed the bonnet replaced. Fortunately it was his fault as I had right of way.
The bonnet?
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It's only incest if I have relations with my sister. I never have. Besides thinking and acting on one's thoughts are two totally different things.![]()
Oh right, need to post in American english.....
The would be the hood
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and not this hood:
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or this hood:
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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
Aristotle
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that invasion of privacy?
Unlike some Americans I speak foreignese.I knew what you meant. I just like playing with the differences.
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I had more than a sneaking suspision and I was trying to play along a bit. Although I stopped myself at putting up a picture of the HMS Hood and Robin Hood.
But I ooften find myself having to check my posts for instances of South African English creeping in.
Fully bra, cos I don't skim yous okes will fully understand what I am tuning you.
I got all of that except okes.
I don't call a flashlight a torch or an eraser a rubber or a car trunk a boot but I do know what they are. I also know a fag is a cigarette but I really don't use that one.
Okes would be guys. Some others (some might be ZA specific) Pavement = Sidewalk, Robot = Traffic Light, Petrol = Gas, Hockey = Field Hockey as opposed to Ice Hockey, Football = Soccer, Jam = Jelly.
Something I am going to use in my next campaign actualy is to have regional variances in common like this.