From: A.Bulogiorgos@bradford.ac.uk (A BULOGIORGOS)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.greek
Subject: English Words and Behavior
Date: 13 Oct 92 11:57:02 GMT
Organization: University of Bradford, UK
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Some words and phrases that have a stupid meaning in English in
another country than England.

Do you know that English people use very strange the English language?
For example when they want to say chips instead they say 'crisps' 
while 'chips' has the same meaning as 'french fries'!  So if you want
to buy a pack of chips you must say: 'a pack of crisps please!...'

<Greek bulletin>
Fantasteite dhladh na legame crisps ta patatakia sthn Ellada.
Dhladh 'tragana':

	Kalhspera sas kyries kai kyrioi. Ta teleytaia nea apo
	thn ypothesh twn traganwn opou h Best Foods kateuese
	mhnysh enantiwn ths Chiqita gia nothia sta tragana ths 
	me aroma vanilia. O dieythintis ths Best Foods kyrios
	Traganakos exefrase th gnwmh oti ta tragana ths Best
	Foods einai eggyhsh poiothtas kai monon aytoi ftiaxnoyun
	to pragmatiko tragano me aroma vanilia. 
	Krats, krats. Fate ki eseis ta tragana me aroma vanilia...

<End of Greek bulletin>

In England people claim that they are the only people on the world
that speak English while they believe that Americans don't speak
English!

A short story:
	One "sunny" day in Bradford West Yorkshire I decided to go
	shoping to the nearest supermarket. Because I was going there
	for the first time I asked a lady in the street to show me
	where it is. This was the dialog:
	- "You will go straight and then you will turn left" while she
	was pointing to the right! 
	- "No madame. You mean to the right" I told her.
	- "No no to the left" while she was pointing again to the right!
	I couldn't do anything else but to give up and carry on!

This story proves how "perfect" they can speak English these
"proud" people. That's probably why they drive from the left hand 
side of the street.

But there is more!

In the North of England, for instance, in West Yorkshire, they can't
pronounce the 'a'.  They say 'ou' instead of 'a' in words such as bus,
much, cup, love and generally words which include an 'u'. They tend to
pronounce these words as: bous, mouch, coup, louve and so on...  More 
or less lets say the gorila's dialect.
E.g.: Where the bus is going?  In Yorkshire they say:
Whouere the boush is gouing?

<Greek announcement>

Kai opos eipai kai o Ralis otan htan prothypourgos: 'Den thelw ou'

<End of Greek announcement>

That's not the end however.

English people never say 'antenna' they are always say 'aerial'. Which
actually means something on the air including antenna of course. But the
right word is 'antenna' which only means antenna and nothing else.

<Greek comment>

Na legame dhladh ki emeis sthn Ellada 'enaeria':

	Re mastori pote tha ertheis na mou ftiajeis thn enaeria; Afhse
	ta tragana kai piase douleia giati den exoume katholou kalo shma.

<End of Greek Comment>

If you live in this country for some time you will discover a whole lot of
strange things and behavior. For instance the front door handle is not
opening from the right hand side from the inside but from the left! In other
words their doors are made for left handed people!!!

A motorway in England means a highway or autoband or autostrada. Which of 
these words would you perceive better as a street with many lanes and a
separating "pavement" (for example) where cars are allowed to run fast?

And why they say 'dual carriage way' when they are reffering to a street
without the separating "pavement" in the middle. 'Dual carriage way' means 
a street where only two carriages (with horses) can travel (and a lot of
horse shit on their trail).

Have you ever heard of the word "Eurosceptics". A word created in England
from those oposing the Maastricht treaty. It is like saying "Computer-
sceptics". Do we really require this technology or not?  (Thats the style
of a questions they ask in England when they see something new). A Computer-
sceptic will say:  "I thing we don't really need computers to do our job
better. We managed pretty well all these years without these blody
machines..."

And that's only a small taste of the strange behavior of English people
who believe their standard of living and their methods are the best in
the world!

Hey Brits!  Look yourselfs in the mirror first to see your mess and then
talk back.


	    Gee!  These people are still living in the 18th century!


Achilleas Bulogiorgos

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