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From: sandee@Think.COM (Daan Sandee)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: VNS: Fri 22-Jan-1993
Date: 22 Jan 1993 18:57:23 GMT
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In article <1993Jan22.102919.21393@rdg.dec.com>, evansg@uproar.enet.dec.com (Gwyn Evans) writes:
|> 
|>     The woman recommended by President Clinton as a new chief justice has
|>     withdrawn her nomination after a scandel over her employment of illegal
|>     immigrants as domestic help. She is a corporate lawyer from California.

Oops. Please. She was nominated to be Attorney-General, not Chief Justice.
That does make a difference.

Daan Sandee                                           sandee@think.com
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From: silva@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Holly Silva)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Date: 24 Jan 1993 02:28:57 GMT
Organization: Stanford Univ. Earth Sciences
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sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:
>godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de writes:

>>My personal favourite is another insincere phrase, used by the waitress
>>when you leave certain restaurants in California, "Bye, missing you already!"
>
>Utter crap.  The only times I've ever heard this phrase were in
>England.  It was represented to us as an Americanism, but it
>is about as American as "American Hard Gums".

	Sue is quite right.
	I've lived in Califonia for over 6 years, in both the L.A. and
Bay Areas, and I've never heard this bizarre expression. It is definitely
not an Americanism.


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From: ng10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Nigel Goddard)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: seperate hot and cold water taps in the UK
Date: 25 Jan 93 06:20:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.wfN1Ayi0hXuZJCC0NU
Organization: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Why have seperate hot/cold taps? 
	a) why not?
	b) better control over temperature

Why have seperate hot and cold lines to the taps?
	without seperate lines, how do you adjust the temperature?

Why attic supply tanks for hot water systems?
	I suspect something to do with unreliable hot water
	tanks that boil the water and force it back into the
	mains.  These days competely unnecessary.


Nigel
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: hiscrp@nuscc.nus.sg (C R Pennell)
Subject: Re: Daily Sport
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:31:16 GMT

wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
: In article <llot1tINNco@news.bbn.com>, rnewman@bbn.com (Ron Newman) writes:
: > This American is amazed that a country that sets such high
: > standards in TV and radio broadcasting can stoop to such
: > lows when it comes to daily newspapers.
: 
: Don't worry: the sport is hardly a prime example of British national
: journalism. The highest standards (in the Guardian and to a certain extent the
: Independent) are much higher than the highest in the states and even the lowest
: of the mainstream papers (the Sun and Star) are not that much worse than USA
: Today. (At least what I can remember of USA Today)
: 

I'd guess it's only people who don't read the SUn, Sport and whatever who
take them seriously. They're recreation, fun. I remember a real set-to in 
a warehouse I worked in as a student because one guy described another man
as "SO stupid you believe what you read in the paper." "no I don't" and
off came the jackets. They both read the Sun.

BTW Stephen, time to change your .sig. He's outgone.
: 
: Stephen Wilcox             |   For Sale: Posts in British Government. Suit
: wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk    |   outgoing American. Highest bids accepted.

Richard
From: jmunro@wyse.wyse.com (Jim Munro x2497)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: British computer companies
Keywords: british computers
Date: 27 Jan 93 21:07:31 GMT
Organization: Wyse Technologies San Jose, Ca

In article <1262@bazooka.amb.org> cbenson@bazooka.amb.org (Christopher Benson) writes:
>In order to refute a claim of a co-worker here in California, I
>would like a quick list of British computer (hardware, complete
>systems) manufacturers. This does not have to be complete, but
>lets start with ICL.  I would like a few more names please.
>

Sorry, ICL was BRitish at one time, but it's now owned by Fujitsu.

When I graduated, the list would include:

Elliott Automation
Ferranti
English Electric
MArconi

of course, IBM, NCR, Honeywell, and other 'foreign' countries had outposts.

Today, the only 'British' company I can thing of is GE Computers who
presumably still make stuff for industry and tghe military. I'd bet that they
OEM most of it from overseas by now though.

Jim Munro
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,alt.usage.english
From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:06:29 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In article <CAH.93Jan21145806@fat-controller.cs.bham.ac.uk> cah@cs.bham.ac.uk (Ceri Hopkins) writes:
>
>To start another thread. How anyone can put up with the impersonal
>"Have a nice day" without screaming back "Go f*ck yourself"/"Do you
>know me?"/"Do you really care?", I'll never know.  How can there be
>any sincerity wrapped up in this throwaway expression? Answers
>required to (i) how prevalent this is, (ii) what net-people think
>of the practice? (iii) examples from Britain.

I personally do not mind these civilities.  It is far better than
negative comments or insults.  And although, silence may be more
appropriate,  a few "Have a nice day"'s or "Take care of yourself"'s
make the day (at least) appear friendlier.

What do you think about the ubiquitous "How are you?"
(or the British "How do you do?") 


-- 
 Ralph Yozzo (yozzo@watson.ibm.com)  
 From the beautiful and historic New York State Mid-Hudson Valley.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: gdb15@grebe.cl.cam.ac.uk (Guy Barry)
Subject: Re: Britain should be a federatin
Reply-To: gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:15:45 GMT

In article <9081@news.duke.edu> kakleman@acpub.duke.edu (Kubilay Akleman) writes:
>In article <NsPXXB3w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee) writes:
>>Britain should be a Confederation made up of England, Scotland, Northern
>>ireland and Wales with each region having there own Premier.  
>
>- And parliament. Yes, I'd settle for that...because the parliaments could 
>then each vote for independence if they wanted to. 
> er, let's leave N. Ireland out of this, it falls into a different category.
>(The parliament solution was tried there, it didn't work. I'm CERTAINLY not 
>going to try and suggest a new solution... I don't think anyone DARE!)

Why don't they send David Owen in to sort out Northern Ireland?  Then
he could propose cutting it up into lots of little autonomous
Protestant and Catholic bits.  Of course Belfast would be under joint
control, since we all know how well the Protestants and the Catholics
get on with each other there.

[Anyone who fails to recognize this as satire will be exiled to
Sarajevo.]


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From: fledgist@weber.ucsd.edu (Fragano Ledgister)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: Charles's DNA tested to prove not illigitimate
Date: 26 Jan 1993 07:14:43 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego
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In article <C1EwzE.4Iq@fulcrum.co.uk> igb@fulcrum.co.uk (Ian G Batten) writes:
>In article <1jpg6eINN1p7@early-bird.think.com> sandee@Think.COM (Daan Sandee) writes:
>> In 1483, Richard III denied the title to young Edward on the grounds that
>> his father's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville was invalid. It wasn't disputed
>
>I think using Richard III as an object lesson in the correct application
>of the rules of succession is pushing it a bit.
>
>Coming next: Henry VIII on family values.
>
>ian

And Charles I on good relations with Parliament.
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From: yozzo@watson.ibm.com (Ralph Yozzo)
Subject: Re: Americanisms (was Re: Back from the UK)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 02:46:00 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In article <8351@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> briand@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM writes:
>>>To satisfy my curiosity, what are other stereotypical American
>>>characteristics?
>>
>>They have reduced all vowel sounds to one, which is a sort of
>>nasal whine.
>
>Ah, yes, that's why dictionaries now have the upside-down "e", the schwa
>(and *you* may jump in and correct my spelling).
>
>I personally *hate* that. My most favorite (that's dialect) dictionary is
>an old paperback Oxford American; it doesn't have all the words but those
>it has you can figure out how to pronounce. But the newer Oxfords have gone
>the way of "scholarship," which as pointed out above, institutionalizes
>sloppiness.
>
>It's fun to listen to US folks try to pronounce Spanish. You see, Spanish
>doesn't have the "uh" sound, and that's the *only* vowell sound used by
>most Norte Americanos. So universally used, in fact, that when they try
>to talk formally and they need to pause, they fill the pause with that
>vowell sound alone.
>

One thing that I notice is that a lot of people pronounce
"Washington" as "Warrshington".  I even hear television 
and radio announcers doing this.  Is this a uniquely American
trait or is it a more widespread illness.  (Personally,
I suspect that it is a feature of Northeast portion of the U.S.)

-- 
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 From the beautiful and historic New York State Mid-Hudson Valley.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,alt.usage.english
From: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Reply-To: gmw1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Gabe M Wiener)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:22:03 GMT

In article <hayesstw.204.727441202@risc1.unisa.ac.za> hayesstw@risc1.unisa.ac.za (Steve Hayes) writes:
>>>I'd guess that fewer than 50% of modern houses in Australia would have
>>>a toilet bowl in the bathroom.  The preferred arrangement is to have a
>>>separate room.
>>
>>Most Americans would find this arrangement very clunky and inconvenient,
>>I should think.
>
>Why? If you gotta go, then you gotta go, and if someone else is having a 
>long leisurely soak in the tub it's handy to have the loo in a separate 
>room.

Yes, but where do you wash your hands when you're done if someone is
having a long leisurely soak in the tub?


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: arpepper@math.uwaterloo.ca (Adrian Pepper)
Subject: Persons of English descent and residence
Organization: University of Waterloo Math Faculty Computing Facility, Ontario.
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:10:34 GMT

Did Margaret Thatcher ever make any statements that would indicate
whether she did or did not consider herself to be an Englishman?

Does the average English woman (Englishwoman?) consider herself to be
an Englishman, as well?

Adrian Pepper.
arpepper@math.uwaterloo.ca
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: rdavis@convex.com (Ray Davis)
Subject: Re: seperate hot and cold water taps in th
Organization: CONVEX Computer Corporation, Richardson, Tx., USA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:54:32 GMT
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user at CONVEX Computer
              Corp. The opinions expressed are those of the user and
              not necessarily those of CONVEX.

geoff@tyger.East.Sun.COM (Geoff Arnold @ Sun BOS - R.H. coast near the top) writes:

>A report issued a couple of weeks ago points out that the alloys used
>to fabricate taps contain a fairly high proportion of lead, and this
>contaminates any water standing in the tap.  [...]
>Recommended solutions are (1) running the water for a few
>moments before filling your cup, kettle, etc. [...]
>(2) changing to taps made out of different alloys [...]
>or (3) adopting separate
>hold and cold taps and following the British habit of only using cold
>water for drinking and cooking.

Well that makes no sense.  If the taps are the problem, what good will
it do to separate them?  Now you have two lead bleeders bleeding into
your still standing tap contained water.

The whole purpose of the British system is because of paranoia of
contaminating the public water supply.  Nothing to do with your faucet.
From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: alt.sex.royalty,soc.culture.british,alt.sex.royalty.tampax
Subject: Re: Welcome to alt.sex.royalty
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 05:47:00 MST
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #1, Edmonton, AB, Canada

godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de writes:

- In article <C0yIr0.BL1@dscomsa.desy.de>, hallam@zeus02.desy.de (Phill Hallam-
- > Welcome to alt.sex.royalty
- >
- > This newsgroup has been formed for the discussion of the private lives of
- > members of royal families, speculation about possible extra marital affairs
- > homosexual tendencies and the size of their private parts.
- >
- > A second newsgroup has been formed, alt.sex.royalty.tampax. This is a speci
- > newsgroup which deals exclusively in monarchs and their heirs who fear
- > reincarnation as a box of sanitary towels.
- >
- >
-
- I think Charles' fear should be taken a little more seriously, since as far
- as I can see he does appear already to have been reincarnated as a box of
- tampax.
-
- It fact, it seems to me that most members of the British royal family have
- the wit and beauty normally reserved for boxes of sanitary towels, and I
- feel they deserve a little more sympathy than I have seen expressed in this
- newsgroup.  It is not sufficient to simply release them into the community
- in the hope that they will be taken care of by those of us who have the good
- fortune, through accidents of birth, not to resemble sanitary towels.
-
- I feel obliged to point out, however, that strictly speaking a Tampax is
- not a sanitary towel, as such appliances are worn outside the body, but
- has a different generic name, which currently escapes me.
-
- Laurence
-
- > --
- >
- > Phill Hallam-Baker

  Wait till the Royal Windsors end up on the net.  They might just clean up the
act henceafter.

Dave Shariff Yadallee (B. Sc. (Econ/Math) (U of Alberta 1990) )
 (yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca)
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All! Remember! Jesus Saves!!
Birthdate: 29 Jan 1969, Redhill, Surrey, England, UK
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: dj@ekcolor.ssd.kodak.com (Dave Jones)
Subject: Re: British Newspapers are Rubbish
Organization: Morituri Te Salutent, Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 17:25:19 GMT

STEWART JOSEPH DAVIES (sjdavies@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote:
> "British Newspapers are Rubbish"
> 
Quite so, once we've finished reading them, wrapping potato peelings and dog 
bones in them, and consigned them to the good offices of the ever-popular, 
efficient and courteous Refuse Dept. of the municipality.

However, US newspapers alone have the distinction of being Rubbish from 
about the instant they leave the printing press.

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From: apm@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:01:43 GMT
Subject: Re: British computer companies
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, CCSY Messaging Centre, UK.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british

cbenson@bazooka.amb.org (Christopher Benson) writes:
>In order to refute a claim of a co-worker here in California, I
>would like a quick list of British computer (hardware, complete
>systems) manufacturers. This does not have to be complete, but
>lets start with ICL.  I would like a few more names please.
>

You may have a job on your hands.  ICL is no longer British, it is owned by
Fujitsu.  I can't think of any others.

Andrew
From: eo@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Emma Osman)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,uk.politics
Subject: Re: Tony Benn to abolish monarchy
Date: 25 Jan 93 10:02:10 GMT
Reply-To: eo@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Emma Osman)
Organization: Laboratory for the Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh U

In article <C19n0p.Kn6@dscomsa.desy.de> Hallam@zeus02.desy.de writes:
>In article <C194F8.18C@newcastle.ac.uk>, w.p.coyne@newcastle.ac.uk writes:
>
>|>  Tony Benn is to submit a private members bill to parliament
>|>called something like "The Commonwealth of Great Britain Bill"

>|>   Does anyone know anything about his proposed new house of parliament
>|>Is it to be a duplicate of the Commons?
>|>Is it also to provide MP's for the government,
>|>Is it meant to be elected by the same system (ie one member per local
>|>    constituency, elected by first past the post)
>
>Tonny puts this bill in fairly regularly so you coould get an earlier copy.
>
>I'm not sure of the principle of election however I know that he's against PR
>and against any form of nominated membership.This would seem to restrict it to
>first past the post but I can't say for sure.

After the recent documentary on the House of Lords on C4 , someone-or-other
was quoted as saying we couldn't do worse than the current lot, even if they 
pulled people in at random from off the street.

Now *there's* an idea. Pot-luck-peerage, anyone?  :-)

Emma


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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: bemj1@cl.cam.ac.uk (Bernie Jones)
Subject: Have a nice day!
Followup-To: soc.culture.british
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:18:45 GMT

In article <CAH.93Jan21145806@fat-controller.cs.bham.ac.uk>,
cah@cs.bham.ac.uk (Ceri Hopkins) wrote:
> 
> To start another thread. How anyone can put up with the impersonal
> "Have a nice day" without screaming back "Go f*ck yourself"/"Do you
> know me?"/"Do you really care?", I'll never know.  How can there be
> any sincerity wrapped up in this throwaway expression? Answers
> required to (i) how prevalent this is, (ii) what net-people think
> of the practice? (iii) examples from Britain.
> 

My pet hate in this country is when Burger King staff say "You got it"
after
I have placed an order - it works nicely as an ad slogan, but to have it
yelled at me all the time in East Anglian or London accents seems a bit
off.
Yet it's company policy (no doubt from the US HQ!) and I'm sure the staff
don't like it.
I went there the other day and happened to be served by the assistant 
manager. I placed my order and said "And please don't say 'You got it'".
The grin and look of relief convinced me that they hate saying it too - so
why are franchises in other countries forced to implement these 
Americanisms? Sometimes the thought of it annoys me so much that I don't
go in the place at all! - and I'm sure that most other people in the
country
aren't over keen on it either. Maybe some letters to Corporate HQ are in
order....

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Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.australian,soc.culture.brazil,soc.culture.bulgaria
From: matmcinn@nuscc.nus.sg (Dr Wlodzimierz Staruszkiewicz-Tulczyjew at The National Institute for the Protection of Strange Nam)
Subject: Re: SHORT NOTICE about a posting in alt.religion.all-worlds
Organization: National University of Singapore
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:30:46 GMT

who cares?
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
From: sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller)
Subject: Re: Postperson Pat. Was Re: Britain and HK
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 18:48:53 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.110740.25412@infodev.cam.ac.uk> gdb15@cl.cam.ac.uk writes:
>In article <1993Jan26.215359.24513@netcom.com> sue@netcom.com (Sue Miller) writes:
>>David McSavaney writes:
>>>
>>>This caused me to pause and wonder - are UK kiddies still watching
>>>"Postman Pat"? Surely it is time to be a little more sensitive and
>>>call it "Postperson Pat"? Hmmm - would Saturday Night Live possibly
>>>be interested in the concept...
>
>>Now *here's* an interesting subject.  My daughter and nephews all
>>love Postman Pat.  The name can't be changed, nothing else will
>>scan.  "Postal Carrier Pat and his black & white cat.."  nah.
>>'Postperson' is an abomination, of course.
>
>A little while ago the Post Office was considering extending the
>colloquial Scottish term "postie" to the whole of the UK.  I think
>that one's been quietly dropped...
>

More's the pity.  I like that - it sounds a lot less priggish
than any of the substitutes for "postman" that I've heard.
From: skaamjm@ucl.ac.uk (Matthew Moore)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,uk.politics
Subject: Re: Tony Benn to abolish monarchy
Date: 25 Jan 93 12:38:51 GMT
Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium

rf@cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) writes:

>Given Benn's widely-publicised views on the HoC (he thinks it's the
>greatest insititution in the universe, would kill - or at least change
>constituencies - to get back to it if thrown out, would renounce a
>peerage, would ...), I wouldn't imagine he would want to do other than
>keep it essentially the same as it is.

with all due respect this is a load of cobblers, which seems to be derived
from the media view of Benn.

Benn has made it clear that he has substancial criticisms of the democratic
process in Britain. This has not prevented him from working within it in
order to promote change.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,alt.usage.english
From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: Back from the UK
Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:03:33 GMT

In article <C188vz.A4B@cck.coventry.ac.uk> mjw@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Alien) writes:
:BTW "going to the toilet" would not mean walking to it over here either

There's a sign on the noticeboard of our block, saying '... people have been
toileting their dogs on the common ...' - my first thought was "Well, that's
a fine place to give FiFi a pedicure..."

G
From: carolin@carson.u.washington.edu (Caroline Marsh)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.british
Subject: Re: seperate hot and cold water taps in the UK
Date: 23 Jan 1993 01:13:45 GMT
Organization: University of Washington
NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu

trk@palm15.cray.com (Tim Kirby) writes:

>"Nadine Smith" (nmsmith@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu) wrote:
>: 
>: 	Could someone please tell a confused American (no jokes, please!)
>: 	why the hot and cold water taps are seperate in the UK?
>: 	And why if there is only one faucet is the hot and cold
>: 	water kept seperate until it comes out of the tap? 

I always thought that separate taps were an older way of
plumbing.  I live in Seattle and have separate hot and 
cold taps.  
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