Another MB technical forum

[whunter]

Populated by those other english speakers. LOL
http://forums.mercedesclub.org.uk/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=4d12c8051699b374e8cb730c963907be

[punky]

I have to think twice when reading about their boots,bonnets,hoods and wings, so I know which part of their cars they're talking about. Don't get me started on Perspex and Lamda sensors.

[KCampbell]

Don't worry, most of us Brits are quite accomodating of the colonials who speak English as a second language :p

Kevin

[oldnavy]

Originally Posted by KCampbell

Don't worry, most of us Brits are quite accomodating of the colonials who speak English as a second language :p

Kevin

Even though I have a sister who is a DAR member, I got a good laugh from that one.

There are no good local food dish's in England so if heading there for business or pleasure remember that saying and you will do fine.

[whunter]

Two nations divided by a common language?

I know of what I speak.
ACTIVE BRITISH CAR MEMBERSHIPS:

Rolls-Royce Owners Club http://www.rroc.org/
Lake Michigan Region
Motor Region http://www.rroc-mr.org/index.htm
Ohio Region
Modern Car Society http://www.rroc.org/members/regions/mcs/
Silver Cloud Society http://www.cloudsociety.org/
Rolls-Royce Foundation http://www.rollsroycefoundation.com/
Rolls-Royce Owners' Club of Australia http://www.rroc.org.au/cgi-bin/newforum/discus.pl
JAGUAR CLUBS OF NORTH AMERICA http://jcna.com/forums/index.php
Jaguar Affiliates Group of Michigan http://www.jcna.com/

It is fun to puzzle out the meaning in British technical service information.
At times even I have been known to curse Lucas electrical systems!!!

[oldnavy]

First time I ever learned to hate Lucas electric's was almost 40 years ago with a AH 3000 that was always driving me nut's. Someone did me a favor and relieved me of my burden on night in sunny Southern CA while I slept.

[phidauex]

You know, I've heard that the accent used in NE America is actually closer to Old English than the modern day British accent. The British accent developed during colonial times as the common British folk took up the lilting sing-song accent that was fashionable among aristocrats as a way of separating themselves from the 'rabble' in the colonies. The colonials kept talking the way they always had, and that evolved into our modern accent, while the British kept exaggerating their accent until they ended up with what they have today.

I'm not sure how true that is, but its a fun thing to tell your Limey friends.

Peace,
Sam

[DslBnz]

Do a search on CDI.

For those of us still foreign to these engines, it's a great way to learn more about them.

[compress ignite]

Sir David Lucas is known as "The Prince of Darkness" WORLDWIDE.
"JAG-U-AR",HEALEY,AUSTIN,MORGAN,BENTLEY,Etc.,Etc.,Etc.
(not to denigrate Ford Motor Company's attempts to best the "Lord's"
record with their : Land Rovers, Volvos, Etc.,Etc.,etc.)

The "Braking System" on certain model "Rolls Royces"

Bayeriche Motoren Worken ('s) absolute total "Re-Birth" of the "Mini".
The only "Better" "Mini" would come if the I.D.F. could find a
military use for the vehicle...and tweak it ! That would be a.. a .. !

On a more personal note: The Romans saw fit to abandon what we
now map as England.Ask yourself , What did the Emperor Know that
STILL stands true TODAY?

[Blitzkrieg]

My next door neighbor is from Liverpool. His mother came over from England for a visit and I had a chance to "talk" to her. We were all sitting at his kitchen table and I asked her a few questions, but no response. I was thinking that she might be hard of hearing. She finally said, " I do not know what you are saying because of your accent". I was amazed and said, " You are kidding me....what accent"? Her son said, "That one"!

[P.E.Haiges]

When I was much younger, a person from the south moved next door. It was like she was speaking a foreign language: I couldn't understand almost everything she said. So its not only the English.

P E H

[Tirebiter]

The reason that the English drink warm beer is Lucas refrigerators.

[KCampbell]

A couple of random thoughts based on responses above:

1. There is no single modern British accent. You can travel as little as 30 miles between towns and enter an entirely different regional dialect. Much of how we speak comes from constantly having a tongue in ones cheek

2. It's a myth that the British drink "warm" beer, it's merely not refrigerated to the point of ice crystals on the glass. As with red wine, brandy, port or Whisky the flavors open up and can be better appreciated when the drink is above 55-60 degrees. We can understand why many Americans would not wish to open up or attain greater exposure to the flavor of their beer :p Providing the pub has attained the prescribed temperature (see * below), the beer will seem plenty cool and refreshing. It will also taste good.

3. Many of the cars produced by the British Automobile Industry were possessed of uncommon beauty. In order not to unduly depress the foreign manufacturers who, realizing they could never compete, would resign themselves to turning out nothing but Edsels, the British saw to it that all cars would be wired by the gentlemen referred to in (*) below, after they got back from lunch down the Pub.

4. British cuisine is not an oxymoron. Frankly we are baffled that people who will eat a hamburger, for which they paid less than the value of the "beef" it supposedly contains, would complain about what we eat. I would much rather eat a steak and kidney pie than a "beef" patty that includes "mechanically reclaimed" meat and whatever leaked out of the bowels of the animal from which it came. Having seen what happens when "Fish and Chips" is Americanized, I suppose I should be glad that you folks don't care for Haggis quite as much as I do (which is rather a lot).



Kevin

*. Possible only by the combination of an open fire and a large number of gently swaying bodies engaged in heated discourse on a subject none of them knew they had an opinion on.

[dabenz]

"Tank Gawt!" was the response from an English bloke transplanted to Australia. He belonged to a former customer and that was his response when I offered him an adjustable spanner while he was hanging from a piece of equipment trying to fix something. Originally from Southampton, and he wasn't a bit stuck on himself, either.

Now the question: which American dialect is taught overseas? Choices are Boston, Alabama, Minnesota or California.

[oldnavy]

Originally Posted by dabenz

"Tank Gawt!" was the response from an English bloke transplanted to Australia. He belonged to a former customer and that was his response when I offered him an adjustable spanner while he was hanging from a piece of equipment trying to fix something. Originally from Southampton, and he wasn't a bit stuck on himself, either.

Now the question: which American dialect is taught overseas? Choices are Boston, Alabama, Minnesota or California.

AL???

Was that spanner metric adjustable.