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Re: Hood/Bonnet, etc.....

To: neil.cairns@virgin.net
Subject: Re: Hood/Bonnet, etc.....
From: baldycotton@pop.mindspring.com
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:12:23 -0400
At 04:15 PM 8/11/98 -0700, you wrote:

>Wrench                    Spanner,
( 'wrench' means to pull hard in UK,)

Isn't pulling hard the idea??? If I want to span something, I'll build a
bridge!

>Cop                       Police Constable,('cop' means to get the blame
for something.)
Actually, COP is short for "Constable On Patrol".

And a few you may have missed...

Antenna                         Aerial 
Muffler                         Silencer 
Crank                           Commencing rod
Set screw                       Grub screw
Rear Window                     Backlight
Wrist Pin Bushing               Small End bush 
Drive Shaft                     Propeller Shaft
Firewall                        Bulkhead
Shock Absorber                  Road Damper
Fan Clutch                      Viscous Coupling
Kerosene                        Paraffin
Battery                         Energizer
Glove Box                       Cubby
Trunk                           Boot
Ground (Electrical)             Earth
Door Handle                     Remote Control
Counter Shaft                   Lay Shaft (Transmission part)
  (Try asking a burly American parts man for a "lay shaft", and see what he
says!)
Control Box                     Regulator
Wristpin                        Gudgeon pin
Rod bearing                     Big end
Traffic circle                  Roundabout
Emergency brake                 Handbrake
Stickshift                      Manual gearbox  
Alternator                      Dynamo
Ball Joint                      Trunnion
Windshield                      Windscreen
Moon roof                       Sun roof  (Ever hopeful !)
Blinker                         Indicator
Rag Top                         Soft Top
Hub cap                         Nave plate
Turn Signal                     Trafficator      

And finally:

Drunk                   Pissed
Beautiful               Horny... as in "She's really horny"... It doesn't 
necessarily
mean she's ready or willing to do a horizontal nasty, she just looks good.

Hope this helps,
Dave Iwansky
'62 MGA 1600 MkII

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