Wednesday, January 7, 2009 1:57 PM From: "John Delacour" <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> To: pianotech at ptg.org At 14:13 -0500 7/1/09, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: >..you may already be well-aware that to be "knocked up" (as in, "A >simple tool can be quickly knocked up for making the ends on the >strips") means something other than "fabricated" on this (the U. S.) >side of the pond. Ah! We got 'knocking shop' but that one hasn't (yet) polluted the Queen's English! -- though I live a very sheltered life! I'll change it straight away. I hope not too many fragile readers fainted on reading it :-) JD No fainting here, John, but a good chuckle. I was reminded of a stay in South Devon some years ago, and pre-teen cousins of my wife. We happened to mention a favorite cat-treat in the States, Bonkers! Needless to say, the two kids collapsed in a heap, giggling...leaving us wondering! What is it they say? Americans and British are separated by a common language? Something to that effect! And thanks, also, for the articles...clear, well-written, beautifully photographed! Stan Ryberg Barrington IL jstan40 at sbcglobal.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090107/a74bfde0/attachment.html>
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