The silver P.O.

Great shot Diane,eddie,xx

Greetings and thanks, Eddie!

Love this...............great effect..!!

Many thanks, Keith!

I suppose you come here every day to collect your post, Diane!

Nope, I just go once in awhile to mail a package. My mail comes to my apartment building.

...sorry, your mail!! :o)
You must have thought I'd gone bonkers! Why would anyone come here every day to collect a piece of wood or metal?

Reminds me of the old observation that Britons "post" letters that are carried by the Royal Mail, while Americans "mail" letters that are carried by the Post Office...

Indeed, Steve - it can be fun messing around with the differences between these two strains of the language - or it can be a bl..dy strain at times!

Lol! That's funny, I haven't seen that before!

By now, though, anyone who is at all exposed to things beyond his own neighborhood understands the basics of each others' English usage. We exchange so many TV programs that nearly all Americans know that shag, bullocks and bloody are awful things to say. But, since they aren't bad here, we can say them all we want for a good laugh! I saw a funny observation , recently. A young British man said you "don't dare use c___t in the US, but they'll take M__ F___ all day long!"

Well, that applies only to the young male set, but he's right!

Decades ago a colleague of mine, while on a fellowship in Australia, announced he was "stuffed" after a big meal--a perfectly innocent American usage, of course. However, to his bewilderment the table dissolved into hysterical laughter....

I don't know about Australian 'stuffed' but bullocks is perfectly OK. It's bollocks (cojones in Spanish) that is rude, but not as rude as it once was. Such is the way of things! I'm fascinated by how languages change subtly between the generations and find it it astonishing that some countries (hello France!) believe it possible to stop such changes and preserve the 'purity' of the tongue!
I hit my thumb with a hammer many years ago when helping my Dad put up some shelving. I stifled my natural instinct to use the F word and said 'S..t!!!' instead.
My Dad stopped and said, in a tone of absolute disbelief and disgust, 'Andrew. I NEVER want to hear you use such profane language in my presence ever again'. It had never occurred to me that it was all that rude! The C word is still very bad, while in Spain it is used in everyday speech.

Oh, that's great! In the '70s I had a friend from the UK and at a party another woman and I were talking about getting our hair cut. I said I wanted to a "shag," popular at the time. Well, my UK friend just about spewed her wine.

I shocked an Irish friend once by using the word "fanny," meaning (to us) rear end.

Oh, I used the wrong b-word! Haha - yes, cultural and linguistic purity are impossible dreams. Your dad had very high standards. I wonder what mine would have said. I never heard him swear even once.

Yeah, when my niece & nephew went to New Zealand for a vacation a few Christmases ago I warned them about both "stuff" and "fanny"... Apparently Britons find the expression "fanny pack" hysterical!

Lol! How could they not? ;-b

Unless I know what you think it means, Steve, I have to go with Diane and add, 'How could we not?'

It's true. I have never heard my dad swear (unless he mutters something rude under his breath in Latin or Ancient Greek - he is good at those!).