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Hi,

On 2021-07-25 7:59 p.m., Charles Curley wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 17:30:57 -0400
> Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
> 
>> Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: 
>>>
>>> "Suspenders" in UK are used with old fashioned silk stockings and a
>>> garter belt or similar: small clips to hook the stockings to. The
>>> sort of thing you might see in a burlesque show, maybe, or for a
>>> fancy dress party. 
>>
>> And there's another one:
>>
>> UK fancy dress party sounds, in the US, like "formal evening
>> attire" but  means "costume party" or "masquerade".
> 
> H. L. Mencken's The American Language has an entire chapter devoted to
> differences between American English and British English. Or, in
> Mencken's terminology, American and English. I think he repeated the
> old saw about how Americans and British are divided by a common
> language, but can't find it right now.
> 
> "Subway" v. "underground" comes to mind.
> 
Subway (US) vs Underground (UK) v Metro (Canada)

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needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-07-25 11:20 +0200
  Re: needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui Michael <ml@hemathor.de> - 2021-07-25 13:00 +0200
    Re: needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui Michael <ml@hemathor.de> - 2021-07-25 13:10 +0200
      Re: needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-07-25 20:00 +0200
  Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-25 15:50 +0200
    Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-07-25 17:20 +0200
      Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-07-25 18:50 +0200
        Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-07-25 19:40 +0200
          Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-25 21:30 +0200
            Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-07-25 22:40 +0200
        Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-07-25 19:40 +0200
          Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-07-25 20:00 +0200
            Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2021-07-25 20:20 +0200
              Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-07-25 20:30 +0200
      Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-25 21:30 +0200
        Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-07-25 21:40 +0200
          Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-25 21:40 +0200
          Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-07-25 22:50 +0200
            Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-07-25 23:10 +0200
            Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-07-25 23:40 +0200
              Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-07-26 01:10 +0200
                Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-26 01:30 +0200
              Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2021-07-26 02:00 +0200
                Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-26 03:10 +0200
          Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-07-26 15:30 +0200
            Re: Receipt [ was : needrestart - how to supress ncurses gui] Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-26 16:30 +0200

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