English American Dictionary

[scannon]

And the most important tool in the shed...

Birmingham screwdriver = hammer

Also commonly referred to as a Harley tool.

[DeanG]

Pikes Peak International Hill Climb History

 

There are others in the USA but Pikes Peak is the most famous.

 

See the famous picture of the Seven in competition at Pikes Peak. Where did this Seven go?

 

http://www.ppihc.com/detail.aspx?categoryid=801&detailid=ppih0496&mediatype=1&photomode=3&returnurl=%2fgallery.aspx%3fcategoryid%3d801%26photomode%3d3%26tabid%3d22

[scannon]

See the famous picture of the Seven in competition at Pikes Peak. Where did this Seven go?

 

http://www.ppihc.com/detail.aspx?categoryid=801&detailid=ppih0496&mediatype=1&photomode=3&returnurl=%2fgallery.aspx%3fcategoryid%3d801%26photomode%3d3%26tabid%3d22

 

I'll be meeting with some other Colorado Seven owners and I'll bet one of them will know something about the car.

 

Skip

[Ian7]

See the famous picture of the Seven in competition at Pikes Peak. Where did this Seven go?

 

http://www.ppihc.com/detail.aspx?categoryid=801&detailid=ppih0496&mediatype=1&photomode=3&returnurl=%2fgallery.aspx%3fcategoryid%3d801%26photomode%3d3%26tabid%3d22

 

Cool photo .... !!

but given the drop-offs at PP, that roll-over bar looks....

insufficient ? :-)

[oilteq]

And I ran across another one just today on totalkitcar.com.

 

Lorry = Truck

[Mondo]

I tried to get "Bollocks" for a license plate but I guess the DMV knows that means testicles or BS across the pond.... them wankers;)

[West7se]

I tried to get "Bollocks" for a license plate but I guess the DMV knows that means testicles or BS across the pond.... them wankers;)

 

Thats true, but you would be suprised as to what gets past the authorities here. For example a tv comic used to have P3 NIS as his car reg (Paul Kaye aka Denis Penis).

 

Rich

[Hank]

Hell, I got "SHOCKER" on my Expedition in Louisiana. Google it if you don't know.

 

I saw a Mississippi tag yesterday with: OOUNAST hahah

 

On topic:

WSCC members use the word daft. I think it means awkward.

fitted = installed

[West7se]

 

On topic:

WSCC members use the word daft. I think it means awkward.

 

 

Yes its an odd word, can be used to describe many things like

 

I think that bloke is DAFT for not changing his tyres to better ones

 

The bill they sent me is just plain DAFT

 

He really is a DAFT person

 

The best way to describe it would be " NOT LOGICAL"

[locost7018]

I have been wondering what a "pikey" and a "chav" were so I asked a guy in Scotland what they were. Here you go. Russ

 

A pikey is indeed a gypsy but not necessarilly any gypsy but the kind that cause trouble and leave a mess behind them.

A chav is actually a young teenager type hoodie who hangs around in trouble making groups. It also applies to the young car moddifing groups who spend a lot of money making a very slow car into something loud witha bodykit and large bore exhaust etc etc.

It is actually an acronym C.H.A.V. and originally was a derogatory comment for people from large housing estates/flat blocks who hung around together and caused trouble.

 

Council house adolescent vermin (C.H.A.V.)

[oilteq]

I have been wondering what a "pikey" and a "chav" were so I asked a guy in Scotland...QUOTE]

 

Was he a bloke, a chap, or a mate?

[locost7018]

oilteq, I plead the 5th!! Russ

[Chaz]

I have a question.

 

Whilst reading about the westy for sale on ebay ( the dodgy seller one) there are several mentions of "lowball offer ", what is this.

 

Is it the lowest amount you are willing to pay whilst giving yourself a top line budget?

 

Lowball usually refer's to the lowest price offered you'd expect or want a seller accept. Gnerally, lowballs aren't accepted, but that's not the point. A lowball offer is intended to try and start the negotiation well below the expected settling price.

[ottocycle]

Mondo,

I managed to get the following tag for my old Jaguar: DGSBOLX I do not think they got it.

I will post a photo when I can.

 

The term Dogs Bollocks means really cool or in 1920's Americam slang "The cats pyjamas"

(why cats have nocturnal fashions is beyond me).

 

I think it was Churchill who referred to England and America as "Two different countries separated by a common language". Sure sounds Churchillian.

 

Cheers-

 

Dermot.

[oilteq]

My favorite license plate was on a British “Yank tank” here in the States, a Land Rover. It read DOG, which I think, is no longer permitted because it can be a gender-based derogatory term. Anyway, you have to love a Rover named Dog.

 

Blaine

[Taber10]

...... I recall in reading Ron Champion’s Build Your Own Sports Car where he was talking about the near side and off side, which of course is on the opposite side in the States.......

 

Here are my contributions to help keep everyone on the same page.

 

English / American

 

 

Near side / Driver side

Off side / Passenger side.....

 

Blaine

 

 

I don't know if you guys are trying to confuse me or what--I don't claim to be an "expert" since I only lived in the UK from '78 to '81 and many pints have gone by since then, BUT

 

OFF SIDE is the side away from the curb, and it is the "driver's side" and

NEAR SIDE is the side nearest the curb and it is the "passenger side" regardless (irregardless?) of whether you are discussing the English car in England or the American Car in the States. Of course, if you bring a US specification Triumph TR6 to the UK, as I did in '78, you confuse the issue somewhat...

 

If I am confused, please let me know!

 

Taber

[oilteq]

Taber

 

Thank you for the correction. I speak American, and am learning English as a second language.

 

Blaine

[oilteq]

If a wing is what we Yanks call a fender, what do you call this?

[BusaNostra]

solar panel

[S1Steve]

Life Saver !!!!!!!!!!!! and I don't mean the candy