Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony

Brake van was usually associated with goods trains aka freight. In between the locomotive and brake van were goods trucks, not cars. A turnout is called a point, switching is called shunting, passenger cars are coaches, a depot is a station, and an engineer is an engine driver. Our conductors were limited to issuing tickets on buses (they've all gone now).

I note with some glee that we have a New Zealander and Australian here. But how can you tell them apart from their accents. Easy! Ask them to say 'Fish and Chips'. The Australian will say 'feeeesh and cheeps' and the Kiwi will say 'fush and chups". It works every time.

The one to look out for is when a guy (man) says 'I'm dying for a fag'! A 'fag' in cockney English is a cigarette! GBS was right!

Mark K
Oxon England. (Oxon being short for Oxonius from the latin and it means Oxfordshire).



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/15/2018 09:02AM by Marowicz.