Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I would certainly think that expecting the Irish to know > rare from medium rare from well done would be a modest > proposal. Actually, eggs are a better example - if you order breakfast at your average hotel or Transport Cafe across the Atlantic, unless they are used to Americans, if you ask for your eggs "over easy" or "sunny side up", you'll either get a blank stare or whatever the chef feels like giving you. The language is different - they still know how to cook eggs - just just have to use the right words. Now, last time I was back in the UK, staying at a lovely bed and breakfast, the couple at the next table, whose nation shall remain anonymous, tried the over easy route and got a blank look from the young waitress. They then repeated it two or three times, getting louder each time. Now that doesn't usually work... as I say, when in Rome (or at least a city built by the Romans). Now that B&B had a wonderful bathroom with a view from the throne over the whole city of Bath - which I took a picture of with my M6 :-) tim - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html