Hello Bob,

>CH>Sitting at the dinner table. I'm adding milk to the coffee.
>CH>Dad asks why and I say, 'to take the edge off',he chuckles
>CH>and says, 'what edge?"   I guess I meant to cut down on the
>CH>bitter taste.

BK>I am passed being interested in the quibble about how I speak.

BK>Reminds me of a column in the paper years ago. A columnist was
BK>in England, when he asked where the rest room was. Someone said
BK>something about "you Americans", and suggested he was too
BK>inhibited. " Just call it the toilet".

BK>My thought was, "If I ask where the toilet is, would someone
BK>say, 'In the WC?', or 'The facilities are back there'?"

BK>Not to mention the TV series "Are You Being Served" where they
BK>were referred to as the "gents" or the "ladies",
or, at least
BK>once, as the "staff bog". Oh, did I forget the "cozzy"?

BK>Of course they would go there to "spend a penny".

BK>I really don't care to have my manner of speaking criticized as
BK>along as it's decent, not derogatory, and is understood. Beyond
BK>that they get anal. IMO.

And then there is the question of which restroom.  In Europe it may not
be a problem, since there is one restroom for all.  But in America there
are men's restrooms and women's restrooms.  However, the problem remains
as to what to do with transgenders.  And Michael Jackson.

--Lee


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