[SEL] Aussie Translators?

[Russell Gilbert]

>I was always amused by the bucket of compressed air!

left handed screwdriver


>On a (un)related note, engineering apprentices in factories here were often
>sent to the stores to draw such tools as a sky-hook, a can of spotted paint,
>a box of holes, or, the perennial favourite, a long stand (or long weight).
>
>
>Apprentice:  "I've come for a long stand."
>Storeman:    "Over there out of the way then."
>...
>(time passes)
>
>      Pete
>--
>Peter Scales
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> > [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of
> > Rob Skinner
> > Sent: 19 November 2005 18:45
> > To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> > Subject: [SEL] Aussie Translators?
> >
> > Are there any bilingual Aussies who speak both Aussie and
> > American who can help
> > with translation?
> >
> > We Yanks have wrenchs.  Just about everything for turning
> > fasteners externally
> > is called a wrench.
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> > If I understand correctly, the Poms have spanners.  The
> > spanners are supposed to
> > work just about the same as our wrenches.
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> > This morning I was looking an an Aussie auction on ebay for
> > some "shifters."
> > The shifters were of the "monkey wrench" sort, with smooth
> > parallel jaws similar
> > to a pipe wrench.  In Oz, are all spanners and wrenches
> > called shifters?  Or
> > just adjustable wrenches?  Would a Crescent wrench be called
> > a shifter?  How
> > about a box end or open end wrench?
> >
> > Just trying to understand the finer nuances of the
> > language... don't want to
> > cause any international incidents over imprecise communication.
> >
> > Rob
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> > Rob Skinner
> > La Habra, California
> > mailto:rskinner at rustyiron.com
> > http://www.rustyiron.com
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Russell Gilbert
Sunny Sunraysia
russell at ncable.com.au
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