[SEL] Aussie Translators?

[peter ogborne]

I was sent to get a 6/8th drill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell Gilbert" <russell at ncable.com.au>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:10 PM
Subject: RE: [SEL] Aussie Translators?


>
>>I was always amused by the bucket of compressed air!
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> left handed screwdriver
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>>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.
>> >
>> > If I understand correctly, the Poms have spanners.  The
>> > spanners are supposed to
>> > work just about the same as our wrenches.
>> >
>> > 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
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