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Nah, that’s not a era problem, as you write where(of) you are… I was just saying, as we say…. Doug On Jul 10, 2015, at 12:24 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yes, I did think for northern cousins, trunk would be more appropriate, Max, but I love 'boot'. It's like the bum of the vehicle, boot up the bum sort of thing. > > Bill > > On 09/07/2015, at 8:50 AM, Max Richards wrote: > >> enjoyed, Bill >> The boot is another oddity to folk who call it trunk. >> Max >> stumbling between two vocabularies >> >> On Jul 8, 2015, at 15:28, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> I think we use can openers more here now too, Pat. But tin opener does not sound strange. I think we grew up with that but have moved to the American side of things more. We have never driven lorries in Australia, always trucks. But we do drive our very own utes (utilities), never pick-ups. >>> >>> Bill >>> >>>> On 9 Jul 2015, at 3:03 am, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Cheers Doug we shall have to have various versions!! >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On >>>> Behalf Of Douglas Barbour >>>> Sent: 08 July 2015 15:58 >>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>> Subject: Re: paat snaap 694 >>>> ||||||||||||||||||||\\\\\\\\\\\\\.\*/.////////////|||||||||||||||||||||||||| >>>> || >>>> >>>> Ha, we call them 'can openers' over here. >>>> >>>> You can take one eek off, P; you have been a mainstay. >>>> >>>> D >>>> On Jul 8, 2015, at 2:51 AM, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> SNAP >>>>> >>>>> Wednesday, >>>>> 08 July 2015 >>>>> poetryetc snap! >>>>> snap day! >>>>> must do >>>>> poetryetc snap! >>>>> but panic! >>>>> where? >>>>> where is >>>>> the >>>>> tin >>>>> opener? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> pmcmanus >>>>> r823 >>>> >>>> Douglas Barbour >>>> [log in to unmask] >>>> >>>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 >>>> (UofAPress). >>>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). >>>> >>>> Done in by creation itself. >>>> >>>> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. >>>> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? >>>> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? >>>> >>>> Robert Kroetsch. >>>> >> Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress). Recording Dates (Rubicon Press). Done in by creation itself. I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too. The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books? We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming? Robert Kroetsch.