William Stanbury is right! I would rather 'bump' into someone than 'bang' (into someone) and I think 'bump' is more common and more civilized than 'bang'. But we are discussing the probabilities here not the manners!
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Sent: December 13, 2010 10:37
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Subject: Re: 'Two countries divided by a common language' Re: Speeding Re: Speeding
Englisher?
Deutsch?
;-)
Furthermore, as a Englishman, I wouldn't say or write "bang" into someone but rather "bump" into someone.
HTH,
W
On 13 December 2010 09:57, John Bibby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Jay and other non-Englishers
>
> My apologies - 'to bang into someone' in USA may mean a car-crash; in
> England it means a chance encounter, usually on foot.
>
> JOHN
>
>
> On 12 December 2010 22:55, Jay Warner at AT_T
> <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:04:57 PM, John Bibby wrote:
> > > Also, when I _do_ bang into someone I know by chance, I often
> contemplate
> > > how many I must have 'just missed' banging into because they were
> > > say
> 100
> > > yards away rather than just 10 say, and therefore avoided being
> noticed.
> >
> > How close is 'too' close? How do you measure a driving 'accident'?
> > Denting one or another car? stop & exchange drivers license
> > numbers & addresses? File a police report?
> >
> > There's a potential can of worms in this issue alone. :)
> >
> > Jay
> > >
> > > JOHN BIBBY
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10 December 2010 10:40, Gavin and Rosemary Ross <
> > > [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Probabilities of rare events reported after they have occurred
> > >> are not easily defined. Such events are common in literature, of
> > >> course, and
> > most
> > >> people in every day life sometimes come across an acquaintance in
> > unlikely
> > >> places. The only valid procedure would be to write down in
> > >> advance
> the
> > >> details of a possible rare event, specifying the spatial and
> > >> temporal
> > range
> > >> in which it might occur, and place it in a sealed envelope. Even
> > >> then
> > we
> > >> are in danger of stretching the definition of the event to fit
> > >> the observation, as do those determined to believe in astrology,
> prophesies,
> > >> oracles and the like.
> > >>
> > >> Gavin Ross
> > >> Harpenden, Herts
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> *From:* clivedurdle <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> > >> *Sent:* Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:20 PM
> > >> *Subject:* Speeding
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/08/speeding-driver-new-zealan
> d-policeman?INTCMP=SRCH
> > >>
> > >> "
> > >> Booked for speeding in England and New Zealand ... by the same
> policeman
> > >>
> > >> Constable Andy Flitton recognised by driver he had booked in
> > >> London as
> > he
> > >> wrote out ticket in rural South Island town"
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> OK, what is the probability of that?
> > >>
> > >> Live long and prosper!
> > >>
> > >> Clive
> > >>
> > >> Clive Durdle
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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