Just a suggestion to those off shore.

[Ty Marcucci]

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[Tim Wescott]

Worse, I suspect that there are cases where an overseas brand may share the same name, but have a different formulation.  Since much of what we do is off-label use, what works here may not work there -- wherever "here" and "there" are.

The problem exists to some extent in the US: I know that when I was living in Massachusetts, after having grown up in Oregon, I ended up generating much confusion in hardware stores and whatnot, until I learned to say "I don't know what you call it here, but I need a gizmo that...".

(It's "pop" west of the Mississippi, and "soda" east of the Mississippi.  And "Soder" in certain neighborhoods in the NE.)

[Howard Rush]

My understanding is that people who live in countries other than the US generally know that they do.  Google or whatever search thing is legal in their country can give them the lowdown on common US products.  It is also handy to convert from our quaint units of measure to SI units, to wit: enter "6 furlongs per fortnight in meters per second" in Google and the result pops right up.  However, in deference to our British readers, I shall endeavor to use proper English terms such as Plasticine and J. Arthur where appropriate. 

[wwwarbird]

Everything I do is going to be funky from now on.   

[john e. holliday]

Nothing like being born in KANSAS, teen age years in southern MISSOURI and then back to KANSAS.   I go to MINNESOTA to visit relatives of ours.   Told to speak a little faster as my southern language was too slow.   What was great while in schools for the phone company is going to schools in OHIO and having class mates from all over the USA.  That is another great about when the NATS used to be held in different parts of the good ole USA.   I knew immediately where a certain contestant was from when he started talking.

[Brian Hampton]

I knew immediately where a certain contestant was from when he started talking.

That's something that's always intrigued me. Australia is as big as America and far more isolated between population centres but, other than how a word here or there is pronounced, we generally don't have any regional accents. And as Ty indicated, some of the words and phrases commonly used in America can cause great embarrassment if used in most other countries .

[Larry Cunningham]

That's something that's always intrigued me. Australia is as big as America and far more isolated between population centres but, other than how a word here or there is pronounced, we generally don't have any regional accents. And as Ty indicated, some of the words and phrases commonly used in America can cause great embarrassment if used in most other countries .

You're bloody well right!

(Maybe not so strong a word now as it was when I was at RAF Fylingdales in 1968, I see the BBC comedy programs using the word 'bloody' at times..)

Perhaps 'blinking' is a better adjective for my use, I'm already cheeky enough. ;->

I spent 7 weeks in London, and one of the young ladies called me "Mr. America". When I asked how she could tell, she said I sounded like I was straight out of Bonanza.

Thank the Lord we're all different, else everyone would be after my wife and '59 Rambler.

L.

"England and America are two countries separated by a common language." -George Bernard Shaw

[dale gleason]

Larry, although we've not crossed paths too often, I am after your '59 Rambler! '59 Rambler! Now THAT's a ride!
dg