Wednesday 17 October 2007

Greg's cultural faux pas #1

Well, it was bound to happen. I'm pleased it took over three weeks before it did. It turns out that the British pronunciation of 'Router' (as in broadband modem), where the 'ou' is pronounced as if saying 'oooo!' is dangerously close to the Australian slang 'root', which means, well, I'm sure you can guess. :P Thankfully at work they are forgiving and patient with my odd British ways, so I got away with it... this time :)

I have kept quiet when they refer to engineers as "Ginger Beers", but I chuckle every time!

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