<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 19/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andrew Close</b> <<a href="mailto:aclose@gmail.com">aclose@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 9/19/07, Paul Mason <<a href="mailto:latepaul@gmail.com">latepaul@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><snip/><br>> See I "record" TV programs, and have done so for over 20 years. The<br>> technology I use has changed - and probably will again. Similarly I "hire"
<br>> movies (though not very often). Talking this way has the advantage that<br>> anyone who speaks English can understand me.<br><br>what do you 'hire' your movies to do for you?</blockquote><div><br>Acts too unspeakable to mention.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">i'm guessing you're on the other side of the pond; on this side we<br>
'rent' movies.</blockquote><div><br>I assumed Barry was English given references to Red Dwarf, so I felt free to use English references myself (hoovering as vacuuming). I wasn't aware of the rent/hire distinction.
<br><br>Still, I don't feel particularly bad when American English invents ugly words like burglarize when a perfectly good word like burgle exists. <br><br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
;)</blockquote><div><br><br>:P <br></div><br></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Paul Mason