Re: What is the language "British"?

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On Tuesday 29 August 2006 12:28, jdow wrote:
> From: "Anne Wilson" <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > A truck here is not a lorry :-)  Off-hand I can only think of the
> > fork-lift variety, though I have a vague feeling that there may be
> > a railway connection, as well.  Possibly a small goods unit?
>
> On a US railway the trucks are the things under the individual train
> cars that hold the wheels and attach to the chassis, usually through
> rotary joints.
>
Could be wrong, but I think that's a bogey :-)

Anne

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