Date:    Fri, 8 May 1998 10:31:45 -0700
<br>From:    "A. Vine" <avine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ENG.SUN.COM>
<br>Subject: Re: bottles of beer
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<br>Mark Mandel wrote:
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<br>> >>>>> Andrea Vine <avine[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ENG.SUN.COM> writes >>>>>
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<br>>  [...]  So I asked [my English source] in what situation he would sing it:  at a football game, in a pub?  To which he
<br>> replied, "On long, boring coach trips when there's bugger-all else to do."
<br>>  <<<<<
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<br>> Which is exactly the context in which I learned it: bus (= "coach"?)
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<br>Yes, 'coach' is Britspeak for a bus which takes long journeys.  British
<br>use of 'bus', at least around Bristol, is restricted to those which
<br>provide transportation amongst marked stops around the city.  Near as I
<br>can tell, anyway.
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<br>Andrea
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