Date:    Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:47:36 +1000
<br>From:    Ross Chambers <maelduin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
<br>Subject: Chaises Longues and US catch phrases abroad
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<br>>From the Sydney Morning Herald April 2, 1998:
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<br>"A chaise longue by any other name...
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<br>"The chaise longue is a symbol of elegant repose, lending grace and =
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<br>charm to drawing rooms and bedrooms through the years. Many women, both =
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<br>famous and unknown, have been painted reclining on a chaise longue.
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<br>"Strictly speaking, a chaise longue is a kind of elongated seat or =
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<br>couch, which usually has only one end and no back. It means 'long =
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<br>chair.'
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<br>"But time has blurred the rules. Some sofas and settees are referred to =
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<br>as chaises longues." etc.
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<br>How nice it is to live in a country which still speaks English ! :-)
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<br>"cool beans" heard in New Zealand in 1997, spoken by visiting San =
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<br>Franciscan, who was also given to "Go, Bears!" (I assume a football team =
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<br>rallying cry?) and calling his work comrades "Mr Potato-head"--none of =
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<br>the above stuck to the local vocabulary, and neither was he to be =
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<br>persuaded, during a 5 month residency, that the 'Z' in 'NZ' was =
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<br>pronounced 'zed', not 'zee' --altogether an unsuccessful cultural =
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<br>exchange.
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<br>Kind regards - Ross Chambers
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<br>"L'Australia non =E8 solo agli antipodi, =E8 lontana da tutto, =
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<br>  talora anche da sa stessa."
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<br>(Australia is not only  at the Antipodes, she is away from everything, =
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<br>sometimes even from herself)
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<br>Umberto Eco
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