OT, more than likely...

[Rusty Hinge]

A? Wossat? The boodly gurnard lettuce gauge?

[Mike Fleming]

An odd thing about Gorran Haven and Gorran Churchtown is that while they were both named after St Goran, the places have two "r"s, but the saint has just one. I can sympathise with that - it seems that no-one has heard of Ian, Victor, John Ambrose, Alexander, etc, all of whom spelt Fleming with one "m". "Sorry, Your Saintship, we've got all the signs and inscriptions done with two 'r's and the vilalges are on the map too. You wouldn't consider changing your name, would you?"

[geoff]

I hake it when threads deteriorate like this

[geoff]

Nah - thats a babel fish

[geoff]

You have to excuse him, he's forrin

[vg4cysss7001]

In article , Skipweasel writes

Po-angliski: char. Po-russki: chai. Short for Chinese, perhaps? ICBA to Gurgle.

[vg4cysss7001]

In article , Mike Fleming writes

Nothing worse than having 2 arse. About face?

[geoff]

In message , vg4cysss7001 writes

Chai is the almost universal asian word for tea and is almost interchangeable with (boiled water). This is prolly because when you sit down in a restaurant, you're often presented with weak green tea which, having been boiled, is safe to drink (well, assuming they're not actually trying to poison you).

At the extreme end of the scale, there is a town on Java which has hot volcanic springs. Panas is the Indonesian word for hot , the name of the town is ... Cipanas (pronounced chip-anas)

so there you go ...

[bobharvey]

Personal experience suggests that is exactly what 33.33% of oriental restaurants are trying to do.