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Re: The Ford Ka and its bollard
Posted By: Howard, on host 209.86.39.51
Date: Monday, August 27, 2001, at 04:17:41
In Reply To: Re: The Ford Ka posted by Zarniwoop on Sunday, August 26, 2001, at 14:56:34:

The garage gave him a courtesy Ford Ka.
> While driving it, he was required to make a left turn into a driveway every day. He kept bumping the bollard on the inside of the turn.

OK. I give up. What's a bollard? Is it just one of those British terms like windscreen, tyre, boot, silencer, and bonnet? Do I have one on my Toyota? I tried pronouncing it in Spanish and it came out boyard. I wonder what it is in American.
It could be the bumper or the rocker panel.

And a Ford Ka? That sounds like New York or New England where every car is a Ka, as in "I'll go pock th' ka." I suppose some people in the islands might talk that way too.

Monolingual people like me have problems with such things. Down here in Dixie, I don't reckon we have any words like that.
Howard

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