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An American visiting in England
entered the hotel and asked where the elevator was. The portiere
(doorman) looked a bit confused but smiled when he realized
what the man wanted. "You must mean the lift," he
said.
"No," the American responded. "If I ask for
the elevator I mean the elevator."
"Well," the portiere answered, "over here
we call them lifts".
"Now you listen", the American said rather irritated,
"someone in America invented the elevator."
"Oh, right you are sir," the portiere said in a
polite tone, "but someone here in England invented the
language." |
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