[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index]

ACCIDENT, body shop, legal, ASL???



In message <199707071909.PAA26005@mailhost.ael.com> Ben Baldridge writes:

> Actually, I believe it was Oscar Wilde who said that England and America are
> two countries separated by a common language. And I think he said it during
> one of his lecture trips here.

The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations attributes it to George Bernard Shaw, but 
also points out that it isn't in his published works.
 
Obligatory Audi contant:
 
The BBC just screened a widely-trailered account of the Goodwood Festival of 
Speed.  The only item was about Hans Stuck in the Silver Arrow - and they were 
kind enough to show the practice footage without remarking on the oil-in-the-
water problem that stopped him running on race day.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club