Right!  Betty thinks of the American bonnets - i.e., Easter bonnets!  LOL

Britspeak on cars:

    Bonnet: Car hood
    Boot:     Trunk
    Motorway: Road
    Lorry (or Lorrie): Truck
    Bear Down: Shift gears

            Kat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rayna Lamb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 2:59 AM
Subject: Re: Happy Holidays


> Ooooooh, as in Easter bonnets, ie new HATS!  Yes, no,.....maybe?!?!
>
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:39:08PM -0500, Salkin Kathleen wrote:
>     LOL our "hood" of the car is your bonnet.
>
>         Kat
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: "Rayna Lamb" <[log in to unmask]>
>     To: <[log in to unmask]>
>     Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 12:35 PM
>     Subject: Re: Happy Holidays
>
>
>     > On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:11:35PM -0500, Betty B wrote:
>     >     In a message dated 12/25/2001 3:27:25 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>     >     [log in to unmask] writes:
>     >
>     >
>     >     > Thanks, Bobby... ;-> I knew the key was the word hampered, but
could
>     not
>     >     > figure what it meant in the UK!
>     >     >
>     >
>     >     That ain't nothin.  Deri thinks that Christians in America buy
new
>     hoods for
>     >     their cars every Easter.
>     >
>     >
>     > Huh????  Don't geddit....