Re: RumorControl
Re: RumorControl
"Terry Yager" wrote:
> Yes, and I think I see the source of
> the mis-communication. It's the
> term "newsagent" that is kinda
> confusing to a yank.
Sorry, I though the term "newsagent"
was excepted world-wide, they used
it in the UK (or so they used to) & I
guess we Aussies picked up on it.
> It's a term we don't use over here.
> AAMOF, I'm not even sure I
> understand your meaning of the
> word. Correct me if I'm wrong, but
> is newsagent a shop where they sell
> newspapers, magazines and such
> related items, and/or the person
> who operates such a shop? In the
> good ol' USA, we call that place a
> "newsstand", usually, and the person
> behind the counter is a "newsman"
> (or newsperson, depending on how
> P.C. you are).
Yes, you're on the right track, but I'm
not sure how you mean News Stand.
Down here, we have News Stands,
but basically they are a smaller version
of a Newsagent, where in you have this
person in a small booth on the street
selling Magazines, Newspapers, Sweets
etc.
Normally you'd go a news stand here if
your after the daily paper, or a popular
magazine which sells a few copies. A
Newsagent is like a News Stand, only
bigger. You'd walk into a whole shop &
in there is a large variety of everything.
Some are bigger than others too &
usually you can get things like School
stuff, Calculators, Pens, Pencils, A Rule.
Some Newsagents are smaller, however
they remain as Newsagents so long as
you can walk into their store off the
street. Like a News Stand they too have
all the popular stuff & unlike them,
there's a wider range of magazines,
papers (a really good Newsagent will
have Newspapers from around the
world! ;-)
Going by what you're saying, a Newsman
would be equalivant to our News Stand &
your News Stand is to our Newsagent! ;-)
Cheers,
CP/M User.
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