On 29 Aug, 19:42, Susan Wachob wrote:
> Another difference in language usage.
>
> British - North American
> (actually Irish, I think it's British too)
>
> silencer - muffler
> muffler - scarf (for around your neck)
>
> When the muffler (to keep the car quiet) fell off, I called the British
> car rental company in Cork to tell them the muffler fell off and to see
> about trading in the car for one that didn't make a huge noise). They
> thought I was was crazy (after all, they didn't rent scarves with their
> cars!) and asked me to drive there, which I did.
>
> I repeated the story a number of times, with them thinking I'm crazier
> and crazier with each telling until, in my frustrated rage, I pulled the
> muffler (silencer) out of the back seat!
>
> After we all stopped laughing hysterically, they decided to just weld
> the "noise-reduction part" back on as they had no other cars available.
> It proceeded to fall of just far enough away to make returning there
> unfeasible and I drove through many days of the rest of Ireland and the
> 6 counties sounding like a tractor!
>
> Susan
>
exhaust = muffler
http://www.kwik-fit.com/your-exhaust-check.asp
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