Which is correct? Is this an Americanism?

[notb665]

In English English, the question would have been "Have you got a car?" to which the answer is, of course, "Yes, I have."

(or, indeed, "No, I haven't.")

The question "Do you have a car?" is an American question. You have been watching too many foreign films and picked up the argot.

Yes. That makes perfect sense.

 

[Thermo]

hows this for an americanism i heard on the new yankee workshop the other day

"and in here we will put horizontal shelving"

So you have diagonal and vertical shelving over there as well do you? (have you?)

 

[vokera80e]

Q: "Do you have a car?"

A: "Yes, I do." or "Yes, I have"?

I think the first answer is an Americanism, but am quite prepared to be corrected.

A: "Yes, i've had a couple....


BSA 650 .side valve.
morris minor
thames trader van
austin mini
vauxhall velox
ford zephyr
ford zodiac
ford cortina
austin 1800
austin 1100
hillman minx
austin princess
austin metro
austin allegro
ford granada
bmw 520
austin maxi
volvo 240
volvo740
carlton 1800
carlton 2-Litre
mitsubishi gallant
mazda 2 door coupe
nissan sunny
toyota celica
ford escort
mitsubishi pajero
peugeot 406

 

[JohnD]

You had a BSA car? You must be older than you look.

 

[Thermo]

nothing to be proud of in that list then (apart from underpinning British Leyaland for a few years!)

 

[notb665]

hows this for an americanism i heard on the new yankee workshop the other day

"and in here we will put horizontal shelving"

So you have diagonal and vertical shelving over there as well do you? (have you?)

What about a wine rack type thing?


(I know it isn't not horizontal, but even so). lol.

 

[vokera80e]

nothing to be proud of in that list then (apart from underpinning British Leyaland for a few years!)

only loyal to Reliability..and where does the word "proud" come into it?

 

[vokera80e]

You had a BSA car? You must be older than you look.

You mean to tell me you've never driven an open top BSA ....

 

[JohnD]

Been in a Morgan 3-wheeler which was more stylish than the BSA.

 

[Thermo]

only loyal to Reliability

what with all those british leyland scrap heaps!!!

 

[JohnD]

only loyal to Reliability..

You've spelt that wrong. It's Reliant.

 

[vokera80e]

Been in a Morgan 3-wheeler which was more stylish than the BSA.

a friend took me for a spin in bond bug a few years back,just glad he knew what he was doing,Because i would have turned it over on the first corner.

 

[vokera80e]

only loyal to Reliability

what with all those british leyland scrap heaps!!!

ah .. But the pleasure of fixing them...oh..it takes me back..
Tuition at it's hilt..

 

[paulbrown]

Good old selection there vokera80e, bet you wish you still had some of them now, especially the BSA.. would that be a V twin?

Just one that confuses me, Thames Trader van?

The Ford Thames Traders were lorries.

The Ford Thames were the lighter vehicles (Transit or Escort van size)

Have a look at some of these old beauties, which model was yours?
http://ccmv.fotopic.net/c855983.html

I believe the first "Thames" model was the E83W

Sorry to be a pedantic anorak, but I like old vehicles.

 

[vokera80e]

Gee wizz...Mr brown i never even bothered to look for my oldies,But the van is in there with that lot.the green escort type.Somewhere on the documentation was the mention of trader,either the reciept or log book...and as for the bike it was definetley a side valve with single exhaust,may of got the cc wrong.(me that is) i bought it off the bike repair shop..it had a rully attatched for bringing dead bikes back to his shop.i took that off and put a sidecar on..Looked abit like arthur (on the buses) carting olive about ..

and i allways remember the sound of vans engine,it had a distinctive hissing sound from the carb...and that was all for the grand price of £14-19shillings and five pence...

i think i payed about £8-10shillings for the bike...
if we only knew..