John wrote
>
> One from Yorkshire is their use of "while" to mean "until" so that
> "wait while we take a photograph" means (in Yorkshire) "wait until we
> take a photograph".
And there's the one about the two Chicago-bound Brits on a plane NY - LA
and the flight attendant announced "We will be stopping momentarily at
Chicago". To which the Brits asked quite reasonably "Will the plane be on
the ground long enough for us and our luggage to get off?".
For the benefit of those who don't get it; the usual meaning of "momentarily"
comes from "moment" point or brief space of time; "momentary" lasting only
a moment. The stewardess however, gave it the novel meaning "in a
moment".
Brian
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