Re: [OM] a proud moment

[Chris Barker]

In this country it's "barking mad", or just "barking".  But some have  
been described as "Dorking", a place just up the line from Barking ...

It took me a couple of seconds to work out the "roger that" one :-)

Chris

On 5 Feb 2009, at 16:58, Bob Whitmire wrote:

> I dunno. Do you suppose that's where the American "barking idiot"
> came from?
>
> I was advised of my gaff rather sharply by a British mystery writer
> some years ago when she told me to do something and I snapped a
> salute and said "Roger that!" <g>

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