Comments on: Speaking English on a Sunday in Brisbane http://2texansdownunder.com/2008/01/14/speaking-english-on-a-sunday-in-brisbane/ Australia is a lot like home, but really different. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:37:04 +0000 By: Bob http://2texansdownunder.com/2008/01/14/speaking-english-on-a-sunday-in-brisbane/#comment-85 Bob Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:53:15 +0000 http://2texansdownunder.com/2008/01/14/speaking-english-on-a-sunday-in-brisbane/#comment-85 On behalf of US readers everywhere, Kate, I thank you for agreeing to that change. I'm from a farm a couple of hundred miles north, northwest of Austin, but I went to UT there and loved it. Also, I'm pretty sure I was an early subscriber to The Hightower Lowdown. Jim Hightower is one of my favorite fellow Texans. Thanks for your comment. May your novel sell out many printings. -- Bob On behalf of US readers everywhere, Kate, I thank you for agreeing to that change. I’m from a farm a couple of hundred miles north, northwest of Austin, but I went to UT there and loved it. Also, I’m pretty sure I was an early subscriber to The Hightower Lowdown. Jim Hightower is one of my favorite fellow Texans. Thanks for your comment. May your novel sell out many printings. — Bob

]]> By: Kate Veitch http://2texansdownunder.com/2008/01/14/speaking-english-on-a-sunday-in-brisbane/#comment-84 Kate Veitch Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:45:55 +0000 http://2texansdownunder.com/2008/01/14/speaking-english-on-a-sunday-in-brisbane/#comment-84 Hi there Bob - I'm the one who wrote that article -- and the novel too. And you know what? I actually allowed the US editor to CHANGE "secateurs" to pruning shears, to give the poor American reader a chance to get through it without spitting the dummy. What part of Texas are you from? My partner and I got to Austin regularly --- he publishes a monthly newsletter The Hightower Lowdown with Jim Hightower. You know it? Good luck with the Strine! Cheers, Kate Hi there Bob -
I’m the one who wrote that article — and the novel too. And you know what? I actually allowed the US editor to CHANGE “secateurs” to pruning shears, to give the poor American reader a chance to get through it without spitting the dummy. What part of Texas are you from? My partner and I got to Austin regularly — he publishes a monthly newsletter The Hightower Lowdown with Jim Hightower. You know it?

Good luck with the Strine!

Cheers,
Kate

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