Summary
An episode explaining how the British and Americans are separated by a common language, from Alistair Cooke's "America:"
I remember once, during a strike in New York when the salmon wasn't coming in, there seemed to be a glut of bagels in the Jewish bakeries. In a whimsical moment I sent a cable to my editor [in England] warning him that I was about to put a piece on the wire entitled, "Lox Lag Brings Bagel Boom." He cabled right back: "Your message hopelessly garbled, it reads lox lag brings bagel boom."See the full content of this document
Extract
Boom Boom Room
Which is a clever story that has something to do with:
- Oil spill may cause boom...See the full content of this document
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