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Subject:Re: Request help with traffic terminology From:Albert Marshall <albert -at- EXECFROG -dot- DEMON -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Thu, 20 Nov 1997 19:09:08 +0000
Markus Laker <freddylaker -at- tcp -dot- co -dot- uk> wrote
>
>Sitting on one's tail.
>Climbing into one's boot.
>Tailgating.
>
"There's someone on my daily."
"There's someone on my bum."
In my family a manouevre intended to disembarrass oneself of a tailgater
is known as "de-bumming".
--
Albert Marshall
Executive French
Language Training for Businesses in Kent
01634 400902
