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From: "Stewart Nelson" <sn@scgroup.com>
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Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 19:06:06 +0200
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Hi Mike,

The phrase is very common in the U.S.

Just for laughs, I did an altavista search and 30778 pages were
found.  With "+host:uk" added, the hit count went down to 1328.

Results in the top 20 from the first search included the titles:

Changing the World on a Shoestring , Parties on a Shoestring,
Homeschooling On a Shoestring, and Starting an E-Business on a Shoestring

73,

Stewart

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Dennison" <mike.dennison@rsgb.org.uk>
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:43 PM
Subject: LF: Off-topic: For non-UK readers


> With apologies to UK readers, I am using this forum to survey non-UK 
> amateurs about the term "on a shoestring" which the RSGB may be using in 
> the title of a future project. I would like to know whether its UK meaning "for 
> very little money" is widely understood around the world, especially in the US 
> and Australia. 
> 
> This may sound an obvious question but I am well aware that an American 
> puts his pants on over his shorts, but a Brit does the opposite (was this 
> Superman's problem?) and an Australian would use Durex to make sure 
> nothing leaked out of a parcel whilst a Brit would use it for a quite different 
> purpose.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help on this one.
> 
> [official signature for a change]
> 
> 
> Mike Dennison, G3XDV
> Publications Manager
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