LF: Re: Off-topic: For non-UK readers

["John Andrews" <w1tag@charter.net>]

Mike,

> 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.
It's certainly a valid term in the northeast U.S., Mike. I suspect that it
would be OK for North America.

John Andrews, W1TAG