Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Word for the day trivia
I work with guys from all over, the world that is.
For some reason they delight in coming up with different slang terms for me as a United States of America citizen. I've heard "Hey, North American" a lot. I always say, that I'm not Mexican or Canadian.
The new one yesterday was "Hey, Spamy". I needed that one interpreted for me, so the guy explained it had nothing to do with computers, much older in origin.
Something about World War 2 and the British were introduced to the Army C-Ration which contained a can of the meat product "SPAM".
From then on, it was not only Yank, but Spam.
No, Its not found in Wikipedia.
For some reason they delight in coming up with different slang terms for me as a United States of America citizen. I've heard "Hey, North American" a lot. I always say, that I'm not Mexican or Canadian.
The new one yesterday was "Hey, Spamy". I needed that one interpreted for me, so the guy explained it had nothing to do with computers, much older in origin.
Something about World War 2 and the British were introduced to the Army C-Ration which contained a can of the meat product "SPAM".
From then on, it was not only Yank, but Spam.
No, Its not found in Wikipedia.
