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Originally Posted by curtw
True, but most of these meanings can be inferred. And somebody might even be curious enough to look up some of the more puzzling cultural differences (bonnet and boot as parts of a car).
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Especially when we're talking about electronic books, where generally just touching an unfamiliar or confusing word is enough to tell you what it means.
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Originally Posted by ApK
It wasn't until I read an Americanized edition a couple years later that I learned a zebra crossing was a crosswalk. I was disappointed that it was so mundane.
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It's supposed to be mundane, it's poking fun at how philosophers and theologians often seem so divorced from everyday reality.