WHAT?!
Grrrrrrrrrrr.
You do call the thing on the front of the car that engines tend to hide under a bonnet, don't you?
What the heck DO you call it, if not a bonnet?
yes dear, we know the bonnet is the hood of the car in both Oz and the Isles and the boot is the trunk.
No, a boot is a big heavy shoey thing, and a trunk is a suitcasey thing.
Actually, you are right about the boot.
Why did you odd Murricans change bonnet to hood? We say hood as well, now, come to think of it.
Ah, I used to have a car that I could start without the keys. You could just turn the ignition with nothing in it. I think it was due to dirt or something in there (it was a fairly old vehicle).
Anyway, many thanks for the dancing/nondancing/spinning heads discussion. I take it these are Exorcist-style head spins.
Yours in evil enlightment,
jespah
The cover for the engine compartment is the hood.
The cover for the storage compartment is the trunk lid, and said compartment is the trunk.
The glass which prevents serious opthalmic damage while moving at speed is the windshield.
The mounting for the controls immediately behind the fire wall, and in front of the passengers is called the dash board.
The storage deparment of said dash board is the glove compartment.
The two positions of the headlights (not lamps) is "low beam" and "high beam"--dipping is something one does with food and sauce.
There is no bonnet, nor windscreen, nor glove box, nor boot in an automoblie.
And while were at it, schedule is properly pronounced "skedjule," the middle of things is written c-e-n-t-e-r, the hue of things is written c-o-l-o-r, the concept of amusement is written h-u-m-or, and if you want to drop by the residence of a young American lady with whom you are only superficially acquainted, don't offer to come by and knock her up, unless you're fond of having your eye socket swell to the point that you cannot see out of it.
A great many problems in the English-speaking world could be resolved if y'all weren't so wrong headed.
hmmm - relativity appears a concept beyond our dear country lad!
Now, why don't youse Murricans take the "o" out of "country" while you're after ruining the queen's English?
Plumb skeert of THAT one, ain't you?
Setanta, isn't dipping sometimes also done while dancing?
Oh no, Jespah, never by polite young men, such as am I . . .
So sorry, I forgot. Setanta is chaste, innocent and mannerly. He also has many fine qualities.
One is an exceptionally lucid and long-lasting memory . . .
is that a threat or a promise?
Uhoh - I believe that damned paper clip is gonna show up - or Setanta - whichever is first.
Vivien, you apparently do not keep current with international events--we're bigger'n ever'body else, so we get to make the rules . . .
Say schedule: SKED-JEWELL . . .
Don't make me hafta ta come over there an' impose regime change . . .
Yeah li'l doggie? We got RATS bigger'n you down HERE.
Dunno about old mammy Britain...
Note from the estate of Charles Schultz: The bunny is hereby informed of our intention to sue over copyright infringement regarding the term 'rats' which is legal property of the Charles Schultz estate, and the 'Peanuts' franchise.
Just try it, Charlie brown, just bring it on.... I won't move the football, honest...
the language is ENGLISH - so we English are RIGHT!! 
