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Old 01-26-2009, 11:41 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn View Post
Its interesting how we speak the same language but use different words that mean the same thing. For instance in Australia, I'm assuming England is the same, instead of saying "rent", they will say "hire". Like "I'm going to hire a car". I even had a guy ask me in Australia if you could "hire porn in Canada?".
Not sure about Australia, but I know that in England, where we'd use the word "rent" meaning "I'm going to rent my house out" they use the word "let" - "I'm going to let my house out." They also have "letting agents" that they use to rent their houses out.
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