Every country has its linguistic eccentricities. The Brits continue to call transport trucks “lorries” (and then there's all that “boot” and “bonnet” stuff), while other locales adopt their own unique terminology for the same object or thing. The first-generation Buick LaCrosse was sold as the Allure in Canada because “lacrosse” is Quebecois slang for something […]
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