An American visiting in England asked at the hotel for the elevator.
The portiere looked a bit confused but smiled when he realized what
the man wanted. "You must mean the lift," he said.
"No," the American
responded. "If I ask for the elevator I mean the elevator."
"Well,"
the portiere answered, "over here we call them lifts."
"Now you
listen," the American said rather irritated, "someone in America
invented the elevator."
"Oh, right you are sir," the portiere said in
a polite tone, "but someone here in England invented the language."
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