Wayne wrote:
See? This is where the language barrier exists. I had to read the article to know that "into administration" means essentially "bankruptcy", instead of what I thought. I thought initially that "into administration" meant that some government or company had bought millions of them for their paper pushers.
Wayne
:-) Yeah, I see what you mean. We do use the term 'bankruptcy' as well, 'into administration' I think means that the companies affairs are being administered by someone else in order to pay creditors etc.
Over the last few years us Brits have picked up a lot of US slang/expressions, mainly due to the TV. But because Britain's so much smaller in comparison, I think there will be a lot of words and expressions that Americans won't have heard. i.e. Brits find it easier to understand Americans than the other way round.
I'm really sorry, miles off-topic! :-o
Back on topic, yeah, they were associated with cheap PCs that used no-name parts. I know a guy who used to sell them over the phone, and he said the computers (and the company) were crap....
