'arry Potter

So, I haven't read the new book yet (I have been waiting for Jess to finish reading it b/c I felt as though it would be stupid to own 2 of the books), but I thought it was funny when I came across this in the 'Scottish dictionary' that I picked up (it came with one of the local papers during the month of August). I thought the grades JK Rowling had throughout the Harry Potter series were completely made up, but apparently that is how they do things in the UK!

'Left of Way'

Most people know that in the UK, people drive on the left side of the road (vs. in the states where we drive on the right), but it doesn't stop there! Everyone patterns their walking on the left (as seen in the picture) and escalators also follow suit.

When I started thinking about this, I thought about the expression 'right of way' (i.e. at a 4-way stop sign, you are supposed to yield to the car on your right) and how it shouldn't apply - but I couldn't remember ever hearing a 'left of way' saying. So I began to visualize a intersection over here (usually a roundabout), a driver would actually be yielding to the 'right of way' as they circle clockwise. So the expression is universal

As everything is online, I found some good stuff on wikipedia (including the roundabout pic) if you want to read more, here is the link;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic