Black cab drivers have more developed brains than the rest of us.

[Bonnie]

Be careful with word order and cultural differences. http://bit.ly/OYuK3c

[Yzabel]

Oh my, you're right. I didn't even see that one. I mean, I immediately understood it as "people who drive black cabs", though I'm not British. (But then, I do have a character who drives a black cab, and have done some research about those. The Knowledge does look like a very hard exam to pass, and I bet you do need a hell of a memory for that.)

I totally see how word order here could lead to misunderstanding. If this was a book, I guess the author could at least use a cover with a black cab on it.

[Bonnie]

Cabs are yellow in Canada.

[Regina]

We don't even have black cabs here.

And I live in the southern United States.

Wow.

Yeah, that's an unfortunately constructed string of words right there.

[Justin]

Ours are gray Dodge Intrepids. They used to be Green Station Wagons but they finally switched over.

[Justin]

If you mean the race of the drivers? I don't really notice.

[Bonnie]

Justin wrote: "If you mean the race of the drivers? I don't really notice."

What colour of cabs do you have where you live?

Also,if you haven't read the whole article, you won't get what happened.

[Bonnie]

Justin wrote: "Ours are gray Dodge Intrepids. They used to be Green Station Wagons but they finally switched over."

Station wagons? For luggage I guess.

[Bonnie]

I think it might also be a generational thing. I grew up during the period of the black panthers and "Black is beautiful". Even though I say African – Canadian now, that's pretty hardwired in my head.