Hampton Court?

Yes, an old line from a carry on film:- answer,(Henry VIII) 'no I always walk this way' (goddit?).

There is a danger of certain words having different meanings in diferent cultures (either national, age or other). We all know about differences with the US (fag, pissed, etc) and also spurious nonsense that does the rounds , like the spanish read 'Nova' as Not Go! (rubbish, Nova is a latin word in the first place)

I had an experience many years ago (hmm) and I'd like to share this with you...
There was once an SF writer call EE ('Doc') Smith (perhaps we should all try this - a middle name? (I'll move that to general as a thread) ) No - he wrote about Galaxy-blasting Vortex smashers , or somesuch (and remember this was late 40's) Anyway the hero ( Jet Thruster, Rock Vincent or something) had these pistols/guns/rocket lasers (didn't have lasers then). Unfortunately they were named after their inventor, a man called 'Hampton'

Imagine my titters as a teenager reading this yellowed old book, where the hero drops into the room from a skylight
and 'pulls out his Hampton' at which they see it and 'gasp'.
He also used to holster his Hampton with a nonchalant grin!

Whole new meaning! Hope this helps everyone. (my tip :-)