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On Wed, 12 Mar 2008, Russell Horn wrote:
It occurs to me I should perhaps have explained that for folk who don't
get the cultural differences.
The FT is a UK business newspaper. In the UK and much of the rest of the
world, a solicitor is a lawyer. In the UK, however, the phrase 'to
solicit' refers to seeing a prostitute. Hence going from Attorney
General to common Solicitor.
I guess if a joke needs that much of an explanation, it's probably not
that funny :)
I'll bet Stephen got it the first time. With all the spam we get from
Nigeria and such places, maybe a lot of us have learned about barristers
and solicitors and other such Britishisms.
Mike
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