I was reading the story about the English Couple who live in a motel and didn't know what the word Post means.
They return every 2weeks (fortnight) to collect the post.
What does Post Mean?
2007-09-12 01:56:46 · 20 answers · asked by Yme 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
In England, collecting the post means stopping to pick up your mail.
2007-09-12 02:28:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Without having read the whole story. It seems like mail however post sometimes means after it happened . Pre means before it happens. So in this case they could have been collecting what occurred over the past 2 weeks. It could apply to information, money, mail or anything else that collected at the motel during the 2 weeks.
2007-09-12 02:14:35 · answer #2 · answered by Ray 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the context of the sentence you have quoted, "post" is short for "postal deliveries", meaning anything distributed by the post-office.
I haven't been able to find the origin of the term but imagine it remains from an age when community messages would literally be nailed to a "post" for the information and attention of all.
2007-09-12 02:20:57 · answer #3 · answered by Amon Ra 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It probably is an older style of expressing that they wish to collect their "mail".
Think about it:
Post office is the place that handles "mail".
German work for mail is "Post".
Posting something has to do with a message.
2007-09-12 02:23:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The person does not want to be taken to seriously and is probably light hearted. It's annoying when EVERY sentence ends with "lol" (laugh out loud) but maybe they think everything is funny?
2016-04-04 16:48:15 · answer #5 · answered by Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's the mail. In england that's the term they dominantly use. We tend to use post only for post office in the USA (or 'postal workers' going 'postal') but when I lived in England I was teased for many of the terms I'd use;)
It's just called Post there.
2007-09-12 02:02:04 · answer #6 · answered by Jeremy R 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Post in this case means letters that have been mailed to them ~~
2007-09-12 02:04:34 · answer #7 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In the case of the sentence you cite, "Post" means "mail."
2007-09-12 01:59:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The mail my dear. You know POST office?
2007-09-12 01:59:19 · answer #9 · answered by Gem 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Brits use it where we from North America would use "mail." They also use it as a verb..."To post a letter."
2007-09-12 02:06:45 · answer #10 · answered by jcurrieii 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋