I moved from the United States (Texas) to a small coastal community in British Columbia in 1989. The 60-year-old receptionist at the hearing clinic was from England. One Wednesday, after a particularly chaotic morning, I remarked how glad I was that it was Hump Day. Elaine's face froze, and in a very icy voice, she remarked "Pardon". My response was "Don't you have Hump Days in Canada." Her retort, still icy and obviously disapproving, was "not officially." Others in the room, who understood the expression Hump Day to refer to Wednesday, the middle of the week, simply roared. She had taken the expression to mean something entirely different......which I leave to your imagination. It was the start of a good friendship, with a lot of chuckling over differences within the same language.