Query - it's/that's

[william ryan]

Andrew Jameson wrote: We had a friend who used to phone us and announce herself as "that's Lena!" which we
always found very disconcerting. Eventually she learnt that she should say "THIS is Lena".

This edges into a small difference of idiom between (most) US English and (most) UK English: most
Englishmen asking their caller's name will say 'Who is that?' while most Americans will say ''Who is
this?'. No wonder Lena got it wrong!

Will Ryan

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