Quote Originally Posted by KD Burke View Post
I've been impressed by the multifarious uses our British cousins find for the word "sort."

Here in the States, it carries a specific meaning: to array a set of objects in some discernible order; as by size, alphabetically, etc.

In the UK, as I understand it, "sort" is used as shorthand for "repaired" or "put to right," as in "Now the engine's sorted, we can start the car."
We in the UK also use: "he is a good sort" meaning "he is a good fellow".