Acquiring new garters

[chris-uk]

Hey when you guys say courier is that like Fedex or UPS?

No. I mean reptile couriers, specialists who are licensed to carry exotic animals from one place to another in the UK. The Post Office (I.e. Royal Mail) won't accept live reptiles, and neither will any of the main postal couriers operating in the UK.

Fedex and UPS are courier services, yes. I believe the proper job title for a "mail man" is "courier"

In the UK FedEx or UPS wouldn't be my first choice to deliver anything for me. The "mail man" isn't a courier, what you call the mail man would be a "post man" or "postie". A "courier" is someone who carries parcels from A to B who doesn't work for Royal Mail.
And here ends today's lesson in the "Educating Americans in Real English" series.

[ConcinusMan]

And here ends today's lesson in the "Educating Americans in Real English" series.

Smart alec

The Post Office (I.e. Royal Mail) won't accept live reptiles, and neither will any of the main postal couriers operating in the UK.

Ahh.. but you admit, they are still couriers. They deliver packages. Doesn't matter what's in them. They're still couriers.

what you call the mail man would be a "post man" or "postie". A "courier" is someone who carries parcels from A to B

Right. That's what I said. Whether it be Fedex, UPS, packages/parcels, or regular mail, if they deliver packages/parcels they are still couriers. All of them. What I was saying is that the job title here for the guy that delivers your bills and letters, and even packages, isn't "postman" "mailman" or "postie". We do indeed call them mailman or postman but the actual job title is still "courier". At least it is here.

I get what you're saying though. When you say "courier" you mean someone who delivers parcels, urgent mail, and packages, not the regular mail/post. there's hardly any distinction really since our "mail man" or "post man" often delivers parcels and packages too, not just letters and regular mail.