the differences between uk and us
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Oh, you'd LOVE Morristown, where my house is. I live on West Sixth North Street! It actually makes sense when you see that the town is divided into quadrants, but no one understands it so they can't explain it to you.
And they give directions by how many lights you go through. No one ever gives you a street name . . .
And they give directions by how many lights you go through. No one ever gives you a street name . . .
Prob not my poor Uncle Mack (adopted friend we just call him uncle) was called PeeWee until my mom refused to call him that, even his own wife who had called him that for years then started calling him Mack! How strange is that? I love Matthew McConnehey (spelled wrong) accent I can't stand the actors that totally turn off accent and then turn it back on, he always has his
That reminds me of my cousin going through a small New England town and stopped at a small grocery/gas station and asked how to get to another town.. The man pondered and pondered as her sucked on his pipe and finally said in his slow drawl...." Well sir, I just don't think youse kin get thar from here "
I have a very west country English accent, which to English people sounds like I just rolled off the farm!! It's amazing how people treat you differently because of your accent, I was born just outside London so when we first moved south everyone said I was posh and stuck up because of my London accent, now people from London think i'm an eejit because of my west country farmers accent!! I can't win!!
Some more I've thought of...
to go (food) ... to take away
traffic circle ... roundabout or 'island'
pavement/highway ... road
sidewalk ... pavement
faucet ... tap
'whatever' ... "Now really don't you think you ought to jolly well give that more consideration"
'go figure' ... "I say old chap what do you make of that"
to go (food) ... to take away
traffic circle ... roundabout or 'island'
pavement/highway ... road
sidewalk ... pavement
faucet ... tap
'whatever' ... "Now really don't you think you ought to jolly well give that more consideration"
'go figure' ... "I say old chap what do you make of that"
Mind the gap! They're saying for watching the gap between the floor and the subway.
Also, Fat *******. There's actually a french wine called that because the french guys who invented it said "Why, that's a fat ******* of a wine!" because it was so good. But the term is actually a british one. (I got my mom a bottle of it for her birthday, lol).
Also, Fat *******. There's actually a french wine called that because the french guys who invented it said "Why, that's a fat ******* of a wine!" because it was so good. But the term is actually a british one. (I got my mom a bottle of it for her birthday, lol).
They carry that label in some of the liquor stores here, lol. My favorite label, though, is the one drawn by Gary Larson - the cartoonist of "The Far Side" - who bought into a winery. It's on a lable of Zinfandel called "Cardinal Zin" and he's drawn a totally inebriated monk. I was reading that in the state of Ohio, the legislature decided it was offensive and it can't be sold in the liquor stores there. http://www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/wine/view/88