jeanette
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Post by jeanette on Jun 8, 2007 23:23:29 GMT
I was listening to a Wolf interview, and an ice cream truck drove by playing its music. I wondered to myself, "Do they have those in the UK?"
So, do they?
What about: Mary Kay Tupperware Parties
Are these "americanisms"? What other sorts of silly (yet iconic) differences (or similarities) are there?
Sorry if this is absurd, but I'm not very well traveled, and I wonder about these things....
-jeanette
p.s. Hi, I'm Jeanette. I've read the forum for a short while (1 month). This is my second post. My first, being about an ice cream truck as well. I'm obviously very hung up on it. Nice to meet y'all.
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Post by tesla on Jun 8, 2007 23:27:37 GMT
Heeeey. I live in Oregon, too. Hi.
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Post by 0-0 on Jun 8, 2007 23:39:46 GMT
We do have ice cream vans, that play creepy *childcatcher* music. *shivers* Mary Kay?! What's that? I don't think we have tupperware parties; preferring to have Ann Summers parties. *winkie-wink-winks* But we have tupperware!
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Post by fabbit on Jun 8, 2007 23:43:30 GMT
i find it fascinating that our where's waldo is your where's wally.
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jeanette
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Post by jeanette on Jun 8, 2007 23:47:38 GMT
It's a door to door makeup sales sort of thing. I think there are Mary Kay parties too... Heeeey. I live in Oregon, too. Hi. Hello! Where 'bouts? -unless you'd rather not say. I'm in Portland. I love Oregon but the gray days get to me.... Bluebells....
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Post by tesla on Jun 8, 2007 23:56:51 GMT
I'm in Hillsboro. (:
And haha - the grey days in Oregon are just about the only thing I like about it. Today is rather nice, though.
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Post by 0-0 on Jun 9, 2007 0:20:27 GMT
I love that Tesla says grey the British way. GOOD GIRL.
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Post by feathers on Jun 9, 2007 1:49:29 GMT
I was good friends with a foreign exchange student from Brazil once, and he had never heard of peanut butter! Always thought that was fascinating, haha. But yes I loved when elementary reading tests would offer passages like: Davey stomped his way down to the creek with a bucket and a pole, hoping to finally catch Big Paul Fish. He knew it would be difficult, but because he had his favourite blue rabbit's foot in his courderoy pocket, he felt especially lucky.And then ask questions like: Why is "favourite" spelled so strangely? a.) because Davey likes to fish b.) because Big Paul Fish is really the Loch Ness c.) because PETA does not approve of lucky rabbits' feet d.) because the author is British And of course, the answer was obviously B. I prefer the "ou" spelling anyway.
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Post by fabbit on Jun 9, 2007 1:54:58 GMT
...i was like "favourite is spelled strangely?"
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Post by tesla on Jun 9, 2007 2:34:13 GMT
I love that Tesla says grey the British way. GOOD GIRL. I used to spell everything else the British way, too. But people kept getting confused as to whether I was British or American, so I had to set myself straight. :\
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Post by 0-0 on Jun 9, 2007 3:00:52 GMT
British way is the best way, oooh yeah. favourite, grey, realise, colour, pavement, teacake.
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Post by tesla on Jun 9, 2007 3:02:26 GMT
I agree. It's a shame I have to put on this American facade when obviously it is not meant for me!
(I'll stop clogging the thread with my internet spamz)
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Post by Karanina on Jun 9, 2007 3:42:22 GMT
British way is the best way, oooh yeah. favourite, grey, realise, colour, pavement, teacake. what's different about "pavement"? am I just extra stupid today? but yeah, I used to use commonwealth spelling until it really pissed off my American friends. now I just do it to annoy them.
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Post by 0-0 on Jun 9, 2007 3:43:42 GMT
Well, I was more thinking how you say "sidewalk", y'know..?
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Post by pearl on Jun 9, 2007 4:29:09 GMT
oh wow... i thought by pavement, you meant concrete. that is a bit different. well i know in other parts of the us, they call soda "pop", which is just weird. . i like the english way of things though, it makes me feel nice. somewhat related, i am too conscious of when i say things like "by whom?" because i know people are expecting "by who?" and it's just all weird.
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Post by karatepop on Jun 9, 2007 5:46:45 GMT
British way is the best way, oooh yeah. favourite, grey, realise, colour, pavement, teacake. I cannot express how hard it was for me to adjust to living in the Sates. "WHAT'S A ROUNDABOUT?! DO YOU LIVE IN AN IGLOO?!!?!?!" I always got marked down for spelling things the right way, until I informed everyone that is how the word is actually spelled where I'm from and they can look it up, because I'm not changing it, kthx.
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Post by allison on Jun 9, 2007 6:10:56 GMT
What to Brits say when food has gone bad? For some reason I remember my friend telling me not to eat this homemade bean dish cause it'd expired and I thought it was a funny term he used... now I can't remember it... maybe it was expired after all, I'd just never heard it used that way anywayyyyyyyyy
The clothing terms always confuse me, and now I think with both, it's annoying. Vest/tank top, jumper/sweater, trousers/pants, pants/underwear, whatelse...
I have my own system of spelling so the "ou" stuff never really affected me.
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jeanette
Libertine
Dukkha. Dukkha Nirodha.
Posts: 61
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Post by jeanette on Jun 9, 2007 6:58:59 GMT
oh wow... i thought by pavement, you meant concrete. that is a bit different. well i know in other parts of the us, they call soda "pop", which is just weird. . i like the english way of things though, it makes me feel nice. somewhat related, i am too conscious of when i say things like "by whom?" because i know people are expecting "by who?" and it's just all weird. A lot of people around here call it "pop". Most infact... Funny!
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Post by Jam. on Jun 9, 2007 8:00:48 GMT
We say trainers instead of sneakers, underwear and trousers. If food is out of date or off or just plain ole mouldy nastiness. But I will say, whenever someone calls another a fag or faggot, I can't help but think of good old Mr.Brain.
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Post by Mellifluous Poetry on Jun 9, 2007 8:07:34 GMT
I love that Tesla says grey the British way. GOOD GIRL. I used to spell everything else the British way, too. But people kept getting confused as to whether I was British or American, so I had to set myself straight. :\ I THOUGHT YOU WERE BRITISH. Try harder! Oh and Finnish people have Tupperware parties. Yikes.
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