American words/expressions you don't like
#256
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
Strangely neither of our noses are put out of joint. Oh well.
#257
Re: American words/expressions you don't like
They can think what they like, my mental illness was obviously apparent to everyone at home at the point in time that I actually decided to move over here. Everyone said I was mad to do it.. and I see now that they were right.
#258
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
I still don't think he's fully come to terms with the fact that I left, even now
#259
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
"Dr Pepper, what's the worst that can happen?"
#260
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#261
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
My parents (both now dead) hated & despised Americans .. my mother was a pan-Arabist who didn't like Jews very much. However, I think they would have been even more disdainful if I'd found a local girl to shack up with.
#263
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
Bloody hell - you were screwed whichever way you went, weren't you
#264
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
Who thought that advert would actually make people want to buy Dr. Pepper?
#265
Re: American words/expressions you don't like
My parents didn't say anything because I'd been out of the country before. My mates were the ones that asked me "are you sure?".. but it wasn't really the same as your situation. I came here because of work, you came here because there wasn't a decent looking woman left in NI.
#268
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Re: American words/expressions you don't like
My parents didn't say anything because I'd been out of the country before. My mates were the ones that asked me "are you sure?".. but it wasn't really the same as your situation. I came here because of work, you came here because there wasn't a decent looking woman left in NI.
There were plenty of good looking girls in NI - but none of them had eyesight quite as bad as SWMBO's
Hyperbolae, dear boy. You rather dampened the effect there
#269
Re: American words/expressions you don't like
Unintentionally! I wasn't sure if he'd mentioned it further back, and I haven't read all the thread.
Last edited by paranoidandroid; Sep 20th 2011 at 5:09 pm.
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