American Words you DO Like!
Oct 6th 2011, 7:44 pm
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Re: American Words you DO Like!
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Oct 6th 2011, 8:39 pm
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Oct 6th 2011, 8:50 pm
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Re: American Words you DO Like!
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Oct 6th 2011, 8:52 pm
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Re: American Words you DO Like!
Can't think of even one. But I'm a miserable old cow this week who even told her daughter that we say sweeties and not candy. And we say "hello" or "hi" and not 'Hey" and we definitely do not say "awesome dude".
Note to self - cancel the sodding Disney channel from Sky.
Note to self - cancel the sodding Disney channel from Sky.
Oct 6th 2011, 8:54 pm
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Second note to self - quite like Manc's quote - but not in front of the kids.
Oct 6th 2011, 8:55 pm
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Oct 6th 2011, 9:06 pm
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Re: American Words you DO Like!
Can't think of even one. But I'm a miserable old cow this week who even told her daughter that we say sweeties and not candy. And we say "hello" or "hi" and not 'Hey" and we definitely do not say "awesome dude".
Note to self - cancel the sodding Disney channel from Sky.
Note to self - cancel the sodding Disney channel from Sky.
My PM entitled Hey! must have pissed you off then, sorry.I like the word burglarize, just because it makes me snigger when people say it.
We're going away for the weekend and I told my daughter to pack a jumper, she had no idea what a jumper was
Oct 6th 2011, 9:21 pm
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Re: American Words you DO Like!
The longer I've been back (5 years now, after 23 years away), the fewer Americanisms I use, but I still find words like "lame" creep out now and then.
Oct 6th 2011, 9:21 pm
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I meant more like greetings on the phone or in the streets or with friends and all this "hey" instead of "hi".
But as you know - anything this week would have pissed me off xxx
Oct 6th 2011, 9:24 pm
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Oct 6th 2011, 9:26 pm
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We should all just start saying 'marathon' to really confuse everyone.
Oct 6th 2011, 9:28 pm
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