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OT: You know your British and new in the states if……
You know your British and new in the states if……
You still unlock the car then have to walk round the car to get in the drivers seat You are only half way through testing the salad dressings to see which you prefer – tomorrow its ranch You have bruises on your left hand from trying to change gear In shops you still stand there for 5 minutes with the product in your hand while you stare into space and try to divide the price by 3 then double it. You get beeped when your sat at right turns on red At the supermarket checkout, after the cashier has run everything through, you and the cashier stare at each other blankly for 30 seconds until she realises you are not going to produce any coupons. When asked for your SSN you pull out a scrap of paper and read it slowly You’re the only one who doesn’t understand what the big deal with Joe Millionaire is! You go to a bar drink 10 beers and all you get is the urge to go to the toilet a lot The car has air conditioning and you are driving with the window rolled down You’re the only person in your sprawling metropolis of tarmac who doesn’t have a 4x4. You wonder why someone with a huge truck with a dog in the cab and their wife in the back would need a bumper sticker saying “Redneck and Proud� People stare at you when you say “it’s the dogs� You tried watching NASCAR but can’t help thinking “these guys wouldn’t last 2 minutes on the North Circular� |
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Originally posted by Patrick You know your British and new in the states if…… You still unlock the car then have to walk round the car to get in the drivers seat You are only half way through testing the salad dressings to see which you prefer – tomorrow its ranch You have bruises on your left hand from trying to change gear You get beeped when your sat at right turns on red At the supermarket checkout, after the cashier has run everything through, you and the cashier stare at each other blankly for 30 seconds until she realises you are not going to produce any coupons. When asked for your SSN you pull out a scrap of paper and read it slowly You’re the only one who doesn’t understand what the big deal with Joe Millionaire is! The car has air conditioning and you are driving with the window rolled down |
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Originally posted by Patrick You know your British and new in the states if…… The car has air conditioning and you are driving with the window rolled down When I picked Dave (now my husband) up from the airport the first time we met...it was 90 degrees in July and I had the A/C on full blast. We drove all the way home...about an hour...with his window down because I didn't have the heart to tell him. :D :D Ang |
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Originally posted by Patrick You know your British and new in the states if…… At the supermarket checkout, after the cashier has run everything through, you and the cashier stare at each other blankly for 30 seconds until she realises you are not going to produce any coupons. Also try getting fries at a drive through and end up with a Sprite instead. LOL! After 4 plus years Steve knows his social by heart like most of us Yanks do. ;) |
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Originally posted by KissingtheBrit When I picked Dave (now my husband) up from the airport the first time we met...it was 90 degrees in July and I had the A/C on full blast. We drove all the way home...about an hour...with his window down because I didn't have the heart to tell him. :D :D Ang Steve learned quickly that air conditioning is his friend in the summer...both in the house and the car. Thought his family was nutters wanting to sit outside in August ....temps 98F and high humidity! (one thing to be at the beach....but just to sit outside and suffer....yuck!) |
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I'm glad to see you are enjoying yourself too with the strange habbits of the Americans :D |
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> When asked for your SSN you pull out a scrap of paper and read it slowly
I memorized mine ASAP. If your wallet ever gets stolen you can pretty much kiss your identity goodbye! This crime is running rampant in the US right now, and is seemingly perpetual to the victims. > The car has air conditioning and you are driving with the window > rolled down This one applied to me big time. The summers can regulary get well over 100 degress F. Everyone else has the windows rolled up while driving except me! Suprisingly enough, I'm from igloo-land (Canada), but absolutely love the heat. > You're the only person in your sprawling metropolis of tarmac who > doesn't have a 4x4. Better to join them! I wouldn't want to be in a collision with one in some tiny little auto. Most of these apply to me as well, and I'm from Canada. One other thing I would add to this, from my perspective anyways, is that "You are still amazed at the way people drive over here" (here being the US). So far, I've spent about 20% of my driving life in the US, but have seen unprecedented driving stupidity. |
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Originally posted by Duran One other thing I would add to this, from my perspective anyways, is that "You are still amazed at the way people drive over here" (here being the US). So far, I've spent about 20% of my driving life in the US, but have seen unprecedented driving stupidity. |
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Patrick,
Have you noticed the lack of roundabouts here, i've only seen two here since I arrived and I went round both twice just for nostalgic reasons. And do you get the 'are you from Australia' thing, jesus more people said I sounded like I was from Oz than I care to recall. Rob |
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Originally posted by Patrick You tried watching NASCAR but can’t help thinking “these guys wouldn’t last 2 minutes on the North Circular� It seems like you are having a lorra lorra laffs in the states! What do they make of the eye patch though? Debbie :) PS Did you eat pancakes today? It's Shrove Tuesday!! |
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stevelisaw wrote in
news:[email protected]: > Wait till some silly US female cashier asks you to repeat something only > because "I just wanted to hear you say it again". Heh. When I got to Atlanta I missed my connection and had to call around to tell people. When I rang 411 to get a number the person who answered wanted me to keep asking for numbers so they could continue to listen to my accent. Then when I was boarding for the flight I was pulled up for a "random" security check. The woman checking started by saying "you just keep on talking while I'm doing this" I've not had quite so much attention paid to it since then, but it was quite a diverting introduction ;) -- Targaff |
You know you are a Brit in the USA when you speak perfectly clearly to a USC and see a panic stricken, hunted look come into their eyes as they look around for someone to translate. If only I could have a buck for every time I have heard "Say again?"
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LO@ this thread... Too funny & a great read. heh
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abba48uk wrote:
> > You know you are a Brit in the USA when you speak perfectly clearly to a > USC and see a panic stricken, hunted look come into their eyes as they > look around for someone to translate. If only I could have a buck for > every time I have heard "Say again?" My British wife has the opposite problem and cannot understand many people when spoken to. I have to 'translate' since she thinks many Americans mumble and don't speak clearly. She even tells me that sometimes and I speak perfect American English with no accent at all :-) |
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[i]Did you eat pancakes today? It's Shrove Tuesday!! |
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[i] Also try getting fries at a drive through and end up with a Sprite instead. LOL! |
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[i]You get beeped when your sat at right turns on red |
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Rob, it works the other way too. Not so much nowadays but back in 1982 I
was always being asked if I was British. Funniest one though was the woman who asked where I was from and upon being told I was Australian she responded that I spoke good english. It took a moment to realise she thought I meant Austria. Rob :-)) "robclews" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Patrick, > Have you noticed the lack of roundabouts here, i've only seen two here > since I arrived and I went round both twice just for nostalgic reasons. > And do you get the 'are you from Australia' thing, jesus more people > said I sounded like I was from Oz than I care to recall. > Rob > -- > Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
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I once had the experience, in Idaho, of being in a supermarket and unable
to find some item (I can't remember what it was). I asked three or four staff members and got blank looks. I could understand them perfectly but they had no idea what I was saying. That Australian accent gets em every time... Rob :-))) "abba48uk" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > You know you are a Brit in the USA when you speak perfectly clearly to a > USC and see a panic stricken, hunted look come into their eyes as they > look around for someone to translate. If only I could have a buck for > every time I have heard "Say again?" > -- > Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
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Originally posted by Rob Rob, it works the other way too. Not so much nowadays but back in 1982 I was always being asked if I was British. Funniest one though was the woman who asked where I was from and upon being told I was Australian she responded that I spoke good english. It took a moment to realise she thought I meant Austria. |
I have just thought of another
You know your British and new in the states if..... You laugh when someone says "have you seen my new pants" Debbie, I didn't pancakes today because we had a "shrove tuesday" before we left England with all our neighbours. Last year we all said we would have a big pancake party on shrove tuesday - when it came apparent that we wouldn't be there for shrove tuesday we moved it up a couple of weeks. Its the thought that counts - I'm just interested to see how many people point out I have dirt on my face tomorrow? Patrick |
Originally posted by Patrick I have just thought of another You know your British and new in the states if..... You laugh when someone says "have you seen my new pants" |
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Originally posted by Almost_Texanish Someone PLEASE give me a recipe for pancakes! I like the ones here in the US but they can't compare to the ones in England! That's funny because my English fiance said he likes our pancakes better......and for us here in the states it was Fat Tuesday and everyone was buying Paczki's (poonch-keys)... Aren't the pancakes in england just potato pancakes to us? Carey |
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Originally posted by Careybear That's funny because my English fiance said he likes our pancakes better......and for us here in the states it was Fat Tuesday and everyone was buying Paczki's (poonch-keys)... Aren't the pancakes in england just potato pancakes to us? Carey |
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Originally posted by Careybear That's funny because my English fiance said he likes our pancakes better......and for us here in the states it was Fat Tuesday and everyone was buying Paczki's (poonch-keys)... Aren't the pancakes in england just potato pancakes to us? Carey Patrick |
a bit of flour, a bit of milk, some eggs, beat, and if it looks gloopy add more milk.
my kids used to love my pancakes. now they complain they are not american enough. arrrgh! i was worried about them settling here. they are more american than the americans and loving it. i have taken to baking my own bread and making french toast and everyone thinks i'm a genius cos i can do what they do at cafe brazil though i wish i could make there shnoozlewhatever coffee. mmmmm eek! fingerprints tomorrow. can't sleep in case i sleep in and miss it. ngh. need more wine. xxxxxx |
Originally posted by ScarlettHill a bit of flour, a bit of milk, some eggs, beat, and if it looks gloopy add more milk. my kids used to love my pancakes. now they complain they are not american enough. arrrgh! i was worried about them settling here. they are more american than the americans and loving it. i have taken to baking my own bread and making french toast and everyone thinks i'm a genius cos i can do what they do at cafe brazil though i wish i could make there shnoozlewhatever coffee. mmmmm eek! fingerprints tomorrow. can't sleep in case i sleep in and miss it. ngh. need more wine. xxxxxx by the way, that reply was to the pancake question. and the kisses were for everybody as i love evrybody at this point on account of all the wine i've drunk on account of tomorrow's fingerprinting. :) |
Originally posted by ScarlettHill a bit of flour, a bit of milk, some eggs, beat, and if it looks gloopy add more milk. my kids used to love my pancakes. now they complain they are not american enough. arrrgh! i was worried about them settling here. they are more american than the americans and loving it. i have taken to baking my own bread and making french toast and everyone thinks i'm a genius cos i can do what they do at cafe brazil though i wish i could make there shnoozlewhatever coffee. mmmmm eek! fingerprints tomorrow. can't sleep in case i sleep in and miss it. ngh. need more wine. xxxxxx not that i'm nervous. why would i be nervous. hello patrick. we have a hamster :)) |
Originally posted by ScarlettHill not that i'm nervous. why would i be nervous. hello patrick. we have a hamster :)) ;) |
Originally posted by ScarlettHill by the way, that reply was to the pancake question. and the kisses were for everybody as i love evrybody at this point on account of all the wine i've drunk on account of tomorrow's fingerprinting. :) Good luck with the fingerprinting later .... I am sure it will be no problem (says the nervous wreck, who knows there is another 6 months of waiting until approval, thanks to the slowdown at TSC) There was a question I was gonna ask you, but I think I will wait until the red wine wears off!! Good luck with fingerprinting Debbie :) |
Originally posted by dbark Hey Scarlett, Good luck with the fingerprinting later .... I am sure it will be no problem (says the nervous wreck, who knows there is another 6 months of waiting until approval, thanks to the slowdown at TSC) There was a question I was gonna ask you, but I think I will wait until the red wine wears off!! Good luck with fingerprinting Debbie :) give me a shout when i sober up (if) (grin) |
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Originally posted by Almost_Texanish LOL The first time I visited my now husband we were eating in a restaurant and my husband was acquaintances with the waitress. She must have figure out I wasn't from around here and asked where I was from to which I replied England. She then asked me, "Do they speak English there"? I nearly sprayed her with my complimentary water! Debbie :) |
Originally posted by ScarlettHill PROLLY WISE (oops caps) about the wine - [email protected] give me a shout when i sober up (if) (grin) I will email you later. Debbie :) |
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Milwaukee just built its first roundabout. There have been dozens of near
miss accidents cuz people can't figger out how it works. This just cracks Alan up. When he came to visit the first time, within 1 week he had been asked if he was English, Irish, Australian and South African. The only person who knew he was Scottish was a South African guy who recognized his rugby strip! Dana "robclews" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Patrick, > Have you noticed the lack of roundabouts here, i've only seen two here > since I arrived and I went round both twice just for nostalgic reasons. > And do you get the 'are you from Australia' thing, jesus more people > said I sounded like I was from Oz than I care to recall. > Rob > -- > Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
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How 'bout the first time you hear someone say "I'm going for a walk, has
anyone seen my fanny pack?" Alan just about went through the roof! Dana "Almost_Texanish" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Originally posted by Patrick > > I have just thought of another > > > > You know your British and new in the states if..... > > > > You laugh when someone says "have you seen my new pants" > And you get blank stares when you say they have nice trousers. > -- > Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
Originally posted by Almost_Texanish And you get blank stares when you say they have nice trousers. |
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Originally posted by Almost_Texanish How did THAT happen? |
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Originally posted by Careybear Aren't the pancakes in england just potato pancakes to us? Carey |
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dana Burke
When he came to visit the first time, within 1 week he had been asked if he was English, Irish, Australian and South African. The only person who knew he was Scottish was a South African guy who recognized his rugby strip! Dana When Steve first arrived he could tell four of the above accents easily. In fact we ran into a couple who everyone else assumed she was English.....Steve asked her how long she had been away from Sout Africa....her husband told him in 1.5 years here, he was the first to spot her accent. Usually they ask Steve, "Where are you from." He replies with, North Canton...lol...but once a woman asked him...."What country are you from." Why? Because her husband was from Ireland....and she told us she knows how annoying that "where are you from" can be. LOL! |
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Originally posted by Dana Burke How 'bout the first time you hear someone say "I'm going for a walk, has anyone seen my fanny pack?" Alan just about went through the roof! Dana |
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