PROLLY WISE (oops caps) about the wine - [email protected]
give me a shout when i sober up (if)
(grin)

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Reminds me of last time I was in the US, I was buying a shirt and the clerk asked me where I was from, because I had a "strange" accent. When I told her England, she looked shocked. "How did you get here, by PLANE??" she asked. I was ROTFL......

Debbie :)

Cheers Scarlett,

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
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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
    > --
    > 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
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    > 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

I always use to equate trousers to what a man wears......until marrying Steve didn't realize all "pants" were "trousers".

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Has happened to Steve more times than I can count. (Fast food drive through windows.)

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No more like French crepes. Steve says he put orange juice and sugar on his.......sorry this just sounds as yucky to me.....as putting syrup on ours does to Steve.

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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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LOL .....bum bag sounds like something a homeless person should be carrying. ;)

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First time I came over to the US to visit Ellen in 1995 I saw a magazine with Oprah on the front and the tagline read -

"The new Oprah diet for a tighter fanny"

well it took 3 of them to drag the laughing so much I was crying person out of the shop.

Simularly I learnt very quickly I couldn't say "I'm feeling a bit queer, I think I'll go outside and have a fag"

Patrick

I don't smoke anymore, and I only feel queer on thursdays

Oh Debbie - I found a restaurant near here called "Pirates", woo hoo

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Almost_Texanish wrote in message news:...
    > 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.
Well I started a rumor that my boss had herpes lmao, all by mistake.I
actually said he had a hair piece and cos of the serious accent i had
then it was heard as herpes.Took quite a while to kill that 1 lemme
tell ya lol

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Sarah.. The Pancake mix is the same as a yorkshire pudding mix but "Fried" rather than roasted..

Carla (my USC Wife) spend many attempts to try and perfect the mixture as a direct UK to US recepie didnt work well at all ..

here is a link to our recepie..
She has modified slightly to 2 yolks and one white of large eggs but the rest is the same.. thats 2/3rd of a cup of flour too

a good amount of air in the mix is important so beat it well and its supposed to stand a little too..
Only difference is that you pour it thinly into the fry pan with a knob of preferably butter..


http://www.geocities.com/szkibanditbkrgrl/yorkshires.html



Pete & Carla

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ever pulled the capsicum trick?

last time i was in subway in alabama (or tennessee - i can't remember), i
asked for some bell peppers on my sub, mike told me to say capsicum, and
kept urging me to say it.

the woman behind the counter asked what i was asking for, so i said capsicum

the look on her face was classic. complete idiot stare. - then i had a
couple of customers look at me funny too. i explained that in australia,
bell peppers are capsicums.

her response : "I'll have to tell my husband that!"

and rockmelons are another good one. cantelopes. sheesh!!

-- Lisa

"Rob" wrote in message
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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
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    > >
    > > 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

Well Patrick, glad to hear you are settling in, at least you haven't been asked if you are German!! Coming from the same area as you we probably speak the same, so you never know someone may ask you one day.