Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Feb 15th 2005, 4:15 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
just everything the natives say and do - apart from that I love it ..
Feb 15th 2005, 4:21 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
This might sound like a very minor/strange peeve, but I don't like the shopping trolleys here - they all seem to have back wheels that are fixed so they can't rotate about their vertical axis. I find this makes them much less manoeverable in a busy supermarket aisle. I remember people in Britain often making jokes about supermarket trolleys being uncontrollable, having a mind of their own, etc, but I actually think they were better.
But it's not something I lose sleep over.
But it's not something I lose sleep over.
Feb 15th 2005, 4:44 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by TRPardoe
In this most hygeine concious country - having the "server" take your dirty cutlery off your Starter plate and put it back on the table.
Does it really cost more to give you clean cutlery with every course ?
Does it really cost more to give you clean cutlery with every course ?
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Feb 15th 2005, 4:58 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by fatbrit
For USCs with advanced geographical knowledge, the following may be used: London, Oxford, Liverpool, Windermere, Edinburgh (but don't pronounce it right!), York, Cambridge, London again. However, to play safe I would suggest Stratford upon Avon be simply referred to as near London.
Feb 15th 2005, 4:59 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
You can always ask for the appetizer salad to be served with the entree. Can get a bit crowded on the table but that way you can have a side salad with your main...
Feb 15th 2005, 4:59 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by fatbrit
For USCs with advanced geographical knowledge, the following may be used: London, Oxford, Liverpool, Windermere, Edinburgh (but don't pronounce it right!), York, Cambridge, London again. However, to play safe I would suggest Stratford upon Avon be simply referred to as near London.
Oh yes, great place. I've been there. (For about 20 minutes on a coach.)
(bemused look) Baaaaath? (trying to imitate my accent)
Is that near London? (to which I can reply, honestly, yes -- at least by US standards).
Feb 15th 2005, 5:03 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by Bob
Errr...Oxford...I was asked about that, someone said "oh, so there's a Oxford in England is there? I've always wondered where Oxford university was"....plank
Not as good as is Europe in England ? - to which I replied - should be ..
Feb 15th 2005, 5:04 am
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Originally Posted by franc111s
10. Cat's eyes in road. Is it me or are the USA cat eyes are so bl**dy dim (here in GA), I reckon they came from blind cats. I know it was a British invention !!
Nothing over here, the road markins don't even reflect the headlights, so in the dark, with no lights on the road, it can be really hard to drive, what with the snow banks blanking out the points of reference by the side of the road...
Feb 15th 2005, 5:06 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by elfman
This might sound like a very minor/strange peeve, but I don't like the shopping trolleys here - they all seem to have back wheels that are fixed so they can't rotate about their vertical axis. I find this makes them much less manoeverable in a busy supermarket aisle. I remember people in Britain often making jokes about supermarket trolleys being uncontrollable, having a mind of their own, etc, but I actually think they were better.
But it's not something I lose sleep over.
But it's not something I lose sleep over.
Feb 15th 2005, 5:08 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by Eskimo
Not as good as is Europe in England ? - to which I replied - should be ..
Feb 15th 2005, 5:08 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Being asked "any relation to Ringo?" when I tell them my name. I leave you to guess what it is. 
Feb 15th 2005, 5:10 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by Eskimo
Not as good as is Europe in England ? - to which I replied - should be ..
Reminds me of my first experience @ AZ DMV
State employee: If you've got a German licence I could just exchange them.
Me: No, but I've got an EU one - they're all interchangable these days.
State employee: Is the EU part of Germany?
Feb 15th 2005, 5:13 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by fatbrit
Reminds me of my first experience @ AZ DMV
State employee: If you've got a German licence I could just exchange them.
Me: No, but I've got an EU one - they're all interchangable these days.
State employee: Is the EU part of Germany?
State employee: If you've got a German licence I could just exchange them.
Me: No, but I've got an EU one - they're all interchangable these days.
State employee: Is the EU part of Germany?
being very un PC the answer would have been - no but they have tried to make it that way - twice ...
Feb 15th 2005, 5:43 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
My conversation in Starbucks yesterday;
Me: A venti cafe latte please.
Starbucks employee: You sound just like William Wallace
Me: How do you know he's been dead around 500 years
S.E: You know the guy in the movie (Mel Gibson in Braveheart), he's Irish or Scottish or whatever.
Me: No, I'm just kidding I'm English.
S.E: Whatever,.....at least you're not British.
The other guy making my coffee just shook his head.
Me: A venti cafe latte please.
Starbucks employee: You sound just like William Wallace
Me: How do you know he's been dead around 500 years
S.E: You know the guy in the movie (Mel Gibson in Braveheart), he's Irish or Scottish or whatever.
Me: No, I'm just kidding I'm English.
S.E: Whatever,.....at least you're not British.
The other guy making my coffee just shook his head.
Feb 15th 2005, 6:00 am
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Re: Pet Peeves peculiar to living in the USofA
Originally Posted by tomelina
My conversation in Starbucks yesterday;
Me: A venti cafe latte please.
Starbucks employee: You sound just like William Wallace
Me: How do you know he's been dead around 500 years
S.E: You know the guy in the movie (Mel Gibson in Braveheart), he's Irish or Scottish or whatever.
Me: No, I'm just kidding I'm English.
S.E: Whatever,.....at least you're not British.
The other guy making my coffee just shook his head.
Me: A venti cafe latte please.
Starbucks employee: You sound just like William Wallace
Me: How do you know he's been dead around 500 years
S.E: You know the guy in the movie (Mel Gibson in Braveheart), he's Irish or Scottish or whatever.
Me: No, I'm just kidding I'm English.
S.E: Whatever,.....at least you're not British.
The other guy making my coffee just shook his head.
(Was it that Starbucks just down the block from the Kings Head? Send him in there and he'd explode. Ahh, the Kings Head, I miss that place.)
