Things that disturb you about the US
Jul 25th 2005, 5:49 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by veronica jayne
And the rest of the sounds 
Uh huh = yes
uh-uh = no
er-er = I dont know
huh = pardon
ah-ah = I won't
Uh huh = yes
uh-uh = no
er-er = I dont know
huh = pardon
ah-ah = I won't
Jul 25th 2005, 6:29 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by snowbunny
That's poor parenting. We correct "uh huh" or "yeah" into "yes" and "huh" into "excuse me" -- though "pardon" is more formal.
Jul 25th 2005, 6:57 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by veronica jayne
Come up to New York Bunny and teach them here too
They don't call it the Bible Belt for nuthin'
Jul 25th 2005, 6:58 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by snowbunny
That's poor parenting. We correct "uh huh" or "yeah" into "yes" and "huh" into "excuse me" -- though "pardon" is more formal.
Jul 25th 2005, 7:02 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by Guelder Rose
My family still say "huh" .... I still say "pardon", which they think is totally ridiculous when "huh" will do! I still stuggle with getting them to say "please", let alone "excuse me" or "pardon".
I associate "excuse me" with Steve Martin.
Jul 25th 2005, 7:08 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by snowbunny
I say "pardon" but the rest of the family say "excuse me."
I associate "excuse me" with Steve Martin.
I associate "excuse me" with Steve Martin.
The Americans laugh saying only a Brit could say sorry before laying someone out cold......
Jul 25th 2005, 7:36 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by snowbunny
They don't call it the Bible Belt for nuthin'
Jul 25th 2005, 7:38 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
What disburbs me is the amount of people murdered in my city and the country, there is hardly any news coverage. It also disturbs me that everyone including me isnt afraid to go out. 
Jul 25th 2005, 8:04 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by ladylisa
It also disturbs me that everyone including me isnt afraid to go out.
Jul 25th 2005, 8:08 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Address the crime problem, but hey, staying holed up isn't much of a life.
You can't hide from Death.....not even if you lock yourself in an air tight box under the stairs.......he is still going to find you.......
Jul 25th 2005, 8:21 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by krizzy
You can't hide from Death.....not even if you lock yourself in an air tight box under the stairs.......he is still going to find you.......
Jul 25th 2005, 8:25 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by krizzy
Your house could blow up for one thing....now that would be a bitch......
You can't hide from Death.....not even if you lock yourself in an air tight box under the stairs.......he is still going to find you.......
You can't hide from Death.....not even if you lock yourself in an air tight box under the stairs.......he is still going to find you.......
I cant believe how safe I feel here and yet just this passed weekend 7 people were shot in my city. Maybe thats because the media don't go all loony about it whereas they would scare the living daylights out of you in the UK press, creating mass fear.
Jul 25th 2005, 9:45 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Americans who believe they are the only ones in the world with 'freedoms'.
Take this woman from the UK-yankee website:
What are Brits missing?:
http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=15173.0;all
:scared: :scared: :scared:
Take this woman from the UK-yankee website:
What are Brits missing?:
At the start of your relationships wouldn't you have preferred for him to move to US rather than you move to UK? Leaving family/friends/what you know behind will usually always be hard, so I'm trying not to have that in the equation - just from an overall "where is life best" view. I agree it's subjective but isn't life "just better" in US?
I guess it's hard to understand why you would want to leave US, for example don't you miss the freedoms we have in the US?
Hi everyone. One of the US freedoms I'm talking about is to speak out publicly against the government / freedom of speech and freedom to have what is said in the news.
Hmmm - but don't the monarchy control the people ?
I think the difference in freedom is that in US we can be outspoken (speak in public/media) against government and (if we had one) the monarchy, and not just in privacy of our home or worried about action against us.
I'm just asking here having a UK bf because I find it helps best to have a non-biased view from Americans who have experienced life in UK and so can answer "intelligently". I couldn't do that on a Brit forum
:scared: :scared: :scared:
Jul 25th 2005, 9:49 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by snowbunny
and damn fast if the box is really air-tight.
Jul 25th 2005, 9:51 pm
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Re: Things that disturb you about the US
Originally Posted by ladyofthelake
Americans who believe they are the only ones in the world with 'freedoms'.
Take this woman from the UK-yankee website:
What are Brits missing?:
http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=15173.0;all
:scared: :scared: :scared:
Take this woman from the UK-yankee website:
What are Brits missing?:
http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=15173.0;all
:scared: :scared: :scared:
Oh....bless her.......
