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Feb 21st 2014, 2:34 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Pulaski

I do, it's great.

I now wonder how the UK manages without such a useful expression for a collective group of second parties.

and don't forget the plural form of "y'all", which is "all y'all"

Feb 21st 2014, 2:34 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by cindyabs

yeah, but see they think you're cute, because you're a Brit saying it. .....

Probably so, and without ever aiming to do so, if anything I have overcompensated in fitting in - with my truck (one neighbor was surprised to find that it is a stick shift, he thought his was the only one in the neighborhood) and Mustang, my house and patch of woodland, which I periodically attack with a chainsaw and hauling a few logs off to one of the local sawmills, and my "can do" approach most projects around the house and yard (wiring, plumbing, framing, dry-walling, roofing, tiling, hardwood flooring, land drains, among others), I suspect I am viewed as an odd-ball novelty.

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Originally Posted by MiniBrit

and don't forget the plural form of "y'all", which is "all y'all"

How could I? Though personally I find the singular form covers most of my needs.

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing

We have 'alright, benders,' though ...

Sorry I not familiar with that. Is it an NI expression?

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Feb 21st 2014, 3:12 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Sorry I not familiar with that. Is it an NI expression?

You're killing me! No, it's not a NI expression, but it's definitely something you'd only hear in the UK.

Feb 21st 2014, 5:33 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

When someone troll's this forum and you are convinced it's someone from your facebook friends list after you posted an observation about a certain thread that you thought know one would understand or take notice off.

Feb 21st 2014, 12:59 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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You've got me curious now, which thread?

Feb 21st 2014, 1:10 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Sorry I not familiar with that. Is it an NI expression?

The Inbetweeners, mate. Jay's preferred greeting

Feb 21st 2014, 2:15 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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You've got me curious now, which thread?

The gun thread about the 9th circuit court

Feb 21st 2014, 2:17 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing

We have 'alright, benders,' though ...

Don't forget "bunch of cnuts".

Feb 21st 2014, 2:18 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Don't forget "bunch of cnuts".

Yes, I should have remembered that one ...

Feb 23rd 2014, 11:25 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Jerseygirl

When we first moved here I went into a store and asked for batteries. 20 mins and about 6 salespeople later...one of them said 'oh you want badderies'.

My first year here, every time I was ordering drinks at a restaurant (which back then was almost everyday sometimes twice a day) I would end up so annoyed that they couldn't figure out what water was, even after several repetitions - while asking you what you wanted to drink. Water folks. Water. Not vaaader

Now it seems I have no problems at all ordering water.

Feb 23rd 2014, 11:50 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

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Originally Posted by Desdemona

To each his own I guess

Always loved Nescafe brewed strong with cream and sugar. Still do

It's not brewed though. That's the whole point with Nescafe. You don't have to brew it!

Feb 24th 2014, 2:00 am

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

Batteries? Batteries? I thought you said bat trees, silly Brit. What the hell is a bat tree? Is it something you store cricket bats on? Pip pip!

Feb 24th 2014, 12:33 pm

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Re: You know you've been in the US too long when...

Silly person. Everyone knows it's where cricket bats are grown, not stored, on a bat tree! When they're full size, the bat farmers pick them and ship them to the players!

Duh!