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David In Indy:
Yup! ;)
:laugh: :laugh:
They take offense (offence ;) ) to the word over there. Alex told me to NEVER say that word to a British female unless I wished to have my ears boxed. :P
I think she let you off the hook easy, Chuck. It could have been a lot worse probably. :)
I never knew about the peace sign thing though. That's a new one to me. I must commit it to memory for the next time I'm in the UK.
David In Indy:
What does "frigging" mean in England, Fiona? Now I'm really curious about it. :laugh:
I'll try to google it for some answers.
David In Indy:
Oh. :P
Oh my God!! :laugh:
That's not what it means over here. Over here, as you probably already know, it is a "nice" way to say the F word. :)
David In Indy:
Commercials on paid commercials. Now that's a new one!
I was watching CNN Headline News and for some reason they had a paid commercial (a very long one) and in the middle of this paid commercial they took a commercial break! :-\
And just when I thought I had seen it all. :laugh:
optom3:
--- Quote from: DavidinIndy on January 13, 2009, 12:31:34 am ---I wonder how it ended up becoming so different? I sometimes wonder about it. Maybe it has something to do with England and the US being separated by a huge ocean, and by the time modern transporation came around it was already too late to do anything about it.
But I know most Americans LOVE English accents. Australian accents too. And I've noticed many Americans beginning to spell things the British way... colour, neighbour, realise, etc.. Alex got me into the habit of using some of those spellings too. I still do it sometimes, until the spellchecker tries to correct me. :-\
Yeah, fanny is a totally innocent word here. Parents will say it to their five year olds. I had to laugh when you mentioned your employee's fanny pack! I can't imagine what must have been running through your mind at the time! :laugh:
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When she said fanny pack I was struck dumb!!! I remember thinking, well that's a bit personal in front of your boss !!!!
Most stuff these days is water off a ducks back.While in practice back In England I was told so many things under the category TMI I am mainly beyond shocking,but fanny pack was a new low, until I was told the true meaning !!!!!
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