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    Quote Originally Posted by curly sue View Post
    We watch a lot of British tv and I love the words used over there. I love words any way and love to use obscure ones.

    Inspector Frost taught us what porkies are!
    I love the word "daft." As in "What? Are you daft???"

    I like "cheeky" too. And "Eh, what?" "I say, old boy...", "Cheerio."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Monkfish View Post
    I first started talking to Americans on the Internet in about 1997. I visited the US in 2002, 2006, and 2008 (gosh, has it been ten years already!?).

    I know that chips are not hot, and I know that biscuits can come with chicken.

    I know that phrases such as "where's the cheese at?" and "my bad" seem to be acceptable.

    I know that you drive on the right (wrong) side of the road and have a fear of roundabouts but a fondness for stop signs.


    Yesterday I finally discovered what "bangs" are. Oh my goodness it's just a fringe!? You have *a* fringe! How can you call it "bangs" !? What!? Honestly for all these years I knew it was somehow hair related but had never been able to figure out what it actually meant

    Thought you guys would be amused by my discovery
    You're never too old to learn new things! When I was a teenager we hosted an exchange student from England. I thought it was REALLY strange that she drank her cola with no ice, and that her name was Winn. I don't think I was very nice to her. We wrote for awhile once she went back home, but I lost track of her after I got married. I wonder what she's up to these days.

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    I have been living in the States 59 of my 60 years and I still dont understand Americans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    I have been living in the States 59 of my 60 years and I still dont understand Americans.
    old people....

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    Every region has its quirks.

    Nashville, TN : It's extraordinarily important to ascertain whether or not people you come into contact with were "raised right".

    Customer to cashier: Thank you
    Cashier: I can tell you were raised right because you used manners.
    Customer: Yes, If I didn't use my manners, my Momma would whoop me with a fryin pan.
    Cashier: Oh Yes!, I had better be polite as well, otherwise my Daddy would tie me to the bumper and drag me down the street.
    Customer: You was raised right too!

    Every single time I was in a store I heard a variation of that.

    It's very important to have a "raised right" story in Nashville, TN.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    I have been living in the States 59 of my 60 years and I still dont understand Americans.
    I didn't know you were a military brat!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ezekiel 33 View Post
    I didn't know you were a military brat!
    101st. Hoo-uh.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    101st. Hoo-uh.
    Wah-hoo! That was my first duty station after spending a year in missile school.

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    Wah-hoo! That was my first duty station after spending a year in missile school.
    My dad was stationed in Augsburg, Germany. He was a crack shot so he and a partner were company scouts and on near constant alert during the Cold War years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    My dad was stationed in Augsburg, Germany. He was a crack shot so he and a partner were company scouts and on near constant alert during the Cold War years.
    I went from 1 year at Campbell to 3 years in Nuremberg. We were stationed out of the old SS barracks, near Zeppelin Field.

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