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Post by Tamara George on May 1, 2011 12:12:38 GMT -5
@ Semp - I have that pic in my history textbook! I think it's actually really famous...I don't actually watch much tv anymore either
@lyssa - ...you have to be kidding me -_- 29 degrees and I'm NOT HAPPY, 36 and I'm dead xD ...and 49 is just bloody ridiculous! I was in France in the summer once and it was like 45 and I downright refused to go out the house, people sunbathing in that heat...do they not get sunstroke?!
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Post by Semper Capone on May 1, 2011 14:37:22 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 17:59:50 GMT -5
I swear I kid you not XD Thats what its like here. If I went overseas, id be rugged up all the time I bet xDx
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Post by Tamara George on Jul 26, 2011 18:05:18 GMT -5
I thought I'd just breathe some life back into this thread for funsies xDD
Terminology
Plonker - Mild insult, basically when you mess something up, like another word for idiot xD
Cockney rhyming slang - let's face it, it's pretty much died, if you think you'll be able to go up to an English person and start, think again, they won't have the foggiest...unless they're market stall holders xD Here are a few anyway
Whistle & Flute - Suit
Apple & Pears - Stairs
Dog & Bone - Telephone
Damn...can't remember the others, anyway, they're random but fun xD
Random Facts
Black cabbies have to be THE most miserable group of people in England. If they're not moaning; They. Are. Not. Happy.
For those who don't know, Black cabs are these here, black cabbies are the people who drive them...obviously xD. They're iconic like those yellow ones in New York but I suggest never getting into one because its pay-as-you-go and it's bad for stress levels xD
I'll be back with more...at some point xD
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Post by Xi Coleman on Jul 26, 2011 18:44:30 GMT -5
If you ever visit Michigan;
- Don't pay ANY attention to the reports about bad weather; nothing ever happens here.
- People from Cadillac are religious about Johnny Cash.
- Detroit has more pimps than Pimpsville.
- Ferndale is full of homosexuals.
- Evart is the least-known city in Michigan.
- Hell freezes over every year.
- Grand Rapids has it's own lip-dub. Just look itup on YouTube.
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Post by Taylor Grace Brayson on Jul 28, 2011 1:30:36 GMT -5
*cracks knuckles* Okay Ill be talking about California, not just california in general mostly my town. Its called Salinas California. Right by Monterey. People really choose to be in Monterey then Salinas. Why? Monterey wont get you shot. Interesting Facts: - The writer John Steinbeck lived in Salinas - He also went to the high school that I currently go too. - The creator of the show Johnny Bravo went to my high school. He was asian. - We are known as the salad bowl. - Mexicans inhabit the whole state so...not much new there  Common words:(Ill add some california words too) -Slut, Whore, Bitch, skank: All terms of endearment to close female friends. -Like is used alot and I mean Alot... -Gay: They either call someone gay when they think he or she is a loser. Or if they dont like a shirt color. Same old same old. Other Facts: Salinas has A north, south, and a east salinas. Ive never heard anything about the west side. I think cause the West side is just Farm land. Which Salinas is...mostly farm land. The weather here is bipolar. Just expect 60 degree weather all year round. With the exception of our indian summer where it will get to 75-80 the highest its ever been is maybe 90. There is one mall. But, everyone prefers Del Monte Mall which is in Monterey. Don't wear Red or Blue. Its Gang colors which will get you shot. Don't go on the east side unless your white. They don't really mess with you if your white. Schools go from KINDER to 6th grade then seventh to eighth then 9th to 12th. which is elementary, middle, then high school
I have never been to my schools prom, but I heard its awesome. We have 3 dances that are formal. Homecoming, winter formal, junior/senior prom. sports that are popular in my town is our football..the american football and basketball. sometimes baseball. We have a great deal of cowboys in salinas, since we have a rodeo which just ended. Not much redneck though. girls wear uggs and sweats to school or uggs with jeans. or uggs with anything... its weird... |
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Post by Tamara George on Jul 28, 2011 5:05:15 GMT -5
'Slut, Whore, Bitch, skank; All terms of endearment to close female friend' I seriously burst out laughing and now my brothers giving me a weird look xDDDDD
Uggs are HUGE here too, at school it's Hollister and Uggs, Jack Wills and Uggs or Abercrombie & Fitch and Uggs...I've never understood how people could pay £50 for a pair of grey trackies but hey, it's 'fashion xD
Other than that, vintage is huge here but most of it's complete and utter junk and you probably might as well not bother unless you know a really amazing place.
That said the East End Thrift Store is AMAZING.
Blazers and brogues combos are huge.
Topshop is a British Institute and a con. I am marching a one woman quest against it...it's not going so well.. xDD
Our weird school class system
Public Schools - Poshest
Private Schools & Grammar Schools - Posh
State Schools - Normal everyday.
You pay for both of the top two unless you win a scholarship. Pretty much everyone in power went to a public school and then onto places like Oxford or Cambridge etc xD
Oh random terminology time!
Mutton dressed as lamb - (one of my fav phrases xD) an 'older lady' who dresses like she's young i.e. short skirts etc.
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Post by Xi Coleman on Jul 28, 2011 6:18:42 GMT -5
*snorts* The creator of Johnny Bravo was Asian!? Sorry, that's the only thing that registered with my brain.
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Post by Taylor Grace Brayson on Jul 28, 2011 12:59:29 GMT -5
Yepp johnny bravo's creator Was some sorta asian. Fashion here the girls basically where no clothes to impress guys or they dont care what they look like and where sweats and uggs to school |
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Post by Zachary "Zac" Mychels on Jul 28, 2011 17:38:35 GMT -5
If you lived in South Carolina: [/i] says ya'll - No one says the g in the ending if words (Its not running its runnin') - Its very cold in the winter and very hot in the summer - Everyone wears duck bill hats - All rich people are snobs - Everyone has accents (most people) - Gay usually means stupid or wierd - There are like two real gay people in the state - The whole state is flat - This state is very boring[/ul] |
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Post by Semper Capone on Jul 28, 2011 21:01:27 GMT -5
Few more little NC tidbits that I don't know if I mentioned earlier -
- It's not unusual for deer to jump through the windows at the school.
- It's also not unusual to see dead squirrels in the toilets. e.e
- Don't freak out if you see a big brown wad in the water fountain. It's just chewing tobacco.
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Post by Tamara George on Aug 4, 2011 5:28:07 GMT -5
xDDDDD Oh my god Semp xDDDDD
- a quid - a pound (i.e. five quid = £5)
- dodgy - seedy
- knock out - (i.e. she's a knockout) attractive etc
- Up the duff, knocked up, up the spout - pregnant
- Up creek without a paddle - In a sticky situation xD
Pants and trousers
pants = underwear
trousers = outerwear
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Post by Semper Capone on Aug 4, 2011 9:36:54 GMT -5
Pants = britches
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