*dances* A/c at last!

[Kaysea]

God save the Queen of England, Australia, New Zealand & Canada!

Aren't there more countries in the commonwealth than that?

Err, yeah, there are - don't say you didn't ask for this..LOL

Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Bermuda
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Cyprus
Dominica
England
Falkland Islands
Fiji
The Gambia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Grenada
Guernsey
Guyana
India
Isle of Man
Jamaica
Jersey
Kenya
Kiribati
Lesotho
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Mozambique
Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Northern Ireland
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Scotland
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Republic of South Africa
Sri Lanka
St Helena
St Kitts & Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent & The Grenadines
Swaziland
United Republic of Tanzania
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Wales
Zambia
*Zimbabwe (former member)

You asked for it. this is it..

~Kaysea
Who is recovering froma harrowing episode of Desperate Housewives...

[Paula]

Speaking of accents, you really don't want to HEAR me pronounce english. I can't .period.

But I do love scottish accent. I don't know why, but I just love listening it even if I don't understand it. Same with the irish.

When I was in England, I did talk with few my sister-in-laws friends. The pakistanians weren't problem, neither the Londoner but the Liverpool! Can someone translate it to english please!
   And I really got confused when the bus driver greeted: Cheers mate!

[Kaysea]

Speaking of accents, you really don't want to HEAR me pronounce english. I can't .period.

But I do love scottish accent. I don't know why, but I just love listening it even if I don't understand it. Same with the irish.

When I was in England, I did talk with few my sister-in-laws friends. The pakistanians weren't problem, neither the Londoner but the Liverpool! Can someone translate it to english please!
   And I really got confused when the bus driver greeted: Cheers mate!

*chuckles*

I'm from Liverpool, Paula...

[Jane]

Err, yeah, there are - don't say you didn't ask for this..LOL

...
Fiji
...

You asked for it. this is it..

~Kaysea

Just to prove I did read the entire list: I think Fiji is suspended right now.

[emma]

Err, yeah, there are - don't say you didn't ask for this..LOL

...
Fiji
...

You asked for it. this is it..

~Kaysea

Just to prove I did read the entire list: I think Fiji is suspended right now.

The Queen is head of the Commonwealth, but not Queen of them all.

And as for accents - well I'm not as strongly northern as I once was.  My grandfather was a Scouser born and bred, so I've ties to Liverpool, and as for Bristolian Bus Drivers - the usual is 'Where's it to, me luver?'

My response the first time I heard that - was 'I'm not your lover, I just want to go to the University!'

[Jane]

... and as for Bristolian Bus Drivers - the usual is 'Where's it to, me luver?'

My response the first time I heard that - was 'I'm not your lover, I just want to go to the University!'

I worked with a guy who took exception to 'mate'.  He would look quite horrified and tell people that: "Mates have sex, and we aren't 'mates'!"

[PastMember]

Not entirely on topic, but my mom always loved to tell a funny story about a roommate she had once who was English (don't know what area of England though). She and my mom were riding in a car with two of their guy friends and the English girl told one of them to come and knock up her and my mom in the morning.

The guy driving nearly wrecked the car apparently and my mom was like 'You can get knocked up in the morning if you want to, leave me out of it.' and the English girl didn't get it till my mom and the guys explained to her that, in the US, getting 'knocked up' didn't mean what she thought it did.

[emma]

Not entirely on topic, but my mom always loved to tell a funny story about a roommate she had once who was English (don't know what area of England though). She and my mom were riding in a car with two of their guy friends and the English girl told one of them to come and knock up her and my mom in the morning.

The guy driving nearly wrecked the car apparently and my mom was like 'You can get knocked up in the morning if you want to, leave me out of it.' and the English girl didn't get it till my mom and the guys explained to her that, in the US, getting 'knocked up' didn't mean what she thought it did.

ROFLMAO!!!!

[Avery]

Not entirely on topic, but my mom always loved to tell a funny story about a roommate she had once who was English (don't know what area of England though). She and my mom were riding in a car with two of their guy friends and the English girl told one of them to come and knock up her and my mom in the morning.

The guy driving nearly wrecked the car apparently and my mom was like 'You can get knocked up in the morning if you want to, leave me out of it.' and the English girl didn't get it till my mom and the guys explained to her that, in the US, getting 'knocked up' didn't mean what she thought it did.

Absolutely hilarious, and a good example of why Englishes are very, VERY different between countries.

[Bree]

Within countries, too! When my best friend gave me directions to her new house the first time, she told me to drive down a certain street and then turn right at the package store.

I drove up and down the street looking for a UPS store or a post office for a good 25 minutes before I called her and found out that a package store is a liquor store. ;)

Sometimes I just get so confused by this wacky talk!

[Kaysea]

Not entirely on topic, but my mom always loved to tell a funny story about a roommate she had once who was English (don't know what area of England though). She and my mom were riding in a car with two of their guy friends and the English girl told one of them to come and knock up her and my mom in the morning.

The guy driving nearly wrecked the car apparently and my mom was like 'You can get knocked up in the morning if you want to, leave me out of it.' and the English girl didn't get it till my mom and the guys explained to her that, in the US, getting 'knocked up' didn't mean what she thought it did.

:lol:

These days I would say that being 'knocked up' transcends international boundaries.

[Rochelle]

Within countries, too! When my best friend gave me directions to her new house the first time, she told me to drive down a certain street and then turn right at the package store.

I drove up and down the street looking for a UPS store or a post office for a good 25 minutes before I called her and found out that a package store is a liquor store. ;)

Sometimes I just get so confused by this wacky talk!

I feel for you Bree! I move every two to three years (sometimes less), and I have to adjust to a new slang every time!

One or the more memorable examples was in my freshman year. Some new friends of mine asked what I wanted to do, and I shrugged and said "I'm easy."

They were horrified! I didn't watch a lot of television, so they had to explain to me that the term -which in my previous state of residence had been short for "easygoing" or "I have no opinion"- had an entirely different meaning there! Needless to say, I stopped using that one quickly!

[Eimi]

We use "I'm easy" for both meanings up in Washington.

The one that got me was when my parents lived in Connecticut for two years and people kept talking about a "tag sale" down the street.  We called them "yard sales" when they're in front of a person's house or a "garage sale" if they're in the garage.  But "tag sale" threw me off.

As far as directions, my South African friend gave directions to a guy and got him totally lost.  She said, "go down that street and turn left at the robot, and then a right at the second robot and you're there."  The poor guy was driving all over town trying to find something like looked like a robot.  He even asked someone "Do you know where the robot is?"  Finally he called her and she explained that traffic lights are called "robots" in SA.

[PastMember]

Not entirely on topic, but my mom always loved to tell a funny story about a roommate she had once who was English (don't know what area of England though). She and my mom were riding in a car with two of their guy friends and the English girl told one of them to come and knock up her and my mom in the morning.

The guy driving nearly wrecked the car apparently and my mom was like 'You can get knocked up in the morning if you want to, leave me out of it.' and the English girl didn't get it till my mom and the guys explained to her that, in the US, getting 'knocked up' didn't mean what she thought it did.

:lol:

These days I would say that being 'knocked up' transcends international boundaries.

Yeah, this story took place back in the late 60's/early 70's sometime. I forget the exact date, but it was before my mom met my dad so that would have been the general area of time.

[Patrick]

Within countries, too! When my best friend gave me directions to her new house the first time, she told me to drive down a certain street and then turn right at the package store.

I drove up and down the street looking for a UPS store or a post office for a good 25 minutes before I called her and found out that a package store is a liquor store. ;)

Sometimes I just get so confused by this wacky talk!

I feel for you Bree! I move every two to three years (sometimes less), and I have to adjust to a new slang every time!

One or the more memorable examples was in my freshman year. Some new friends of mine asked what I wanted to do, and I shrugged and said "I'm easy."

They were horrified! I didn't watch a lot of television, so they had to explain to me that the term -which in my previous state of residence had been short for "easygoing" or "I have no opinion"- had an entirely different meaning there! Needless to say, I stopped using that one quickly!

HA!  My friend Ohm (He's an Exchange student from Thailand) used that or something similar, thinking he was all cool and up to date with current US slang, and me and my other friends laughed for at least ten minutes because he couldn't get what was so funny and none of us where coherent enough to explain it to him.