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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/19/2008 1:45:37 PM
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Roberta_
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I've heard it said that most Brits are afraid too don't like to talk about the weather. Is it just California that is having strange weather? I'm not complaining at all about the unseasonably cool temps, they just seem strange.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/19/2008 2:03:52 PM
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I've heard it said that most Brits are afraid too don't like to talk about the weather.
Are you kidding? It's our staple diet, conversationally!
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 6:17:13 AM
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Aga- I haven't actually watched much of the olympics, only catching it on the news. I was happy to see that we did get the silver medal though as Anna has recovered from a very serious neck injury and thoroughly deserved the silver, so yes, very happy about the silver medal 
I did hear that the Brits have put alot of money into training etc which they believe has helped boost their performances, granted the athletes are the ones who train hard, but it shows what some money can do to help them reach their best too. I also heard its the most successful Olympics the brits have had in like 20 years or something? So well done!
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 9:55:39 AM
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Is it just California that is having strange weather? You obviously haven't seen the horrendous flooding in N Ireland.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 10:23:58 AM
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The number one favorite subject of British people is the weather. Always. While I was in Britain, I bought Kate Fox's Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behavior. OMG, that is absolutely one of the best books I have ever bought. It explained SO much about British culture, and really helped me adjust better. Fox is a social anthropologist, so she actually spent a great deal of time traveling around Britain and observing the British people to research her book. She has an entire chapter on the weather, and how British people love to moan and whinge about it. According to her, though, it has nothing to do with the weather. Instead, it's a social thing. Since the Brits hate opening up and talking to each other, mentioning the weather--which everybody usually hates--creates a bond between you and the other person. I laughed when I read that chapter. That explained a whole lot...
Fox also explains how calling a woman " you silly cow" can actually be a term of endearment. My hubby will occasionally call me this now as a joke. 
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 11:10:42 AM
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Ummmmm, scuse me, but why are we talking about American stuff in our Brit/Yank thread? Hmmmmmm?
Cause we're Brit/Yanks? And American is Yank, yes?
Even the OP was "Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American"
Of course, we're also a bit thick.
I have a question...how much does it actually rain in England? All day, every day? Nearly every day? It always appears on film as though it never really stops.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 11:25:03 AM
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I have a question...how much does it actually rain in England? All day, every day? Nearly every day? It always appears on film as though it never really stops. It varies. It's not a question that can be answered easily. But it's not often all day every day.
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Fox also explains how calling a woman " you silly cow" can actually be a term of endearment. My hubby will occasionally call me this now as a joke. Just because something can be used as a term of endearment, doesn't mean it should be used. There are many who would take offense as hearing someone call their wife or gf a 'silly cow' ~ just as there are many who would hear it being said and use it all the time ~ ie not as a term of endearment. If you and your dh are happy for him to call you this, I hope that it's in private and not infront of others ~ many of whom (given you live in the US) probably wouldn't understand that it's a term of endearment.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 11:29:06 AM
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doink, that means the thread is to talk about Brit vs American things not just American things. You have plenty of other places on the forum to do that.
yeh like I said, a bit thick 
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I wonder if the films you've watched have been filmed in Manchester? That might explain it!
Maybe, I'll have to pay more attention.
Crisps (Brit) = Potato Chips (Yank)
Chips (Brit) = French Fries (Yank)
Do Brits eat or serve "baked" potatoes or twice-baked potatoes?
We went to an Irish pub this past weekend and the owner just moved over here from Ireland. I feel like I had authentic fish-n-chips - well, as authentic as we can have over here. They were fabulous!
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 11:41:44 AM
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I'm a Yank (actually a Southerner) who lived in Britain for several years. I feel like I've got a foot in both countries. Sometimes I even dream about moving back there. It's weird, because I think in two cultures (same thing for when I lived there), and even now people say I sound British, especially when British English comes out of my mouth. I actually prefer Brit English a lot of the time, because it sounds better.
Ya know, the southern "Charleston" accent has a lot of British tones in it.
Oil is pronounced awl and so forth.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 11:43:11 AM
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Do Brits eat or serve "baked" potatoes or twice-baked potatoes? I'd say it depends. Baked potatoes are often potatoes that have been baked in the oven, then served. Twice-baked potatoes are generally potatoes that have been baked, then the flesh mixed with something, put back in the skins and returned to the oven for further cooking.
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We went to an Irish pub this past weekend and the owner just moved over here from Ireland. Just remember, if he's from the south, he's not British, he's Irish.
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I have one long memory of rain. That's why they moan and whinge about their weather so much. Then you have an incredibly selective memory of this country. I don't know how long you lived here for but I do know that over the past 5-10 years we've had some incredibly beautiful weather ~ last year was an exception, but if memory serves you were back in the US then. And please don't assume that all Brits 'moan and whinge' about the weather based on the limited number of people you knew (compared with the rest of the population, and what your dh and Kate Fox say. We don't 'moan and whinge' about the weather anymore than Yanks do.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 11:58:21 AM
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Don't Brits call a "baked potato" a "jacket potato?"
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 8/20/2008 12:37:48 PM
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I have one long memory of rain. That's why they moan and whinge about their weather so much.
Then you have an incredibly selective memory of this country. I don't know how long you lived here for but I do know that over the past 5-10 years we've had some incredibly beautiful weather ~ last year was an exception, but if memory serves you were back in the US then. And please don't assume that all Brits 'moan and whinge' about the weather based on the limited number of people you knew (compared with the rest of the population, and what your dh and Kate Fox say. We don't 'moan and whinge' about the weather anymore than Yanks do.
Er, I believe it's called being "cheeky." I'm just havin' a go at you, luv. Actually, I never did master the British concept of winding people up as a type of humor. I find it ironic that I finally managed it back in the States.
And we came to live here back in August '07. This week will be our first anniversary. And compared to Texas, which gets very little rain, England definitely had a lot more of it.
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