I don't because I leave alone and in any case I leave in Italy
That's how we were trained!On the subject of trains - When I was a child, everyone referred to those places trains stop at to let people on and off as railway stations. Now they call them train stations which doesn't sound right. I think it's another Americanised thing over here.
Oh yes, you call them railroads don't you?!!
Steve.
Until fairly recently this was quite important, because the date (day of the month) changed at noon rather than at midnight.....each town set it's clocks according to the true local time, usually ascertained by the suns' zenith.
You're lucky you weren't railroaded.That's how we were trained!
Hey, you just used the word "standardization" in a thread about "standardisation". So you're doing your part!Just let things be. I think world standardization is imperialism. The world is becoming too much the same with Starbucks, Walmart and McDonalds expanding like the creeping crud. Let each country have their own quirks in language.
Because 'real' fish and chips do not come with fries...but instead, hand cut potatoes that look more like big wood chips rather than skinny potato material squeezed out of machines.
Ah...the fish and chips I use to get in New Zealand...25 years ago now.
ah...the fish and chips I used to be able to get in San Francisco...40 years ago, at Foghorn Fish & Chips in the famous Haight Ashbury district! Large pieces of cod, large hand cut chips with the skin still on them, malt vinegar and sea salt...sitting on our flat roof, drinking beer and watching the San Francisco 49'ers play (American) football while eating fish and chips. The nostalgia!
When I read this I mentally "pronounced" it as "refer to a quarter as a fourth..." then was briefly confused. 1/4 may be called a quarter or a fourth. Some of this is age dependent. I am more likely to call it a quarter and my wife, who is enough younger to have newer speech patterns, is more likely to say "a fourth."
ah...the fish and chips I used to be able to get in San Francisco...40 years ago, at Foghorn Fish & Chips in the famous Haight Ashbury district! Large pieces of cod, large hand cut chips with the skin still on them, malt vinegar and sea salt...sitting on our flat roof, drinking beer and watching the San Francisco 49'ers play (American) football while eating fish and chips. The nostalgia!
Kinda leaves out gay liberals...When going to something immediately, the British do it "Straight away". While Americans do it "Right away". Which way is better? Going straight or going right?
Is this correct English? In Brittan.
Hey, you just used the word "standardization" in a thread about "standardisation". So you're doing your part!
You must mean soccer Clive.
Well this is a real revelasation.
When going to something immediately, the British do it "Straight away". While Americans do it "Right away". Which way is better? Going straight or going right?
One more before I go to bed (it's dark here).
The phrase I could care less makes no sense. It's couldn't care less!
Ok, two. The most mis-used words on the internet are loose being used in place of lose and alot or allot in place of a lot.
Steve.
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