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Comments (150)Don't hear 'dot and carry' used much over here these days possibly because it is not considered politically correct or in good taste to draw attention to the misfortunes of others, although this doesn't seem to apply to parts of Continental Europe. OT, but a TV travel show once did an item on the difficulty of using public transport when incapacitated by a broken leg. A reporter was fitted up with a plaster cast and sent to France and Spain to see how he did. In both countries he was the source of endless mirth as he hobbled along, with many members of the public being too doubled up with laughter at his plight to offer help. In case this gives the impression that we in the UK are paragons of virtue and kindliness, the same TV show arranged for a wheel-chair-bound woman to test out accessibility of hotels. Several were so impossible to get into she had to return with a 'helper' the following day. Once they finally reached the reception desk the manager welcomed them with "We saw you trying to get in here yesterday" .. :-( I thought a roadster was the old name for an open car?...See MoreAnother regional dialect quiz
Comments (19)Well, I came out at 80% Dixie. Isn't Southern pronunciation supposed to be closer to British? Didn't answer the aunt one - aunt rhymes with can't or aren't. We don't do toilet papering, but I have heard of it through another forum with mainly North Americans on it. Called the sandwich a sub but only because we now have Subway. I picked 'you all', but I was thinking of a sentence like 'would you all like coffee?' For other uses it would just be 'you' although unfortunately many Aussies say 'youse'. I didn't know about the bug and would probably say water fountain but nowadays doesn't everyone carry a bottle of water? *VBG*...See MoreTottering TBR Towers
Comments (71)This summer I tackled our storage room. We have been in this house for over 25 years now and things have a way of being stashed in the storage room to be sorted through later. I steeled myself by saying "If my husband and I were to die, what would my kids do with this?" We took many trips to the garbage dump and got to know the friendly people at the Salvation Army and SPCA thrift stores. I came across cardboard boxes of hundreds of yellowing paperbacks which went to the recycle bins. Titles of books which I had loved years and years ago but needed to be euthanased. Boxes of kids' books went to local elementary schools though I did save some of the special hardcovers and one tattered and very much loved copy of "Goodnight Moon". (One day I hope to be a Grandma :) ) I had an enormous number of outdated travel books and some hardcover expensive uni books that I just couldnt throw out earlier. Off to the recycle bin. So now I am left with one bookshelf of favs (many were RP discussion books - "The Crimson Petal and the White" for example, I remember discussing with Siobhan.) I have a few plastic bins still but I need to go through those too. Also some bags of books from these charity book sales that allow you to fill up a bag for about $3. I vow to restrain myself at these sales in the future. I give a lot of books away, I dont know how they keep accumulating. It's like that old Star Trek episode, "The Trouble with Tribbles." And now I have an ebook. I downloaded about a hundred classics and old favs on that but the problem I have is that I dont really like the ebook except when travelling. It's been a lifesaver then, in terms of baggage weight allowances. So I have an invisble TBR pile on that gizmo....See MoreOT Peculiar Family Sayings
Comments (58)Everything you write evokes memories. In Sweden the saying to ward off evil is "pepper, pepper, touch wood" so I don't thing the touch wood bit could be Celtic in origin. When I was in India in 67-68, at international work camps, tiffin was the afternoon tea break with some savoury snack. But I think I heard the expression only in Delhi, not in other parts of India. In my childhood home (long ago now!) all meals were served at table in the kitchen and meal times were very strict and all families in the neighbourhood kept the same times. It was very convenient for children, all went in to eat at the same time so there were never any arguments. I lived on the Baltic coast so we had fish at least five times a week when in season, for lunch or dinner. We bought the fish from a fisherman who came round early in the morning, first on his bike with the icebox at the back, later with his car. There was only one main course and dessert, a cooked dessert every day. My mother would sometimes make small amounts of icecream, a rare treat. She made everything from scratch. I don't remember any store bought food or canned food. The first frozen foods in the late 50'ies were peas, spinach and fish filets. My mother never liked to cook although she had to. I started cooking when I was 14, the few things mother would let me cook. The very first thing I did was to cure a large fresh ham when mother was in hospital before Christmas that year. We usually got a cured ham for Christmas but that year father had bought a fresh ham from a farmer and took for granted that I would know how to make the brine....See Moreyoyobon_gw
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