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Liberalwife
47 / female
north, England, UK
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Going Native
IF YOU ARE A BRIT LIVING IN THE USA, YOU MIGHT BE GOING NATIVE IF....
Writing the month before the day no longer seems weird and unnatural.
You call shops "stores".
You call petrol gas.
You talk about taking the elevator instead of the lift.
You chomp ice (is this a Texan thing or more widespread?)
You stop asking for rubbers when you want an eraser.
You greet people with.... Hey! How ya dooin! Or... Hey... How's it goin'?
You find yourself saying... "you becha..!!" instead of "yes"
You stop telling people you'll knock them up in the morning.
You call a bumbag a fannypack.
You have stopped trying to bum a fag off a friend.
You talk routinely of taking a sack/brown bag lunch to the office.
You start calling holidays vacations.
The word "dude" passes your lips without a conscious effort.
Trunk and hood come to mind rather than boot and bonnet.
You say "Period" instead of "Full Stop."
You no longer think anything of the fact your refrigerator is the same size as a single bedroom in the UK.
You look left then right when crossing the road.
You can spot visiting Brits just by looking at their clothes.
You overhear the following on the commuter train and don't even flinch:
"I'm going on business to England next week." "Yeah? I was there six weeks ago, nice place." "Uh Huh, I like it. Terrible food though" "Yeah."
You drive further for lunch than your father used to take you on vacation.
You know that whatever vehicle you choose it must have at least one row of seats dedicated to each of your kids.
Contrary to your behaviour just after you arrived, you now seek to avoid shopping malls.
You now regard the UK as being part of Europe.
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| September 12, 2007, 06:04 |
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pookhabear
76 / male
port st lucie, Florida, US
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Re: Going Native
Good one Lib, a few yrs back I was in a pub with a friend in Ireland. She drove to the pub. At end of nite i was asking where my RIDE was, not knowing why everyone was laughing LOL MY ride to them was a lift, their ride to me is getting some LOL. Fortunately for me , she was my ride and my lift   
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| September 12, 2007, 06:48 |
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Liberalwife
47 / female
north, England, UK
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Re: Going Native
Reminds me of how dissapointed I was when i first saw the tv show 'Pimp my Ride'....Not at all what I imagined. 
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| September 12, 2007, 07:22 |
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pookhabear
76 / male
port st lucie, Florida, US
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Re: Going Native
LOL, like when i first heard someone say " she was good crack" oh sooo dissappointed, not at all what i suspected LOL
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| September 12, 2007, 07:26 |
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funlovingpair
59 / couple
Frozen Tundra, Minnesota, US
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Re: Going Native
Those where good Lib. But it would be really nice if everyone would just speak english, and not this foreign language stuff.  
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| September 14, 2007, 08:29 |
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Liberalwife
47 / female
north, England, UK
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Re: Re: Going Native
QUOTE (funlovingpair @ September 14, 2007, 08:29)
I agree, so if any of my friends from across the pond want to learn proper english, just give me a yell, lol !
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| September 14, 2007, 08:38 |
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funlovingpair
59 / couple
Frozen Tundra, Minnesota, US
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Re: Re: Re: Going Native
QUOTE (Liberalwife @ September 14, 2007, 08:38)
I was thinking that we need to jump the pond, so we can teach ya'll some proper speaking words.
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| September 14, 2007, 08:43 |
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