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Nicole Schnell 
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In memoriam
David Wright wrote:
when I ask you how you are, you will tell me you are fine. **I** will decide whether you are good!
Actually, in the US "I'm good, thanks!" is a friendly reply when you don't want another refill for your coffee. 
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neilmac
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| Read it and wept | Oct 17, 2011 |
... with laughter!
But I must admit that I do agree with point 1. Seriously.
Not so sure about the hats though...
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Jack Doughty wrote:
The traffic will drive on the left-hand side of the road AS in the UK and cars will be imported.
The use of "like" instead of "as" in such a context will henceforth be strictly forbidden.
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| Lotus is owned by Proton | Oct 17, 2011 |
Jack Doughty wrote:
Jaguar is owned by Ford and Rolls-Royce by BMW. I'm not sure, but I think Lotus is still independent. But it doesn't make that many cars.
Lotus is owned by Proton (a Malaysian automobile manufacturer)who took over after the bankruptcy of former owner Romano Artioli in 1994.
I began to look for ways of being a citizen of the USA but now I am really disillused.
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Nicole Schnell
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In memoriam | I guess, this is it. :-( | Oct 17, 2011 |
TurkishEnglishTranslator.com "Бёcäטsع Լîfe's cômplicåtعd eñøugh" wrote:
Lotus is owned by Proton (a Malaysian automobile manufacturer)who took over after the bankruptcy of former owner Romano Artioli in 1994.
I began to look for ways of being a citizen of the USA but now I am really disillused.
No Lotus, no invasion.
Kansas, anyone?
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| Andie Macdowell | Oct 17, 2011 |
Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
No way. I'm sure she was cast as an American in that film. If she was supposed to be an English woman then... then... then... words fail me.
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Nicole Schnell
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In memoriam | Olly is right. | Oct 17, 2011 |
Olly Pekelharing wrote:
Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
No way. I'm sure she was cast as an American in that film. If she was supposed to be an English woman then... then... then... words fail me.
Of course she was an American.
"The film follows the adventures of a group of friends through the eyes of Charles (Hugh Grant), a debonair but faux pas-prone Englishman, who is smitten with Carrie, an attractive American (Andie MacDowell), whom Charles repeatedly meets at weddings and at a funeral."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Weddings_and_a_Funeral
I hope the ears can heal now?
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Ines Burrell
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| She was cast as an American | Oct 17, 2011 |
Olly Pekelharing wrote:
Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.
No way. I'm sure she was cast as an American in that film. If she was supposed to be an English woman then... then... then... words fail me.
I am with you on this one.
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| Amendment to the last point | Oct 17, 2011 |
Paul Dixon wrote:
15. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 p.m. with proper cups, with saucers, and never mugs, with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; plus strawberries (with cream) when in season."
And "Tea Time" is not what you Americans think it is.
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Nicole Schnell
United States
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In memoriam | What DO Americans think what "Tea Time" is? | Oct 17, 2011 |
Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz wrote: And "Tea Time" is not what you Americans think it is.
You really made me curious.
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David Wright
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| British cars | Oct 17, 2011 |
Honda, Toyota, Mazda, the Mini (German owned but made in the UK), MG (Chinese owned but made in the UK) and probably a whole mass of Far-eastern sounding names that actually make their entire production for European sales in GB - so don't knock the UK car industry, it's just its management that lost the way decades ago!
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Nicole Schnell wrote: Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz wrote: And "Tea Time" is not what you Americans think it is. You really made me curious.
In New Zealand 'tea' is dinner.
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Nicole Schnell
United States
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In memoriam | I am relieved. | Oct 17, 2011 |
Melanie Wittwer wrote: Nicole Schnell wrote: Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz wrote: And "Tea Time" is not what you Americans think it is. You really made me curious. In New Zealand 'tea' is dinner.
Americans usually consider this the Australian dinner time. So it's NZ? I was so wrong.
I am relieved that nobody referred to the obscene meaning as stated in the Urban Dictionary of Slang.
Or worse.
The Tea Bagge... uhm, the Tea Party.
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| The best of all... | Oct 17, 2011 |
...is the title of the topic - "Funny...humour".
Oh, yes. I get it now. It's so British, isn't it.
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