OT - update on Musicmaker

On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 19:52:00 -0500, Cheryl wrote (in article ):

LOL. MSM has told me the minute she breathes her last I'm to rush to the stash to save DF from throwing out all that junk.

Maureen

LOL!! What a mental image that gave me!! I'm sleep deprived and this sure gave me a smile picturing Dee on a camel.

(snorfle) we live in "rural" areas - not the outback!!! lol

But we could all hop in kangaroo pouches and pop over to Ayer's Rock for afternoon tea if you like. There's actually a nice little shop in Alice, and we'd only need to herd up a couple of extra 'roos to carry all the shopping home for us. Think what we'd save on petrol. (mental picture - ROFL)

I saw fqs leaving a trail behind the 'Roos as they go hopping on their way to your house.

If you said 'crikey' I for one wouldn't know you !!!!

If you were going 'outback' you would probably need 'one of those spiffy hats with the corks hanging round' although that varies with the time of the year. I find the fly nets hanging off the hat a lot easier. YMMV

Dee in Oz

I use the phrase "fluffy bananas" now. Sounds a lot like a swear word and gives the same peace of mind without being offensive.

I used to say "nuts" but was informed that too was politically incorrect as it was part of a males....ummm... anatomy.

My friend the dictionary defines nuts as the kernals you eat, crazy, and the metal bits that screw onto bolts. No mention of male anatomy.

Why do perfectly respectable words get highjacked'. No one in the UK would dream of calling a cat a kitty.

Oh well....

-- Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~

Try standing on the doorstep and shouting, "cat, cat, cat!" It's not easy. "Here kitty, kitty!" flows better, and human languages tend to follow the path of least resistance. That's why folks say "wooster" instead of "worcester" or "lester" instead of "leicester". It's not hijacking, it's evolution.

-- Jo in Scotland

... and no one in the US would ever "knock someone up" by knocking on their door. LOL!!

Well, here goes:

Pussy cat, Pussy cat where have you been? I've been up to London to look at the Queen. Pussy cat, Pussy cat what did you there? I frightened a litle mouse under her chair.

- in all the nursery rhyme books.

Friend who emigrated to US got told off by the vet for giving the name of her cat as 'Pussy Wussy' when asked. She was mortified.

-- Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~

If I had a dog named Randy, and I moved to the UK, I would be really glad that someone told me what it means "here". There is no one "right" version of English. This is something we learnt when I did the Teaching English as a Foreign Language course. There are many different varieties of English - Moscow English, Indian English, Hong Kong English, etc. I was amused and curious when I lived in the US and met those who spoke dialects from England and Scotland. Why do so many UK folks feel invaded when they meet varieties of American English?

-- Jo in Scotland

For crying in the bucket!!!

That's my favorite expletive my mom always said and I think my kids have picked it up.

Annie

A friend of mine used to 'swear', "Cheese and rice!"

ROFL. Yes the 'not from here' just don't get American English sometimes. My partner works for a company owned by the Japanese. The company brought a man over from Japan to run the R&D dept. and while here, his wife got pregnant and had a female child, which they proceeded to name (drumroll....) She Ho. I am N O T makign this up, and I am SINCERELY praying they will go back to Japan before the kid starts school.....

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 19:41:14 -0500, Debi Matlack wrote (in article ):

How about the fav in my family--"Got mud on it!"