tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post3305463733182430441..comments2024-03-12T12:44:52.108+00:00Comments on Creating Pictures in my Mind: AmericanismsLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-32587796220473521972011-07-21T16:16:32.364+01:002011-07-21T16:16:32.364+01:00Funny funny observations. I can't think of any...Funny funny observations. I can't think of any Britishisms, but I'm sure they exist. How can I teach correct English to French people when the language is being used so lamentably?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-59094339976798845122011-07-20T23:50:57.226+01:002011-07-20T23:50:57.226+01:00Yes, a parking lot or parking garage is a car park...Yes, a parking lot or parking garage is a car park which to me sounds like a place you take your car to let it run loose off a leash. <br /><br />"You've been such a good car. I'm going to take you to the car park to run around for awhile."<br /><br />When I was staying with an English friend in Oxford I kept saying, "Stop apologizing. You didn't do anything!" But the worst was in London on the tube. I can remember being shoved a bit and stepped on someone's foot. They turned and said, "Sorry, sorry." I just stared at them dumbfounded before saying, "No, I stepped on your foot. I'M sorry."Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-5372981439006297972011-07-20T22:31:09.241+01:002011-07-20T22:31:09.241+01:00I guess (being a Brit in the US) I've got used...I guess (being a Brit in the US) I've got used to most of those phrases now, and they all seem quite normal. 'Normalcy' did used to make me snigger though.<br /><br />Re: UK language - I think sometimes, just too many words are used to stumble apologetically into a question, instead of the more direct approach (for example - 'can I get?' versus: 'Excuse me, do you think it would be possible for me to...'Joanna Doverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05199471137405306748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-70778247276189400342011-07-20T21:12:20.854+01:002011-07-20T21:12:20.854+01:00I am not a fan of 24/7 but I know what you mean ab...I am not a fan of 24/7 but I know what you mean about "sorry, sorry". I always say "no you're not" and people get quite angry!! Is a car park a parking lot?Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006665414059398782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6765453546385270360.post-18892109057049127732011-07-20T20:14:55.180+01:002011-07-20T20:14:55.180+01:00Oh when I was traveling in Britain for a month I h...Oh when I was traveling in Britain for a month I had dozens. Now all I can think of are:<br /><br />car park<br /><br />zebra crossing<br /><br />Hospital instead of "the hospital"<br /><br />and constantly hearing "sorry, sorry" when it was clearly used as nothing more than a reflex and meant nothing.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.com