What I Love About Britain - What Do You Love, Love?
Aug 15th, 2008, 07:00 AM
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I love the English adaption of French words for no apparent reason - like
on trains - the 'buffet' ('buufey') car (ironically in French trains called 'le snack-bar') and at train stations "guichet no 2 please" - meaning ticket window and
bureau de change for money exchange
I find these French words very odd and inexplicable
on trains - the 'buffet' ('buufey') car (ironically in French trains called 'le snack-bar') and at train stations "guichet no 2 please" - meaning ticket window and
bureau de change for money exchange
I find these French words very odd and inexplicable
Aug 17th, 2008, 09:09 AM
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Chelsea Football Club in Hammersmith i think>>>>
Fulham Broadway.
>>>I'll have to try Green Street area when I am in UK next time. >>>>
I wouldn't. It just sounded like somewhere Pal would like. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.
Fulham Broadway.
>>>I'll have to try Green Street area when I am in UK next time. >>>>
I wouldn't. It just sounded like somewhere Pal would like. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.
Aug 17th, 2008, 11:10 AM
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I just wanted to say thanks for reminding me of all the good and different things we have to offer in Britain.
The things you love I take for granted and its nice to be reminded of such positive things.
We tend to look at our own negatives without appreciating the positives.
The things you love I take for granted and its nice to be reminded of such positive things.
We tend to look at our own negatives without appreciating the positives.
Aug 17th, 2008, 11:10 AM
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I'll just stick with Pal's original question since I only have one answer.
My husband. But really, that's about it.
The last time I was there was during the Christmas holidays of '03, and that was just to get through the loss of my mom earlier that year.
DH travels home about once a year but I stopped going. In the 15+ times I've been, I always found myself wishing I was able to spend the airfare on somewhere else I'd rather be, and now that's exactly what I do.
My husband. But really, that's about it.
The last time I was there was during the Christmas holidays of '03, and that was just to get through the loss of my mom earlier that year.
DH travels home about once a year but I stopped going. In the 15+ times I've been, I always found myself wishing I was able to spend the airfare on somewhere else I'd rather be, and now that's exactly what I do.
Aug 17th, 2008, 11:24 AM
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"I find these French words very odd and inexplicable"
Why?
The toffs spoke French for a good few hundred years after William the Bastard, we got tens of thousands of Huegenot refugees during the religious wars in France, plus all the aristos running away from the Guillotine during the French revolution.
France is next door.
One in three English words is French in origin.
AND we invented Champagne
Why?
The toffs spoke French for a good few hundred years after William the Bastard, we got tens of thousands of Huegenot refugees during the religious wars in France, plus all the aristos running away from the Guillotine during the French revolution.
France is next door.
One in three English words is French in origin.
AND we invented Champagne
Dec 21st, 2008, 08:26 AM
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Dec 23rd, 2008, 11:30 AM
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nevcharlie - thanks a load for that link - today's NYTimes had a much less detailed article about the closing - last one gone by Jan 5, 2009
I guess Britain will be a bit less quaint now
I guess Britain will be a bit less quaint now
Feb 15th, 2009, 10:17 PM
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I love
Electric tea kettles in hotel rooms. In the US, we usually only have coffee makers, which inevitably taste of coffee, even when you are boiling water for tea.
Cadbury bars (and other chocolates) for sale in machines on Tube platforms. I wish we dispensed chocolate near the subways in the US!
Half-pints. Sometimes you really are visiting a bar or pub for the atmosphere or historical significance, and don't want to have a full drink. I loved being able to go to a bar in the UK and order half a pint.
Free museums. British Library, British Museum, National Gallery and lots of other places. Saved my trip when I was traveling on a dime!
Brilliant. I just love the word 'brilliant" I wish we used it more in the US.
Electric tea kettles in hotel rooms. In the US, we usually only have coffee makers, which inevitably taste of coffee, even when you are boiling water for tea.
Cadbury bars (and other chocolates) for sale in machines on Tube platforms. I wish we dispensed chocolate near the subways in the US!
Half-pints. Sometimes you really are visiting a bar or pub for the atmosphere or historical significance, and don't want to have a full drink. I loved being able to go to a bar in the UK and order half a pint.
Free museums. British Library, British Museum, National Gallery and lots of other places. Saved my trip when I was traveling on a dime!
Brilliant. I just love the word 'brilliant" I wish we used it more in the US.
Feb 16th, 2009, 03:18 AM
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I'm sure that Pal would include the Royal family. He specially loves the Queen.
For a noted hater of Britain and the British to post a question with this heading, disproves the truism that Americans have no sense of irony ;-)
For a noted hater of Britain and the British to post a question with this heading, disproves the truism that Americans have no sense of irony ;-)
Feb 16th, 2009, 10:49 AM
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Funny enough it is something to do with food that I like about Britain:
Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding
Dim sum at Yauatcha.
Fish pie
Walnut bread from M & S
Cheeses from Borough market
Afternoon tea
Custard
anything recipes from Nigella Lawson's cook books.
Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding
Dim sum at Yauatcha.
Fish pie
Walnut bread from M & S
Cheeses from Borough market
Afternoon tea
Custard
anything recipes from Nigella Lawson's cook books.
