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[Bunnylady]

Funny what crosses the pond, isn't it?

 

[vehve]

I was once declined a job because they felt they wanted a native English speaker, someone who was accustomed to local sayings and terminology. I think I would have been pretty well covered though.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

SCG, thank you, it was. Ate most of it myself (over the course of many days).

gryeyes, keep away from the flames and remember, stop, drop and roll. And only YOU can prevent forest fires. (How on earth has that managed to crawl up into a Finns head?)

I was once declined a job because they felt they wanted a native English speaker, someone who was accustomed to local sayings and terminology. I think I would have been pretty well covered though.

You managed to fool me until you started talking metric system, and then I looked over to where you were.

Wonder if I know any Finnish sayings without knowing it?

Gryeyes.... we're not ready to say goodbye to you, yet.

 

[vehve]

Quote: I do that on purpose, it's my one man mission to educate Americans out of the imperial units. I can handle feet and inches too though.

 

[Bunnylady]

Local to . . . .where, I wonder? The internet particularly has really blurred the lines. I once saw a British member refer to "building like Fort Knox" and I had to smile - so it's internationally recognized as a symbol of security, is it? Besides, depending on the age and geographic birthplace of the speakers, you can still have Americans trying to have a conversation and not understanding each other.

 

[vehve]

Local to . . . .where, I wonder? The internet particularly has really blurred the lines. I once saw a British member refer to "building like Fort Knox" and I had to smile - so it's internationally recognized as a symbol of security, is it? Besides, depending on the age and geographic birthplace of the speakers, you can still have Americans trying to have a conversation and not understanding each other.

Fort Knox is a pretty famous concept. A bit like the idea of a protective wall might draw you to think of the Great Wall or the Berlin Wall. My first exposure to the concept was probably from a James Bond film around age 10.

 

[Wisher1000]

Ah... Double-Naught, my DH's favorite.......

 

[bamadude]

I want to be bit by a vampire and live forever. Surely not a warewolf because they stink

 

[vehve]

I want to be bit by a vampire and live forever. Surely not a warewolf because they stink

Not the sparkly kind I hope?

 

[subhanalah]

I want to be bit by a vampire and live forever. Surely not a warewolf because they stink

Not the sparkly kind I hope?

what is y'alls perspective on "real life vampires"? Not the blood sucking kind, but the kind that feed off the " energy" of others? Ever heard of that?