So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

[philosophygirl78]

That's me for sure. I grew up in Florida, where you could go barefoot (which I did) pretty much all the time. During the summer months, I never wore shoes unless we were going somewhere in the car. Even on my bike, which ad spikes on the pedals to keep your shoes from slipping off, I'd go barefoot.
Now, walking around barefoot except inside the house feels odd to me. Grass feels like I'm walking on needles. But then again, I now live in the Pacific NW where it's rarely comfortable enough to go barefoot except indoors.

I live in S Florida so i know exactly what you mean...

 

[2jakes]

I live in S Florida so i know exactly what you mean...

Where I live, it gets so hot in the summer, that even if the sandy beach is smooth & clear of any obstacles...
you do not dare walk barefoot for long unless you want severe burns on your tootsies !

 

[Edward]

Sounds like for "British" one should actually read "very specific English". ;-)

 

[Mr. Pickett]

Where I live, it gets so hot in the summer, that even if the sandy beach is smooth & clear of any obstacles...
you do not dare walk barefoot for long unless you want severe burns on your tootsies !

Nice to see you talk so fondly of your toes.

 

[2jakes]

Nice to see you talk so fondly of your toes.

I’ll take that as a compliment pilgrim !


(Imagine John Wayne saying it)

 

[2jakes]

This is just me but....

In movies or films....I always feel more threat, menace or fear when an
American swears, cuss or make loud threats than from an actor from the UK.

just wondering !


Perhaps the “bloody" language don’t hit home as much ?

 

[Mr. Pickett]

This is just me but....

In movies or films....I always feel more threat, menace or fear when an
American swears, cuss or make loud threats than from an actor from the UK.

just wondering !


Perhaps the bloody words don’t hit home as much ?

Take a look at this..

I feel this thread has gone massively off track and I feel wholly responsible.

My only excuse...

 

[2jakes]

^^^^

I apologize, I have been using UK.
Is British, English more preferable ?
Great Britain, England or other preferences ?
Thanks.


It goes off track at times, but the reason for my being here will make sure
that it gets back on course soon enough.
She’s the best bartender ever !

 

[Mr. Pickett]

^^^^

I apologize, I have been using UK.
Is British, English a better word ?

British (Great Britain) includes, English, Welsh and Scottish.

UK includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

All have very different accents and dialects.

 

[philosophygirl78]

British (Great Britain) includes, English, Welsh and Scottish.

UK includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

All have very different accents and dialects.

I had a Scottish boss many years ago...very thick accent... i had no clue what he was saying half the time...

 

[2jakes]

I had a Scottish boss many years ago...very thick accent... i had no clue what he was saying half the time...

I worked for the telephone company as “information operator” before auto-recordings came about.
I was suppose to respond within 20 seconds to the information that was being asked .
I lasted only a month.
There was no way I could understand what was being asked except there was an over abundant
use of the the word mother which was directed towards me.

 

[Zombie_61]

He does an American accent better than most British English speakers...

Hugh Laurie does an American accent better than most Americans.

...I'm always bemused by this Americanism - "British accent". Do Sean Connery and Tim Curry sound the same to American ears?

To most American ears, I'd have to say yes. In fact, my experience has taught me that most Americans think "Britain", "Great Britain", and "the U.K.", are synonymous for "England" and don't know or care that there is a difference.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I had a Scottish boss many years ago...very thick accent... i had no clue what he was saying half the time...

Reid Robbie Burns alood until ye learn it.

 

[philosophygirl78]

Reid Robbie Burns alood until ye learn it.

A Day in the Life back then....

 

[Stearmen]

Nothing worse to get off your pants then those Cockelberry's!

 

[Stearmen]

All I know is, when my Dad was in England during WWII, he said "he couldn't understand a word the girls were speaking!" In fairness, he was from Iowa, the gold standard of the news readers dialect!

 

[2jakes]

Nothing worse to get off your pants then those Cockelberry's!

Worse is removing them from the shoelaces & socks.

A painful thing as a kid going barefoot was stepping on a nail.
A sliver of wood inside the fingernails ranks up there as
well as getting hit in the b_ _ _ _ !
The most annoying was paper cuts on the fingers.

But the “mother of all pains" as a kid, was rushing to close the blue jean zipper
& catching just a tad of you know what !

Any movement or touch was sheer torture.
My mom distracted me just enough to undo it.
God Bless my Mom !

 

[p51]

I live in S Florida so i know exactly what you mean...

I grew up in Tallahassee. It does get cold there in the winter though. So much so that you can always tell the students at Florida State and FAMU who moved from further south and were totally unprepared for the first cold snap. They're the ones with no money and buying any coat they can, no matter how unstylish!
But those summers, man, they seem to go on forever. Most places, the people dread winter. Not so much in Florida, except where people like the tourists for the economy!

 

[GHT]

In fact, my experience has taught me that most Americans think "Britain", "Great Britain", and "the U.K.", are synonymous for "England" and don't know or care that there is a difference.

Well with 54Million English, 5millon Scots, 3mllion Welsh & 1.8 million N/Irish it's hardly surprising. Not that it's not a two way thing. If you stood on a street corner in any British city of your choosing, clipboard in hand, on it a blank map of an outline of the USA, ask any passer by if they can point to the State of New England. You would be very lucky if just one pointed out that New England is a region of six States.

 

[Edward]

To most American ears, I'd have to say yes. In fact, my experience has taught me that most Americans think "Britain", "Great Britain", and "the U.K.", are synonymous for "England" and don't know or care that there is a difference.

To be fair, there's a significant chunk of they English don't know the difference either!