Where is everyone from??

[Elennar Starfire]

It's time to smash Fea's illusion about me...sorry Fea, but it was too amusing to spoil right away. I do not live in England. I live in America. I just know British slang from a book I picked up called the British Phrasebook...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Ooh, harsh, Elennar. Very harsh. My happy little bubble just burst on me and its all your fault. Whereabouts in America are you from? We've got a big country, if you hadn't noticed.

[Elennar Starfire]

Utah. And I actually didn't know most of the American slang you sent me...

[Feanor of the Peredhil]

Haha... hilarious. I guess I was right in that it's localized slang. Common use in my neck of the woods. I assume you were familiar with y'all?

[Elennar Starfire]

That and wazzup.

[Legolas]

I'm from Fayetteville, North Carolina, about two hours from the ocean.

[Amanaduial the archer]

Originally Posted by Elennar Starfire

It's time to smash Fea's illusion about me...sorry Fea, but it was too amusing to spoil right away. I do not live in England. I live in America. I just know British slang from a book I picked up called the British Phrasebook...

That sort of book amuses me so, so much. It's like the Cockney Phrase Book, or The Little Book of British Cool, the latter of which is written by an American. On one level, they're amusing, on another they're...painful.

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by Amanaduial the archer

The Little Book of British Cool

Can't help feeling that that would be a VERY little book ...... unlike the Bumper book of British social awkwardness and sartorial inadequacy.....

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Go Yankees!

...and play some golf -- ha HA hahahahahahaha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Go Sox!

[Mithalwen]

The book of transatlantic mutual incomprehension might be quite a tome too....

[Lalwendë]

The Little Book of British Cool

Can't help feeling that that would be a VERY little book ...... unlike the Bumper book of British social awkwardness and sartorial inadequacy.....

Now, that would depend on what you think is cool! It would have to be a bumper book for me, but I don't think most people would find it so very cool. Basically, anything which is meant to be cool generally is not, in my opinion - for example, pavement cafes, in Britain, in this weather? A nice cosy old pub with a dartboard and a resident labrador, now that's cool. Or rather, lovely and warm...

[Mithalwen]

Oh don't get me wrong, I love this strange little island and despite the weather, I am not sure I could leave it for ever ... but it was just that "cool" brittannia thing was so embarrassing..... when we try too hard we fail miserabley .... It is the crazy anachronsms I love - the fact that something called "Swan upping" goes on quite legally each year on the Thames, that the entire railway system is brought to a halt by those leaves falling so unexpectedly from the trees each autumn.....

[Encaitare]

Originally Posted by my fellow New Yorker Fea

That means screaming winds and hellish fury power-outages.

Oh, but I love the power-outages. We had a huge one over the summer, and a good part of the city nearby -- NYC, that is -- was out too. All the streetlights were out, there was none of that irritating glare from the lovely metropolis, and it was a clear night. I went outside and laid on the driveway and looked at the stars -- I'm not used to seeing very many because there is always so much electric light to hide them. But so many were visible; it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

Originally Posted by Fordim Hedgethistle

...and play some golf -- ha HA hahahahahahaha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Go Sox!

Why, Yankees? Why did you have to go from a 3-0 game lead to a brutal and humiliating massacre at the hands of Boston? A better question: how?

Woe is me.

Grumble grumble.

[The Saucepan Man]

Can't help feeling that that would be a VERY little book ...... unlike the Bumper book of British social awkwardness and sartorial inadequacy.....

Ah, but it takes real cool to make an art form of social awkwardness.

but it was just that "cool" brittannia thing was so embarrassing

I don't disagree, but that's mainly attributable to its adoption for political purposes in my opinion (Oasis at No 10 and all that). For my money, though, the UK tops the world in music and comedy. Of course, I may be biased.

that the entire railway system is brought to a halt by those leaves falling so unexpectedly from the trees each autumn.....

Yes, as a daily commuter to London, I must say that I really love that.

[Rinfanawen]

I am from the very humble state of NC...humble in which I live in the middle of nowhere.

Oh, and just to add to the very enlightening topic going on about the Yanks and Sox,............GO SOX!!!!!

[Mithalwen]

Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

For my money, though, the UK tops the world in music and comedy. Of course, I may be biased.


Yes, as a daily commuter to London, I must say that I really love that.

Well Little Britain is my current favourite but I have to say that Frasier would rate pretty high in all time rankings ... but even my Kapellmeister friend said that London was best for music .. oh sorry you meant "popular music" :P

to reprise and adapt an old skit " At least you have trains, all we have is buses between Basingstoke and Woking...."