Speaking of currency, how does the Euro work? What's the conversion ratio from pounds to Euros? If I went shopping, would I have a choice of paying with pounds or Euros?
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Speaking of currency, how does the Euro work? What's the conversion ratio from pounds to Euros? If I went shopping, would I have a choice of paying with pounds or Euros?
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It's a district, or suburb in or around the town of Eastleigh in Hampshire.
Oxon is short hand for Oxfordshire (the county).
OX4 3NE is the Post Code (similar to the US Zip Code).
The OX part of the Post Code indicts that it represents Oxford (the City).
You actually only need the name of the person and the post (zip) code. It's all done with computers these days, although you may annoy the postman by doing this.
What is a sweet potato? Do we have them in Britain? Are they called something else?
Does anyone here watch Takeshi's Castle? I think it's called Takeshi's Extreme Challenge in the U.S. Which do you prefer, the British or U.S version?
And on America's Most Smartest Model, is the winner the one that tells the producers there is no such phrase as "most smartest"? Just wondering.......:1orglaugh :wave2:
What is a sweet potato? Do we have them in Britain? Are they called something else?
Does anyone here watch Takeshi's Castle? I think it's called Takeshi's Extreme Challenge in the U.S. Which do you prefer, the British or U.S version?
And on America's Most Smartest Model, is the winner the one that tells the producers there is no such phrase as "most smartest"? Just wondering.......:1orglaugh :wave2:
The sweet potato (Ipomea batatas) is a member of the Convolvulaceae family and is not actually a true potato at all - being closer to the tuberous root Yam and does not have the starch content of white potatoes.
Sweet potato is comparatively a nutritional heavy weight: rich in complex carbohydrates, Vitamin C, Vitamin E and also containing good quantities of vitamin A, Vitamin B, calcium and iron.
They can be steamed, baked, boiled, microwaved, roasted or fried. Perfect for the kitchen adventurer!
Due to climatic inappropriateness, sweet potato cannot be grown commercially in the UK and largely comes from sub tropical regions along the 34 parallel (where the sun shines for most of the year).
I've been dieing to post in this thread.
Tried it many times, as have relatives who live all over the world. It's sometimes late, but always gets there eventually. I think you underestimate the thoroughness of Royal Mail, one of the few remaining companies who still put effort into their work. :hatsoff:
I first found it out by accident, an elderly relative didn't know our whole address. Then we tried a few unimportant letters, and they all arrived. After a while it became a kind of game, seeing how much of the address you could leave out before the letter was lost.
I live in Cheshire, near the Welsh border, out in the country.
My favourite teams are Boston Red Sox, Cincinnati Bengals, Toronto Maple Leafs, and I suppose Hendrick Motorsports (but only one car really). As you can see, I'm not the biggest soccer fan. :wave2:
Post is sorted by computer via using the postcode. The Postman will need an actual address in order for the item to be delivered.
In the UK we gobble up plenty of tarts and spotted dick - ooer.
In the UK we gobble up plenty of tarts and spotted dick - ooer.
Oh yeah! and as many roasted monkey nuts as we possibly can.
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And when it's all over you take a look at your Brown Willy
http://www.westcountryviews.co.uk/bodminmoor/brownwilly/brownwilly.htm
If he (or she) is a good postie he will know the name of every resident on the route, so no address needed. In the country, anyway.
U.S sport is getting more popular all the time, Sky T.V and Channel Five show a lot and we even have a dedicated channel now. But there is still a lot a negative feeling by some, e.g they think baseball is a girlie sport. I guess they've never seen Pudge defending home plate.
The waterfall could be Builth Wells, but there are quite a few dotted around North Wales. Beautiful area. :wave2:
I live quite near Wrexham myself, only know of one waterfall around my area but doubt its the same one you guys are on about. its one in Llanrhaeardr which is about 10 miles away from where i live, heres a link with some pics incase its the same http://www.worldphotolocations.com/location_report.phtml?location_id=1093965709058
How would you describe an "American" accent?
Of course Americans, like all people everywhere, have different accents that are based on regional dialect, varied expressions, and usually increased or decreased pitch.
But for Americans that follow English grammar conventions and pronounce them in what could be called monotone (what we think of as not accented) we are surprised to hear that British people and non-English speakers say that we have an accent.
To us a "British" accent is based primarily on alternate stresses and vowel pronunciation. For you guys does that mean our accents are simply so because they are opposite?
and do you consider your own common way of speaking to be non-accented, as we do?
Of course Americans, like all people everywhere, have different accents that are based on regional dialect, varied expressions, and usually increased or decreased pitch.
But for Americans that follow English grammar conventions and pronounce them in what could be called monotone (what we think of as not accented) we are surprised to hear that British people and non-English speakers say that we have an accent.
To us a "British" accent is based primarily on alternate stresses and vowel pronunciation. For you guys does that mean our accents are simply so because they are opposite?
and do you consider your own common way of speaking to be non-accented, as we do?
The Royal Mail's ability to deliver correctly with minimum information is legendary. An actual example (a long time ago) was the successful delivery to this address;
Wood
John
Hants
The postal workers correctly deciphered it as
John Underwood
Andover
Hants
Hants is the abbreviation for Hampshire.
Baseball is just rounders on steroids.Compared to cricket it is a girlie sport.
I always thought the American accent was an elongation of vowl sounds, I do not consider us British people to not have an accent because their is so many different accents here. I suppose what would be called the "kings" or "queens" english would probably be how the english language should be spoken, thank god its not though.
It's a throwback to the early days of the postal service.The nearest postal sorting office would be part of the address,often this was in a different county!
Long Eaton for example is in Derbyshire but the nearest sorting office is Nottingham so the address would be Long Eaton, Nottingham not Long Eaton,Derbyshire
The best british City accents have to be Belfast Glasgow Newcastle Birmingham and Liverpool there the best. Or Generally for other people when there stronger are the hardest to understand
Baseball = girly rounders.
Basketball = girly netball.
NFL = just girly.
Basketball = girly netball.
NFL = just girly.