It was so good today....

I thought for years that the English ate potato chips with fish. "fish & chips"

What do the French call french fries?

does the rest of the world refer to regular cheese as American cheese?

do the Chinese eat hamburgers, and refer to it as "going out for American" ?



And does Stoney Brah really eat lots of Kraut? I do and always blame the craving on my German ancestry

When Webster released the first US dictionary, he aimed at creating a proper American spelling, out of the blue.
This was for Patriotic reasons. So from one day to another, all these spellings were changed, partly because some
English spelling is insane (catalogue), partly because he just wanted to differ.
And since that day, you can't just learn english as a foreign language, but you have to learn both spellings

I spell it (grey/gray) both ways just to be fair. Like Cheque/check color/colour neighbor/neighbour - actually I blame this all on my love of Alfred Hitchcock and reading his short story collections books since before I could spell. I do remember have a argument (3rd grade) with a teacher about color being spelled the English way, about 20 times - I brought in the Dark Side of the Moon LP to show her the next day and argue with her - "You don't live in England!" she loudly proclaimed. I lost that argument and the paper remained a C...

I can't spell in any language....

newmoon wrote:

I spell it (grey/gray) both ways just to be fair. Like Cheque/check color/colour neighbor/neighbour - actually I blame this all on my love of Alfred Hitchcock and reading his short story collections books since before I could spell. I do remember have a argument (3rd grade) with a teacher about color being spelled the English way, about 20 times - I brought in the Dark Side of the Moon LP to show her the next day and argue with her - "You don't live in England!" she loudly proclaimed. I lost that argument and the paper remained a C...

I can't spell in any language....

what a cunt.

ONLY 2 MORE CRAPPY DAYS WITHOUT MY PEANUT where's my fast forward button?

newmoon wrote:

where's my fast forward button?

I was gonna say ................................. nahhhh! .... Honey Chile - you KNOW where yer FF-button is .....

I think Peanut is on his way *runs in a tight circle*


....sssssssshh, the dogs going in the tub shortly......stinky dog

wattage wrote:

I thought for years that the English ate potato chips with fish. "fish & chips"

What do the French call french fries?

does the rest of the world refer to regular cheese as American cheese?

do the Chinese eat hamburgers, and refer to it as "going out for American" ?



And does Stoney Brah really eat lots of Kraut? I do and always blame the craving on my German ancestry

the french word for potato is "pomme detaire" I'm sure I misspelled it.
the french word for french fries is "frites"

Hi EL

Congrats on the new job ... good to see you here again!

elektriklady wrote:

wattage wrote:

I thought for years that the English ate potato chips with fish. "fish & chips"

What do the French call french fries?

does the rest of the world refer to regular cheese as American cheese?

do the Chinese eat hamburgers, and refer to it as "going out for American" ?



And does Stoney Brah really eat lots of Kraut? I do and always blame the craving on my German ancestry

the french word for potato is "pomme detaire" I'm sure I misspelled it.
the french word for french fries is "frites"

Yup, "pommes de terre" (earth apples) and "pommes frites" (=fried (earth) apples) or "frites".
They're not French though, they're Belgian, but half of Belgium speaks French.

Shit, I'm a smartass. But hey, you gotta be if you want to become a teacher. It's in the job description

This is not the impression I get from the education system here .......

Bogle the Dark Angel wrote:

Hi EL

Congrats on the new job ... good to see you here again!

thanx...I'll try not to stay gone so long....off to sledding now, before the big melt!

StoneyMaroney wrote:

elektriklady wrote:

wattage wrote:

I thought for years that the English ate potato chips with fish. "fish & chips"

What do the French call french fries?

does the rest of the world refer to regular cheese as American cheese?

do the Chinese eat hamburgers, and refer to it as "going out for American" ?



And does Stoney Brah really eat lots of Kraut? I do and always blame the craving on my German ancestry

the french word for potato is "pomme detaire" I'm sure I misspelled it.
the french word for french fries is "frites"

Yup, "pommes de terre" (earth apples) and "pommes frites" (=fried (earth) apples) or "frites".
They're not French though, they're Belgian, but half of Belgium speaks French.

Shit, I'm a smartass. But hey, you gotta be if you want to become a teacher. It's in the job description

Not as much of a smartass as me...I'm the queen smartass! You are quite right, the "french fry" was invented by the Belge. I lived there for three years and they just shorten the name to "frites" much of the time. But your spelling is much better than mine.

Good luck on your teaching career. The pay sucks but it's a very rewarding experience. Not only are you forced to learn a little bit about everything, but you also learn something new everyday.

Bogle, your educational system is way better then ours over here. It's not really the teachers, but the system itself and the educrats that perpetuate it.

The problme is that in a few years, we will have a system of low, low, low level public schools and
the only chance to get an education will be private schools.
Private schools never played a role here so far, and public schools were pretty good, but
this is the past. I'm hiring on a sinking ship

What did you do in belgium?

we got our tax refund.
cant really spend any of it but at least i can get my truck back on the road after 5 months

its difficult doing the farm thing w/ no truck

StoneyMaroney wrote:

The problme is that in a few years, we will have a system of low, low, low level public schools and
the only chance to get an education will be private schools.
Private schools never played a role here so far, and public schools were pretty good, but
this is the past. I'm hiring on a sinking ship

What did you do in belgium?

that is what happened to our public schools here too...it's all data driven and test result oriented. Assessments are important, but they've taken it way too far and teachers are not free to teach anymore. It's sad to say that most 4th graders (10 year olds) DON'T know their math facts. How are they supposed to do the higher maths? They don't know what a complete sentence is, how are they going to write a paragraph, let alone a paper? It's very depressing. If the teachers don't get with the program...they are fired, meaning they are compelled to teach in a certain way at specific times of the day...
I work in a public school, but my second job is tutoring kids...pays better and and the kids are great....also, I'm free to write my own lesson plans according to the specific needs of my students.

I was in Belgium from 1968-1970. My father was DIA (Defense Intelligence) right after Charles DeGaulle kicked the Americans out of France.

found out today that my favorite musician in the world, beth HArt is playing LA in MArch for $15
i just got done watching one of her dvds ( i got it for valentines day)
and i am pumped
she makes me soooooo happeh

13thAngel wrote:

found out today that my favorite musician in the world, beth HArt is playing LA in MArch for $15
i just got done watching one of her dvds ( i got it for valentines day)
and i am pumped
she makes me soooooo happeh

15$ ! Mighty cool deal

d00d...i fucking cried when i was watching it

theres a hitch tho....to the tickets

Quote :

On the day of the show there will be a ticket with a number given out
at 4pm. It is first come first serve. The bar will be shut down at
6:30pm. At 7pm Jimmi's staff will start calling numbers. Once your
number is called you will be able to purchase tickets for $15 a person,
max. 2 tickets per person. It is not allowed to reserve seats for other
people. This is to ensure that everyone has a fair chance.

ix-neeeee on that post...
i got tickets


and swampy is back on the day shift

13thAngel wrote:

ix-neeeee on that post...
i got tickets


and swampy is back on the day shift

the good news...

Im not gonna lose my house



But

Me and my 2 Sisters have to come up with 37000 bucks by August

fahhhhk thats a lot of mooolah







this is me...waiting for next month......i am STOKED cuz our friend Danielle is going with us and shes never heard of her. its gunna rule yer muuthas ballz

I have heat in my a house...and a new furnace and air conditioner coil...