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Stephen Jones
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| We used to call plimsolls 'pumps'. |
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SgtPhilco
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| Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:16 pm Post subject: Pumps |
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Where I grew up in the UK these types of shoes were known as pumps, I can't begin to imagine why....they just were....lol  |
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Sweetsee
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:17 am Post subject: |
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| Weren't "The Plimsolls" a punk band? |
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JZer
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Location: Pittsburgh
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ah, you've made me homesick... runners / running shoes
I stopped calling them by these names - nobody new what I was talking about. |
What country calls them runners? Australia?
In my home town (country side Pennsylvania) we call them tennis shoes or sneakers.
Of course we call soda, pop!
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Sweetsee
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:07 am Post subject: |
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Hi JZer,
We grew up with similar lingo but in different locales.
Let's compare, tell me if these words are familiar:
macking?
sessy?
bust on? |
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merlin
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Location: Somewhere between Camelot and NeverNeverLand
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| ...over this job, the dress code read "no trainers," and half my teachers didn't know what we were talking about. I changed it briefly for "tennis shoes," but nobody here plays tennis, and in any case the other half of our teachers had no idea what was going on. |
Wouldn't it be better to express a dress code in terms of what they have to wear rather than what they can't? "black or brown lace-up office shoes for men while women should wear ..."
The problem with prohibiting stuff is the list gets rather long very easily:
"No: sandals, moccasins, bare feet, socks, shower shoes, clogs, house slippers, ballet shoes, combat boots, cowboy boots, over-the-knee riding boots, fuzzy slippers, any footwear with 'ears' on the toes ..." |
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dmb
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I once had a teacher who turned up for a business class wearing over the knee shorts. I told him it wasn't appropriate he became upset because the contract didn't say 'no slongs'  |
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ls650
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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| What country calls they runners? Australia? Of course we call soda, pop! |
'Tis what we call 'em in British Columbia. And we prefer pop over soda as well. |
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MELEE
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| merlin wrote: |
any footwear with 'ears' on the toes ..." |
 But I thought it was our job to capture the students' attention? |
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Cdaniels
Joined: 21 Mar 2005
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Location: Dunwich, Massachusetts
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: New England Moxie! |
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| My grandmother and people of her generation in New England used to call soda/pop, "Tonic." If you've ever tried "Moxie" (originally Coke's biggest competitor) you can immediately taste its medicinal origins. Yes, soft drinks trace their origins to "snake oil" health tonics. As far as "cowboy boots" go, merlin, in much of Texas and other places, these boots are "formal wear." The fact that "athletic shoes" can also be black or brown "lace-up shoes" makes that term inadequate, unless you work at Starbucks! |
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thelmadatter
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Location: in el Distrito Federal x fin!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:43 pm Post subject: sliding pond |
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If you know what "sliding ponds" "drainpipes" "subs/hoagies" "the shore" (there really IS only one), and "Mischief Night/Devil's night/Tic Tack Night" are... you're probably from New Jersey.
By the way, almost no one truly from New Jersey says "Joisey".... thats the Bronx/Queens.
We say "soda". I tried Moxie once --- NASTY stuff! |
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Justin Trullinger
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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I know so little about fashion that telling people what they should wear would be beyond me. The dress code, as it currently reads, states:
Many of our students are young professionals and businesspeople. They often take professional dress very seriously. Please use your best judgement and wear only what will feel comfortable in that environment. If you have any questions about the appropriacy of anything in particular, please see Ana Maria. No jeans or sport shoes.
Ana Maria is my assistant, and like most people on earth, knows and cares more about dress sense than I do.
Justin |
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JZer
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| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 2:37 am Post subject: |
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Sweetsee,
Yes, we using macking. I am macking it. I guess the best way to describe that is getting a lot of women and being cool.
I am the mac daddy!!!
I am not sure what bust on means? Is that like busting a move??? |
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JZer
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Location: Pittsburgh
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| drainpipes" "subs/hoagies" |
drainpipes and hoagies are nothing special to New Jersey. In PA we use drainpipes and hoagies. Ohh and that is in Western PA. Not your close neighbors in the east. |
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Dragonlady
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