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[sweeney66]

I realize that "take a decision" is acceptable in British English, though I never noticed it while I was living in London.

I usually tell my students to make a choice between North American and British and stick to it.

I'm not a big fan of Calderon, but I guess I still want him to sound cool while he's in the US.

Silly of me, I know.

It's kind of like Spain Spanish in Mexico.

Try asking someone here how to catch a bus in Spain Spanish, if you don't mind being laughed at.

Or the price of a jacket.

[jillford64]

[El Gallo]

There is some great joy, however, in interlanguage development:

Here are some of my favorites:

Directions: How do you get from 5th Avenue North and 9th East to Central Avenue and 7th West?

Student answer: take a taxi

Vocabulary:

wonder = competition to Bimbo

use the word "blow" in a sentence = My mother blows me when I'm hot.

[raulyn]

Conjugation exercise:

I do, I did, I've done many friends at school.

[Phil_K]