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reddevil79
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 Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject: Wherever you go, there is always a Brit� |
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Did anyone see this report mentioned on the BBC website? It makes for interesting reading. I had no idea there were so many Brits in Argentina. More than in the Falkland Islands!?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/ |
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sickbag
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Wherever you go, there's always a United fan...
Actually, I've been in Mexico for a year and a half and haven't met one Brit yet. I've heard the occasional accent whilst walking around but never met one. |
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Sgt Killjoy
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| My life likes to say that wherever you go, you find a Filipino. How true that is. |
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Sgt Killjoy
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| I ain't gonna edit, but I don't want any of you to think I'm going soft. I truly meant to write wife, not life. |
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MikeySaid
Joined: 10 Nov 2004
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Location: Torreon, Mexico
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:46 am Post subject: |
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| Sgt Killjoy wrote: |
| I ain't gonna edit, but I don't want any of you to think I'm going soft. I truly meant to write wife, not life. |
Crazy computer manufacturers keep putting that darn W right next to the L.
Freudian slip eh? |
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M@tt
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| the only nationality i've noticed absolutely everywhere are the chinese. |
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ls650
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| sickbag wrote: |
| Actually, I've been in Mexico for a year and a half and haven't met one Brit yet. |
Strange. On our campus, seven out of 15 English language instructors are British, but I imagine we might be an exception to the rule.
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Ben Round de Bloc
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| Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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| ls650 wrote: |
| Strange. On our campus, seven out of 15 English langauge instructors are British, but I imagine we might be an exception to the rule. |
Only 3 native English speakers -- two Brits and one American -- out of 15+ EFL teachers in the department of foreign languages at the university where I teach. |
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sickbag
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| Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| ls650 wrote: |
| sickbag wrote: |
| Actually, I've been in Mexico for a year and a half and haven't met one Brit yet. |
Strange. On our campus, seven out of 15 English language instructors are British, but I imagine we might be an exception to the rule. |
Maybe I can come and work there. My accent is slowly being turned into a mid-Atlantic drawl by the North Americans I work with. I've even started using words like 'store' and 'gas'. Urrgh. |
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Ben Round de Bloc
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| sickbag wrote: |
| I've even started using words like 'store' and 'gas'. Urrgh. |
I occasionally catch myself using expressions like I fancy and I'm keen on along with at the weekend. I'm not sure where I am when giving directions to get somewhere, what with turning into a street, something being located opposite something else, and the High Street, near the centre, and all.  |
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sickbag
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| Ben Round de Bloc wrote: |
| sickbag wrote: |
| I've even started using words like 'store' and 'gas'. Urrgh. |
I occasionally catch myself using expressions like I fancy and I'm keen on along with at the weekend. I'm not sure where I am when giving directions to get somewhere, what with turning into a street, something being located opposite something else, and the High Street, near the centre, and all. |
I went to the 'liquor store' the other day - that was a strange experience. |
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reddevil79
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| I even find myself saying 'soccer' sometimes!! I know, I know - it's a disgrace for a Brit to say that... |
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lozwich
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I'm back in my home country for a language injection, but I still say "bollocks" from time to time. Thankfully my trousers have once again become pants, and my pants undies.  |
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