Technical Errors and a Letter to the Masses

Hey guys! Sooo, I have been having some problems getting certain items off of my SD cards because of the whole camera issue, but I will try and take care of that--mainly it is just the videos that I have to get off, but they are worth seeing! There is a really spectacular one from Edinburgh, and a couple from York... anyway, I also only have a few days till finals (you guys forgot I am going to school, too, I bet! Funny, so did I...), so I am doing my best to get everything done before finals occur. That being said, my blog is likely to go by the wayside for a few days so that I can catch up on all my schoolwork (I haven't done much of anything, so it will be a LOT of catching up!). I love you all and sorry that it will take a bit longer than expected! Oh, and for those who don't know, I will be back in Georgia as of July 6th. XOXO


PS--
They call a cash register/cashier a "till"... I've never heard that before. So you don't check out at the cash register... you check out at the till!

More Lingo

British--Pronunciation/defintion
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• rubbish/rubbish bin--trash/trash cans.... they never say the word garbage. it's always rubbish! :P
  
• queue--line (such as a grocery line... "Are you in the queue?" Threw me for a loop the first time I heard this.)
  
• garden--yard (apparently it's really insulting if you tell a Brit you like their "yard"; it's always a garden)
• jumpers--sweater
• trousers--pants
• life buoy--life preserver (the ring kind that you throw at people in movies)
• cheers--kinda like a thank you or good bye... people will say "excuse me... cheers!" and stuff like that...

Some Lingo and Pronunciation

British--Pronunciation/defintion
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• Southwark--Sutherk
• Leicester--Lester
• Gloucester--Glosster
• bird--girl (not a nice word for a girl, either)
  
• git--annoying person, jerk... i feel the exact definition varies.
  
• bugger--idiot (now, if you say "buggered" that's not a good word... it means to be a homo or something like that)
  
• truly--really
• subway--tube
• tea--tay
• pastey--past-ay (long ay like in acorn but I've also heard it pronounced past-ee; I use the second pronunciation)
• love--term like dear, sweetie
• "mind the..." gap, child, step, stair, purse, doorway,--you name it, they mind everything.
• bill--your receipt or check... if you say check, they don't have a bloomin' clue what you're talking about.
• toilet/loo--restroom... they say the Toilet more than the loo. I have only heard loo once.
• chips--french fries
• crisps--potato chips
• quid--pounds (as in £)
• hob nobbs--an English biscuit which is made out of oatmeal and very tasty
  
• biscuit--a cookie.
• knackered--really tired
• lift--elevator
• randy--er, maybe i shouldn't say, but it means horny (essentially)
• Edinburgh--Edinbruh
• fag--cigarette (i've never called them that but I've heard the term once or twice... can't get the American definition out of my head to ever use it for real.)
  

There's a lot more but i can't think of any others off the top of my head.

WORDS NEVER TO SAY!

• wanker (this is a really bad word and i'm not going to tell you what it means, just don't use it!)
  
• bloody
• buggered