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Rachel Hovenden hilarious! i laught out loud like a lunatic american. you have become a contributor to the problem, you know. but you are saving me some blank stares while i'm missing double meanings that are not common to my English language.
Emily Rapport Chuffed to receive your brilliant pastiche of brit slang (aka. this book). Your link is safe. Thanks for the entertainment.
I went to the Paramount Theatre, here in Seattle, the other day to watch Flight of the Conchords perform. Don’t get me wrong, I think Flight of the Conchords are great. In fact, that’s the main reason why I went to see them...
The Septic's Companion OK, so I admit it. When Facebook changed the way that Pages work, I never edited this to look a bit nicer. I think I've brought back the wall and the discussion boards - let me know if there's anything else nice I ought to be doing.
Okay, I admit it. This is almost definitely not an American phenomenon. I suspect it’s a worldwide thing that happened since I got to America. However, my friend Ryan tells me that blogs are supposed to have themes and stick to them, and America is my theme, ergo this is a problem with America...
The accused So I’m something of a Car Guy, but let it be said that I like motorcycles as much as the next man. They look nice, they’re fun and they’re fast. My, they’re fast...
A typical British street It’s well known in Britain that the entire country is a great big rubbish dump into which you may cast your cigarette ends, crisp wrappers, used condoms and half-burnt mattresses...
A typical UK storefront Let me illustrate this with the transcript of a telephone call I had in London whilst trying to arrange the servicing of my car. Garage: Yes, Mr Rae, we can certainly do all that. If you drop the car off we’ll be happy to get started. Me: Splendid...
Typical American traffic It’s the small things in life, they say, that make a difference. I drive to work most days, across the lovely Evergreen Point Floating Bridge. I really mean lovely - you usually get a great view of Mount Rainier...
Raymond Larrett Thank you for your fine website. With it's help, I was emboldened to use the word "chuffed" with a British friend!
March 16 at 11:02am · Report
Barb Schnarr Vahlstedt Hey Chris, got the book today. Thanks! Sorry about the postage. :)
March 12 at 2:26pm · Report
Beth Cornell Chris Got your book in the mail. I want you to hook up with you here. Saw a Chris Rae but the pict was wrestling. Please request a friendship with me on here.
March 4 at 11:09am · Report
The typical R&B songwriting process Before I get started on this, let me say two things. First off, I am complaining about what Wikipedia calls “Contemporary R&B”, not real R&B. Mariah Carey, not Marvin Gaye...
Free stuff I’ve so far spent a lot of time on this blog moaning away about things I don’t like, whilst providing no real suggestions for how to improve matters. Well, things are going to change...
James K. Rivera How about this as a caption (posted here because I'm a Septic in the US, not the UK): "Smile! Hey, guess where my hands were just a minute ago!"
January 30 at 12:04am · Report
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Hrhum... I see what you mean. It's the picture that looks a bit like Leah's signature. I'll see if it can be enlarged.
The "reply" button appears to the bottom right of the post beside "notify", "mark unread" and "print". It's entirely possible that you're not seeing it because you're not registered on that site, which I'm afraid you probably have to do to post.
January 17 at 10:10am · Report
Claus Murmann about your photo caption competition - there's um no photo to caption... i think thats why we're all confused
January 17 at 7:56am · Report
Christina Seifert I am trying to enter the caption contest to win your book, but can't find the button to reply to the lady's post! Maybe I'm just blind, but can you help me out? Lol, thank you!
January 17 at 12:02am · Report
Once you get to the age of thirty or so, you’re pretty much done with truly new taste sensations. You’ve experienced the strange dryness of buffalo meat. You’ve savoured the odd nuttiness of a brussell sprout. You’ve gasped at the awkward sharpness of cilantro...
Daphna Khen My grandfather wants to buy it now
December 31, 2008 at 7:23pm · Report
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