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HER DIARY:

Sunday night I thought he was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a
bar to have a drink. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I
thought he was upset at the fact that I was a bit late, but he made no
comment.

Conversation wasn't flowing so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet so we
could talk, he agreed but he kept quiet and absent. I asked him what was
wrong - he said, "Nothing." I asked him if it was my fault that he was
upset. He said it had nothing to do with me and not to worry.

On the way home I told him that I loved him, he simply smiled and kept
driving. I can't explain his behavior; I don't know why he didn't say, "I
love you, too."

When we got home I felt as if I had lost him, as if he wanted nothing to do
with me anymore. He just sat there and watched T.V.; he seemed distant and
absent.

Finally I decided to go to bed. About 10 minutes later he came to bed and
to my surprise he responded to my caress and we made love, but I still felt
that he was distracted and his thoughts were somewhere else.

I decided that I could not take it anymore, so I decided to confront him
with the situation but he had fallen asleep. I started crying and cried
until I too fell asleep. I don't know what to do. I'm almost sure that his
thoughts are with someone else. My life is a disaster.

HIS DIARY:

Today the Red Wings lost, but at least I got laid.

:lol:
 

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It can't be said he wasn't full of emotion Dread. Seemed pretty excited about the win to me!

West
 

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You don't get it, West, the Wings lost. Oh, you mean his win! :lol:
 

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Jer, please don't tell us the Brit version has the male/female roles reversed! :lol:
 

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Well, after all, y'all do drive on the wrong side of the road...
 

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dreadnut said:
Well, after all, y'all do drive on the wrong side of the road...


I do when I'm in your country - otherwise I'd crash headlong into you'se guys all driving on the wrong side too :roll: You can't spell tyres correctly, and pull in to fill up, and no petrol to be found :shock: Seems your cars run on 'gas' - not sure whether butane or propane :? Asked a man to lift the bonnet to check the oil and he gave me a funny look :( Strange country :mrgreen:
 

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Yeah, when I was on a business trip in Europe several years ago, after spending the night in the bar when retiring to our rooms I was surprised to hear one of the Brits say to another: "Knock me up in the morning, will you?"

Means something different in the US!
 

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JerryR -- I've had to learn a whole new language being married to a Belfast lad:

Boot: trunk of a car
Lugs: ears
Neb: nose
Bake: face
Bycycles: french fries
Chips: french fries
Tatey Types: potato chips
Garden: yard (front or back)
Pavement: sidewalk
Pictures: movies
Call In: stop by
Yer Man: any male (used when he can't remember the name)
Yer Woman: any female (use when he can't remember the name)
Yer Man That Talks: any male celebrity on TV
Yer Woman That Talks: any female celebrity on TV

And that's just the beginning...
 

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Carol said:
JerryR -- I've had to learn a whole new language being married to a Belfast lad:

Boot: trunk of a car
Lugs: ears
Neb: nose
Bake: face
Bycycles: french fries
Chips: french fries
Tatey Types: potato chips
Garden: yard (front or back)
Pavement: sidewalk
Pictures: movies
Call In: stop by
Yer Man: any male (used when he can't remember the name)
Yer Woman: any female (use when he can't remember the name)
Yer Man That Talks: any male celebrity on TV
Yer Woman That Talks: any female celebrity on TV

And that's just the beginning...


And half of that is foreign to me :shock:
 

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Here's a Brit word that should be universal: "bloke" What a cool word :D Much cooler than "dude".
 

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dreadnut said:
Here's a Brit word that should be universal: "bloke" What a cool word :D Much cooler than "dude".


Bloke is more like 'guy' - you wouldn't say 'Hey bloke' as you would say 'Hey dude', but 'I met a bloke the other day' as in 'I met a guy the other day'. Then again, you wouldn't say 'Hey, you blokes' as you would 'hey you guys' so it isn't truly interchangeable. Blokes can be interchangeable with folks (we don't use the term 'folks' much in the UK), as in some blokes ...... Geezer was cockney for a 'bloke', but a 'git' is an unpleasant person, and an 'old git' is an old tiresome person.

Other differences - at a fast food outlet, you have a 'take away' rather than 'take out', or 'to go'. If you apply for a job, the new employer will want to see your 'CV' (Curriculum Vitae) rather than your 'resumée'. We queue rather than 'form a line'. If you are 'pissed off' you are angry, but if you are 'pissed' you are drunk (as in 'pissed as a newt'). The following US exchange 'Hey, what time you got?' 'Quarter of three.' would be 'Have you got the time?' 'Quarter to three.' (Unless the questioner is a young attractive female, wherupon the answer might be 'Yes, if you hav ethe inclination!') :mrgreen:
 

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Carol said:
JerryR -- I've had to learn a whole new language being married to a Belfast lad:

Boot: trunk of a car
Lugs: ears
Neb: nose
Bake: face
Bycycles: french fries
Chips: french fries
Tatey Types: potato chips
Garden: yard (front or back)
Pavement: sidewalk
Pictures: movies
Call In: stop by
Yer Man: any male (used when he can't remember the name)
Yer Woman: any female (use when he can't remember the name)
Yer Man That Talks: any male celebrity on TV
Yer Woman That Talks: any female celebrity on TV

And that's just the beginning...

BTW - forgot to say 'nice to hear from you again' :mrgreen:

Remember also Bonnet = hood of car.
Lug 'oles is the more common English slang for ears. Face would be 'mush', mouth 'cake'ole' - but also 'bracket' as in 'give him a bunch of fives up the bracket' = 'punch him in the mouth'. Never heard Bicycles for 'french fries' but chips, yes. What you call chips we call crisps. All the 'my man..' bit I reckon is specifically Irish. Man = bloke. Woman/girl = bird.
 

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JerryR said:
We queue rather than 'form a line'.

When I was young and could still hear, I convinced myself that Cream's "White Room" contained the obscene line "I wait and f**k you" because "queue" was just not in my vocabulary.
 
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