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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/4/2008 7:01:01 PM   
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Do you like Hester Blumenthal or Gordon Ramsay at all?

Yep, except it's Heston , I just don't much like the language...

Re Gordon (because SteelMagnolia mentioned him), he does sound really nasty at times, but I've got a lot of time for him. On one of his nightmares, he went to Paris (which is where he trained) and tried to help a woman who'd borrowed from her father to run a restaurant (a veggie one I think!). The chef was sacked and they took on a lass (Scottish I think, and a relative) who loved to cook and had training. After Godron left, the owner stopped some of Gordon's ideas and then shut the restaurant her father had gone over to Paris and was pretty upset about it. Anyhow, Gordon thought the Scottish lass showed so much promise and enthusiasm that he took her on in one of his restaurants.

Added to which... he does a lot of work for women's refuges. His mother (I believe) suffered physical abuse and he feels very strongly about it. He may use a lot of bad language, but unlike many, he doesn't just take, he gives back too.

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They also say "bloody"
One of the breakfast presenters goofed the other day and said that ~ and then realised what she said and was horrified! It was so funny

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/4/2008 7:35:06 PM   
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Yep, except it's Heston ,




I stand corrected, thanks! I've never seen his name in print, only watched him on a couple of progs (one being Jonathan Ross!).

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/4/2008 8:02:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well, you managed to spell his surname correctly and I'm not sure I would have! I think the first time I saw him was at Christmas where he created the perfect Christmas meal or something...

It did look incredible. I saw a programme and someone who worked under him was on it. He said that they could spend 18 months on a recipe only to scrap it because it wasn't right. I think I could not deal with being that exact of a cook (not when it comes down to seconds that an egg should be boiled!).

Heston is weird, but a good weird, not like Nigella.

I don't like James Martin much either. He doesn't always seem to listen to folk on his show. And I confess to having gone off AWT since I found out he smoked... I can deal with most people who smoke, but not if they cook professionally

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/4/2008 8:12:32 PM   
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/4/2008 8:19:09 PM   
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/4/2008 9:29:56 PM   
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/4/2008 9:36:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		French was. I think we could pick German up in the 3rd or 4th year, if our French was good enough. Mine wasn't. Latin was only taught higher up the school and I think it may have been dropped once the witch of a Latin teacher retired.

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/5/2008 12:34:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Over here, at least in the state of California, you are required to take 2 years of a foreign language. Only Catholic schools taught Latin, and I don't think it was a requirement. The only languages offered at my school (which was a good school with plenty of money) were Spanish, French and German. Most kids took Spanish because it's the easiest languange to learn, and it was the most useful in that part of the country.

I heard that most people in developed Europe and GB (is it OK to abbreviate it like that?) can speak more than one language. I imagine that would be true because there are so many different countries so close together.

Hey, you know what's funny about Canada? They have these one dollar coins called Looneys, and it's because it has a picture of a Loon on it. Then they have these two dollar coins called Twoneys because it's a two dollar coin and rhymes with Looney. I got a kick out of that when my dad took me to BC. It was so silly, it could have been Aussie.

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/5/2008 12:28:49 PM   
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Over here, at least in the state of California, you are required to take 2 years of a foreign language.
Here (it used to be this way anyhow, manda is probably more up-to-date than me on this), you have to know a second language. Many kids are exempt from having to learn French (which is generally the first option) because they already know one (or more) other language. When I was at school few kids from other countries needed to learn French because they already knew two (or more) languages.

There was a rumour when I was at school that it was against the law to teach French in English boarding schools. We were still taught it though I started to learn French in primary school though and continued until the fifth year.

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/6/2008 4:53:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		I only know about my children's high school's policy, which is that all children must learn a second language up till the end of Year 9 (age 14), which is usually French, German or Spanish. It used to be that taking a language at GSCE O level was compulsory, but now it isn't (though if you want to get into Uni you still need one foreign language qualification at grade C or above).

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/6/2008 11:24:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		I was watching My Fair Lady last night and was struck by some of the lyrics in one of the songs. I thought you all might find them humorous, too, in light of this conversation.

Oh, why can't the English learn to set
A good example to people whose
English is painful to your ears?
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely
disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/6/2008 11:49:14 AM   
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/6/2008 11:58:56 AM   
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I was watching My Fair Lady last night and was struck by some of the lyrics in one of the songs. I thought you all might find them humorous, too, in light of this conversation.

Oh, why can't the English learn to set
A good example to people whose
English is painful to your ears?
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely
disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!


I've never seen My Fair Lady, but that made me smile.

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/6/2008 12:02:21 PM   
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It's one of those films I could watch over and over.

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/6/2008 12:03:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		It was on TCM not too long ago, but for some reason I've never watched it. Of course, right now I get out voted when it comes to tv anyway. No one else in the house has a love of the classics.

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/7/2008 1:31:09 PM   
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ORIGINAL: HisCovenant

I was watching My Fair Lady last night and was struck by some of the lyrics in one of the songs. I thought you all might find them humorous, too, in light of this conversation.

Oh, why can't the English learn to set
A good example to people whose
English is painful to your ears?
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
There even are places where English completely
disappears. In America, they haven't used it for years!


I've never seen My Fair Lady, but that made me smile.

Oh you HAVE to see it....HILARIOUS!!!!! Rent it....or check your library to see if they have it!!!!

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/7/2008 1:46:36 PM   
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don't forget there's also propane gas (like what's used for a gas bbq). In some parts of the country they refer to it as "propane" but in other places I have heard it referred to simply as "gas" too.



That's LP (liquid propane). BUT we do call our grill a "gas grill."

Did you know that you can now attach your grill (specially outfitted) to your natural gas line from your house and run it off of that? One would never have to worry about running out of fuel!

I haven't read the whole thread but my dad had a gas grill like this 20-30 years ago or so. He had a like come up out of the patio from the gas line to attach to the grill.

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/7/2008 3:27:10 PM   
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don't forget there's also propane gas (like what's used for a gas bbq). In some parts of the country they refer to it as "propane" but in other places I have heard it referred to simply as "gas" too.



That's LP (liquid propane). BUT we do call our grill a "gas grill."

Did you know that you can now attach your grill (specially outfitted) to your natural gas line from your house and run it off of that? One would never have to worry about running out of fuel!

I haven't read the whole thread but my dad had a gas grill like this 20-30 years ago or so. He had a like come up out of the patio from the gas line to attach to the grill.


Oh, zoe, do yourself a favor, read the whole thread...it is a good laugh!

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/7/2008 3:39:32 PM   
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Oh, zoe, do yourself a favor, read the whole thread...it is a good laugh!
And there was me thinking it was educational

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/7/2008 3:43:12 PM   
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Oh, zoe, do yourself a favor, read the whole thread...it is a good laugh!
And there was me thinking it was educational


That too, of course!

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/8/2008 2:30:56 PM   
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Oh, zoe, do yourself a favor, read the whole thread...it is a good laugh!



Ahem! don't you mean a "favoUr"?

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/8/2008 3:40:23 PM   
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Oh, zoe, do yourself a favor, read the whole thread...it is a good laugh!



Ahem! don't you mean a "favoUr"?

Like I said, the thread is educational

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/8/2008 4:00:43 PM   
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I spent a summer visiting a friend in York (the one in England, not the one in Pennsylvania) when I was in high school. Her little cousin was with us and was getting chilly, so I offered my rain slicker, which was rolled into a ball and stuffed into my purse, which was locked in the trunk of the car. I went to my friend's dad and said, "Could I please have the keys to the trunk? Jenny needs my slicker and it's in my purse." Took him a full minute to translate.

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/8/2008 4:21:59 PM   
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I found it hysterically funny when the wife of the couple I was staying with said she was going to put something in the boot of the car

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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 3/8/2008 5:33:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just recalled an incident when I was in Dallas, TX a few years back.

My hostess very kindly treated me to lunch at the Reunion Tower, Dallas. I ordered steak and salad, with some curly fries.

When the meal arrived, I asked for some vinegar (in the UK it's very common to have salt and vinegar on your fries (which, incidentally, we call 'chips', though 'fries' has crept in too, thanks to McDs). The waiter said "Pardon me, ma'am?" as if he hadn't heard what I'd said. So I repeated myself and said "Could I have some vinegar please?" He said "Vinegar?", with a puzzled look on his face; so I said "Yes please, vinegar". He looked at me, and looked at my meal and said, once again, "Vinegar?" I said, "yes please, for my fries". He said "For your fries?" and I said "yes please".
LOL

He walked off to the kitchen and I heard him say "Do we have vinegar? She wants vinegar!" with astonishment in his voice. And then "For her fries???" LOL

He eventually (after about 5 mins) returned with a tiny little bowl on a saucer with an even teensier spoon in it. And in the bowl was some red stuff. I thanked him, not knowing what I'd got. Seems he'd brought me red wine vinegar - which isn't what we'd have on fries, but I figured I wasn't going to get anything else and made do! (we use either malt vinegar, or, my preference, cider vinegar).

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