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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/17/2008 8:00:49 AM
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lexie
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I always think it's silly for people to get offended by words without considering language or cultural differences first.
In university I dated an English guy and his best friend was Irish. We were out at a rather loud venue and the Irish guy asked me what time my class was the next day. I held up two fingers to tell him "2." Little did I know I was giving him the finger. But who would take offense to such a thing which if I was using their meaning, would be completely out of place?
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/17/2008 11:19:26 AM
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Wow! Lexie! For years I worked with youth at church. When I wanted them to be quiet I would hold up two fingers. Who'da thunk I taught 'em the bird?
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/17/2008 7:40:24 PM
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That's funny Roberta! Apparently it's only if you hold them a certain way (not like the peace sign the other way)...someone may be able to confirm or deny this.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/17/2008 10:26:02 PM
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That's funny Roberta! Apparently it's only if you hold them a certain way (not like the peace sign the other way)...someone may be able to confirm or deny this.
Yes, that is correct!!
BBC Article on the V sign(s)
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/17/2008 10:50:40 PM
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Manda thanks. So is the V sign offensive when it is used as "bunny ears" in a picture?
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/17/2008 11:43:37 PM
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I think it's backwards bunny ears, Roberta. Like the palm of your hand facing you.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/17/2008 11:54:59 PM
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oic- so we weren't making obscene gestures when were kids then.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 9:24:25 AM
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No, lol. Have a read of the BBC Article, it will make everything clear!!
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 11:04:42 AM
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I did, but I didn't see the part about posing for pictures and making bunny ears.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 11:22:22 AM
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Manda, did you watch Children In Need? I don't watch it all but tuned in to see Dr Who and then stayed on for the Gok/Corrie thing ~ and then EastEnders.
I watched about the same as you did!
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Did you see any of Charles' 60th birthday bash?
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Watched a brilliant Spooks last night, then flipped over and watched an even more brilliant Spooks (next weeks) on BEEB3! Met a friend for coffee this am and we both talked about it (though she didn't see next weeks, so I didn't spoil it for her, just said it was brilliant...
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 12:36:15 PM
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On behalf of my fellow Americans, I extend a very heartfelt apology.
No need at all! Asda is wonderful and has an especially reasonable quality range of men's, women's and children's clothes. I've bought several things there for my dd. I don't do my food shopping there as it's not close by (it's 20 mins drive away), I prefer to do that at one of the supermarkets in my home town (less than 5 mins drive).
That's interesting that you'd say that. I may have to check into labor laws in the UK. That is generally one of the bigger reasons people here give for not shopping at WM. A board generalization would be that liberals hate the place and conservatives love it.
Here, it's no big deal to drive 20 minutes to get groceries at all. Of course here, the traffic is so bad that it can take longer to drive somewhere than it does to walk it in some cases.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 1:45:52 PM
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Am I understanding THIS to say that you have to work 48/hrs/wk to qualify for OT?
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 1:57:34 PM
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Am I understanding THIS to say that you have to work 48/hrs/wk to qualify for OT?
I've no idea! I would have thought it varied from company to company. But I'm not sure.
Both Dave and I have always worked for companies where your salary covered you for the hours on your contract, plus any other hours necessary to do what needs to be done. In other words, the salary is per month, not per so many hours.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 2:08:12 PM
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Am I understanding THIS to say that you have to work 48/hrs/wk to qualify for OT?
I've no idea! I would have thought it varied from company to company. But I'm not sure.
Both Dave and I have always worked for companies where your salary covered you for the hours on your contract, plus any other hours necessary to do what needs to be done. In other words, the salary is per month, not per so many hours.
Here some companies will pay you OT if you work over 8/hrs/day, even if you work less than 40/wk. The majority of companies only pay OT if you work over 40/hr/wk.
Many companies do pay sal. I'm not sure how their OT works. I know 1 company that I was sal for didn't pay OT but they gave you CT. That was a long time ago and I haven't heard of any other companies giving CT. CT was awesome!
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 2:14:11 PM
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I'm on salary but that salary covers about 5-60 hours a week. If I come in on a weekend, then I get comp time.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 2:16:13 PM
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Robert is salaried. Sometimes he works 35 hours a week, sometimes he works 45 hours a week. He is salaried at 40 hours a week though, doesn't get paid OT. But more often than not, he is working at 40 or less than 40 hours a week.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 2:34:20 PM
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Stina- he doesn't get any comp time?
I loved the comp time. I would get an average of 5 hours a week. I would tack that on to vac. It worked out nicely when the boss passed away and his wife took over and ran the company into the ground. I had two weeks vacation and somewhere near 70 hours comp coming. I tacked that onto my maternity leave and never went back. It was a great company until the wife took over.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 5:46:49 PM
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I dunno what comp times is.....I don't think he gets it. He gets 1 week paid vaca and that's all. If he's sick, his boss doesn't take it as vaca.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 5:54:01 PM
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CT or comp time = compensation time. It's where the employer gives you time off with pay instead of OT pay.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 6:02:19 PM
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Oh OK....nope he doesn't get that. In the winter, a lot of times he's home by 3 (or doesn't work at all because it's raining too hard or too windy), and in the spring/summer he ends up doing a lot of bee jobs on Saturdays, so it evens out pretty much to 40 hours.
It would probably be hard to be an exterminator in Britain because the weather is so unpredictable. We get a lot of rain, but we all know that it's pretty constant from October to May.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 7:02:46 PM
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CT or comp time = compensation time. It's where the employer gives you time off with pay instead of OT pay.
I have never in my life heard of anything like this. Must be an American thing (except that Christina doesn't know about it either, hmmmmm)
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 7:07:29 PM
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I've heard of it before, but I've never worked anywhere where you get it. I think my dad gets it, he has a gov't job, so he gets really good benefits, etc.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/18/2008 10:43:12 PM
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CT or comp time = compensation time. It's where the employer gives you time off with pay instead of OT pay.
I have never in my life heard of anything like this. Must be an American thing (except that Christina doesn't know about it either, hmmmmm)
It's awesome! I prefer it to OT pay. Very, very few employers offer it anymore.
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RE: Question from a Brit to any Y... umm American - 11/19/2008 6:38:32 PM
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Ok British ladies, here's a question.
Do you get offended if there is a British person on an American show (reality type) and they put subtitles for everything the British person is saying?
We were watching House Hunters International today and they were in Scotland. There were quite a few things that were said by the estate agent as well as the house hunters that were subtitled, and yet were very easy to understand. Would that be offensive to you, or do you brush it off?
And do they subtitle Americans on your shows?
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