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2006-01-02, late at night
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There are many differences between English and that language they speak in America: this has been documented sufficiently often that it would be superfluous to reiterate the more obvious nuances, despite the marvellously puerile humour of the word “pants”.
Sometimes, however, things just get too confusing, as this (American) comic amply demonstrates.
For those Americans who don’t understand, us crazy Limeys use ‘cider’ to refer to fermented apple juice; for those Europeans who don’t understand, those crazy Yanks use ‘cider’ to refer to, um, normal apple juice. I’m not sure which is greater: the potential tragedy of a Brit asking for cider in America and not getting his beloved liquor, or the potential hilarity of an American asking for ‘just a cider’ over here and getting unexpectedly trolleyed.
Aren’t languages wonderful?
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2005-10-22, late at night
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In my previous post I briefly covered my destinations and what I liked in each city. This entry is going to be rather less chronological.
One thing the Americans really know how to do (apart from eating, drinking and all the other things the Americans really know how to do) it’s commemorating things: this is especially noticeable if you wander around Washington.
Some people like squirrels, some like syrup sponge (as of the time of posting, all syrup sponge photos on Flickr feature syrup sponges cooked or inspired by my sister). I like pigeons. They have the advantage over squirrels that they are very slightly more willing to pose for photos.
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2005-10-18, late at night
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Well, as promised, here’s a report on the more interesting points of my trip to America.
Firstly, the photos. The photos are now all uploaded to Flickr: you can either access them by city (Boston, Chicago, Philly, New York and Washington) or just view the whole lot.
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2005-10-08, late at night
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As many of you know, as some of you don’t know but I really should have told, and as some of you would never have had any reason to know because you’re here as a result of searching Google for common terms such as “jesus”, “muppet animal” and “demon baby” (don’t ask me, I just work here) I’ve been in the United States for nearly a month.
I’m currently coming to the last few days of my little sojourn up and down the East coast of America and will have a fuller report once I get back home and have access to my lovely shiny iMac G5 (oh, how I miss you). I will also have what is known in the photography business as (and I quote from a professional photographer) “a shitfuckcrapload” of photos. For now, however, I shall just note some salient points:
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2005-09-08, late at night
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My life has, of late, mainly involved two things: spending money (kinda fun, although somewhat expensive) and planning trips (rather less fun, mainly because I’m very bad at it). I think, however, that much of the really important planning is done, such that I’ll be able to get to America (transatlantic flights) and get between the different cities when I’m there (domestic US flights). I’m not going to get smacked by expensive medical bills (insurance) and I’m going to be able to take excessive numbers of photos (very shiny new camera). I’ve got accommodation sorted for most of my destination cities (although, crucially, not the first or second ones – something of a problem when I’m arriving in the former in five days).
From all this, I can draw two conclusions:
- I don’t like planning.
- I suck at planning.
In spite of that, I’m feeling good about the trip: it’ll be good fun if I can actually think of something to do for each of the days I’m spending in each of the cities and actually get off my arse and book accommodation in Boston and Chicago.
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