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Peewee Posted Mon 08 Feb, 2010 10:59 AM |
It's a LADYBIRD!!!! Sooo cute, except when they spread their wings n fly! ha
Dubz and Barbie Facecloth - that made me chuckle! ;)
What do you call thongs then? You thongs are flipflops :D
I love how we all speak English but have so many different phrases and meanings for words. |
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minnmess Posted Mon 08 Feb, 2010 1:22 PM |
Peewee wrote: It's a LADYBIRD!!!!
YOU'RE A LADYBIRD!!!! :P
actually, this is a ladybird
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ricv64 Posted Mon 08 Feb, 2010 1:51 PM |
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Turtleneck Posted Mon 08 Feb, 2010 2:07 PM |
I called flip-flops thongs, too. The change started when thong underwear started becoming popular. We can't have confusion.
Also, my mom always called wedge heeled shoes, "wedgies." I kept telling her that wedgie means something else nowadays. It took YEARS for her to stop calling wedges "wedgies."
I do have to say that reading a lot of British books when I was a kid introduced me to many different words at an early age. By age 10 I knew that brownies were fairies, and I knew about Wellies, Macs, biscuits, and the underground and all that stuff. Paddington Bear is very educational! |
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Peewee Posted Mon 08 Feb, 2010 2:29 PM |
Brownies are also these people!
Kinda like the Girl Guides. |
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Turtleneck Posted Mon 08 Feb, 2010 3:11 PM |
Yes we have Girl Scout type Brownies, too. But the best brownies are:
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minnmess Posted Mon 08 Feb, 2010 3:32 PM |
we have girl guides. I was never one. The little ones were indeed Brownies. There might be a level below that....sparks? I dont know, i played hockey.
My officemate said something about a ladybug today and i went "i learned this weekend that they are called ladybirds in the UK!"
and she though a lot of books from her youth suddenly made more sense. And then that turned into a conversation about the Beatles. Because ladybugs are beetles. And lady beetles would be the wives of the Beatles. |
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