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"Parking lot" is an Americanism anyway. If you're going to ask them how to speak English... I remember this Dutch friend getting all pissed off with me when I was a kid because I called him a something beginning with C. Apparently folk in foreign parts think that's offensive. Yeah, I know, but the same goes for car park. In or on? Knowing what is or isn't offensive can be tricky. Mostly because many of those words can be used among mates or in fun. I once called an Englishman a p**(k, not really meaning to be offensive. But the result ... let's say he was not amused 
Sometimes here in the states we'll flash a "lazy" peace sign (meaning backwards...showing the backside of the 2 fingers)...  apparently this means something different in England.
Are you gonna make me Google this? WTF?....lol
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"Parking lot" is an Americanism anyway. If you're going to ask them how to speak English... I remember this Dutch friend getting all pissed off with me when I was a kid because I called him a something beginning with C. Apparently folk in foreign parts think that's offensive. Yeah, I know, but the same goes for car park. In or on? Knowing what is or isn't offensive can be tricky. Mostly because many of those words can be used among mates or in fun. I once called an Englishman a p**(k, not really meaning to be offensive. But the result ... let's say he was not amused
Sometimes here in the states we'll flash a "lazy" peace sign (meaning backwards...showing the backside of the 2 fingers)... apparently this means something different in England.
Are you gonna make me Google this? WTF?....lol
Showing the backside of your hand with the 2 fingers up in several European countries, means the same as "The Bird" does here in the states. |
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Giving someone the "V sign" came from some mediaeval siege where the English cut off fingers from enemy prisoner's hands.
It's definetely, "in a car park" but you could talk about being on an island or the moon or a chair. I just reread On the road, coincidentally. Might be your cup of tea Crystal. It's kind of spiritual (or mystical). |
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Doh, I think by the time I've finished all 7 books in the "Outlander" series, my English vocab database will have at least tripled? Why are there so many hot danged synonyms in the language? If 'wilted' and 'withered' basically mean the same thing, can someone please delete 'wilted' from the dictionaries? And if 'pail' is the same as 'bucket', why not simply stick to 'bucket'?
A quixotic gesture?? FFS  Has anyone here ever used the word 'quixotic'?? Don't say 'yes', not sure I'm gonna believe you, lol.
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