Friday, November 30, 2018
To Infinity and Beyond
Infinity Mirrored Room-The Souls of Million of Light Years Away. (Yayoi Kusama) what a beautiful concept and what a great title.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Same Same does Dumb and Dumber
Several weeks ago my sister Jocelyn and I were visiting the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas.
As we approached the entrance I noted a very large brown sculpture.
(After a planet????)
"RICHARD?????" I said.
"NO!!!!!" she said, "JUNIPER !"
(Juniper???) "It's NOT Juniper it's JUPITER " I said.
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Just another day in the life of the same-same sisters! We make each other laugh hysterically.
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
Celebrating Marion's Birthday
We celebrated my friend Marion's birthday with a full day of fun.
We began with an adventure at the Broad Museum
in downtown L.A.
Then a late lunch next door at Vespaio
Cheers to you Marion!
Then we drove back to Long Beach for a dessert, coffee and tea
Saturday, November 24, 2018
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Defining Hope
"Hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
and sings the tune without
the words and
never stops at all." Emily Dickinson
that perches in the soul
and sings the tune without
the words and
never stops at all." Emily Dickinson
Friday, November 16, 2018
English vs. English
"England and America are two countries divided by a common language."- George Bernard Shaw, 1856 - 1950 -
United States
United Kingdom
Notes
Baby Things
cribcot
diaper
nappy
nursing
breast feeding
pacifier
dummy
prenatal classes
antenatal classes
rocking a baby
nursing a baby
stroller
push chair/pram
Body Parts
bangs (hair)
fringe
brush your teeth
clean your pegs
butt/ booty
bum
legs
pins
Clothing
dress
frock
fanny pack
bum bag
garters
suspenders
ladies' lingerie
off the rack
off the peg
pajamas
pyjamas (spelling)
panties (underwear)
lollies, spankies
pants
trousers
panty hose
tights
run (in a stocking)
ladder
suspenders
braces
sweater
jumper
tennis shoes/sneakers
trainers
underpants
pants
undershirt
vest
Driving/Walking/Transportation
billboards
hoardings
blinker
indicator
disembark, to get off
to alight
driver's side
off side
drunk driving
drink driving
exit
way out
flat
puncture
gas
petrol
gas station
garage
headlights
headlamps
hood
bonnet
passenger side
near side
pedestrian crossing
zebra crossing
rent (a car)
hire (a car)
round trip ticket
return ticket
RV
caravan
speed bump
sleeping policeman
subway
underground
traffic circle, rotary
roundabout
train station
railway station
truck
lorry
trunk
boot
underpass
subway
windshield
windscreen
yield (on a sign)
give way
Expressions/Sayings
An expression of general annoyance
Oh! Bollocks!
Bye!
Cheerio!
come in
go through
Dear
Chuck, love, pet, hinny, hen, my lover
Regional differences
different from
different to
Don't bump your head!
Mind your head!
Don't like/care for
Not fussed
extremely
dead slow
e.g., dead slow; dead sexy; dead good at ...
figure it out
suss it out
get along
get on
Give it up; you're wasting your time
Leave it out.
goodbye
Tara-Welsh
hit on
chat up
How are you?
You ok?
I could care less
I couldn't care less
I don't care
I don't mind
I don't have (something)
I haven't got (something)
I have (something)
I've got (something)
I'll knock on your door in the morning.
I'll knock you up in the morning.
I'm pleased that X happened
I'm happy that X happened
I'm stuffed! (after a meal)
I'm stuffed (sexually satisfied)
in the hospital
in hospital
It's hot today.
It's close today.
It's not kosher (it's not genuine).
It's not cricket.
mail a letter
post a letter
Most everything
Nearly everything
No problem
Not to worry
Oops!
Whoops!
right away
straight away
speechless
gobsmacked
the line's busy
the line's engaged
to deflate somebody
to take the piss
to get sick (catch a cold, virus, etc.)
to get sick (vomit)
to stand in line
to queue
to take the "scenic" route
going round the back doubles
turn the gas off
turn the gas out
uh-huh
oh right
was supposed to do x
was meant to do x
what's up with ...
what about ...
with respect to ...
in respect of ...
work it out
sort it out
Yikes!
Crikey!
You're splitting hairs
It's academic
Miscellaneous slang:
do the "wild" thing (polite ST version)
shag
friggin' (polite ST version)
bloody
pissed
angry
Food/Drink/Smoke
(potato) chips
crisps
7-up or Sprite
lemonade
a cup of tea
a spot of tea
arugula
rocket
baked potato
jacket potato
beer
lager
biscuits
scones
breakfast
fry up
not necessarily breakfast, but a selection of foods all fried
broil
grill
candy
sweets
cheap wine
plonk
cigarette
fag
cookies
biscuits
corn meal
use polenta
cornstarch
cornflour
dessert
puddings
dinner
tea
drunk
pissed
drunk (adj.)
paralytic
eat
scoff
egg salad
egg mayonnaise
eggplant
aubergine
English muffin
simply a round, flat bread roll to be split in two, toasted, and eaten with butter
entrees
mains
french fries
chips
get drunk
get lushed
green pepper
capsicum
Lemonade
bitter lemon
molasses
treacle
muffin
fairy cake
napkin
serviette
popsicle
ice lolly
roast (noun)
joint (noun)
rutabaga
swede
salad dressing
salad cream
sausage
bangers
shrimp
prawns
soy
soya
spoonful of butter
knob of butter
sugar, brown
Demerara
sugar, granulated
caster sugar
sugar, powdered
icing sugar
sugar, superfine
caster sugar
take out (food)
to go
to go/carry out
to take away
zucchini
courgette
Furniture/Electronics
antenna
aerial
cell phone
mobile
sofa
settee
TV
telly
vacuum cleaner
hoover
Holidays
federal holiday
bank holiday
Merry Christmas!
Happy Christmas!
New Year's Day
New Year
Santa Claus
Father Christmas
Houses/Buildings
aluminum
aluminium
apartment
flat
bathroom/restroom
loo
loo is slang but is usually used
cot
camp bed
cow barn
byre
cul-de-sac
close (with a soft "s")
dirt (in yard)
earth (in garden)
do the dishes
washing up
dumpster
skip
elevator
lift
faucet
tap
garbage
rubbish
garbage can
dustbin
ground (an electrical wire)
earth
real estate
property
rent an apartment
let a flat
sidewalk
pavement
sod
turf
soil
earth
spackle
filler (or polyfilla)
stove/range
cooker
stovetop
hob
toilet
washroom
toilet paper
bog roll
townhouse
terraced house
yard
garden
yard work
gardening
Miscellaneous
afghan
rug
attitude
arrogance, pomposity, condescension, self-importance
auction
flog
awesome
ace
bachelorette party
Hen's night
bill
bank note
cheap (as in stingy)
mean
check
cheque
check off (a list)
tick off
checking account
current account
chilly, breezy (weather)
fresh
clothespins
clothes pegs
counter-clockwise
anti-clockwise
dish cloth/towel
tea towel
dish rag
dish cloth
doctor's office
surgery
eraser
rubber
exhibit
exhibition
expensive
dear
face cloth
flannel
field (sports)
pitch
fight
row
finished, resolved, complete, & done
done & dusted
flashlight
torch
get upset
get your knickers in a twist
gone bad
gone pear-shaped
grip, firm grasp
purchase
happy, pleased
chuffed
holiday (or federal holiday)
Bank holiday
leash (for dogs)
lead
luxurious (adj.)
posh
Main Street
High Street
manner, behavior, opinion, stance, position
attitude
mineral spirits
white spirits
money
slang terms:
quid - pound
a ton - £100 note
a monkey - £500 note
nap
kip
parakeet
budgie (budgerigar)
period
full stop
Queen Anne's Lace
wild parsley (or cow parsley)
remit
charter, responsibilities
rubber
condom
scotch tape
cellatape
shag
dancing
shoddy, quick fix
bodge
soccer
football
something that tries too hard to be adorable
twee
specialty
speciality
study
revise
stuff, gear, tools, supplies, etc.
kit
temp (worker)
seconded (accent on 2nd syllable)
terrific, excellent
brilliant
Thermos bottle
Thermos flask
Tic Tac Toe
Noughts & Crosses
tick off
make angry
tired
knackered
trash can
rubbish bin
two weeks
fortnight
umbrella
brolly
vacation
holiday
well
tidy
Z (zee)
zed
zero
ought
School
grammar school (elementary school)
private school
math
maths
private school
public school
school
university
tuition
fees
Sexual
heartbroken
gutted
horny
randy
kiss
snog
knock up
get pregnant
penis
pecker
sexual intercourse
shag
to be pregnant
in the pudding club
Stores
fruit market
green grocer
liquor store
Off License
pharmacy
chemist
store (a business)
shop
People
arguments, disagreements and generic "trouble"
argy bargy
bad temper
be in a strop
have/throw a wobbly
have a cob on
throw your toys out of the pram
go off on one
having the hump (about something)
bobby pin your bangs
Kirby-grip your fringe
bookmaker
turf accountant
bum
tramp, dosser
card shark
card sharp
cop
bobby
crazy
mad
dumb
stupid, idiot
eyeglasses
spectacles
fanny
bum
fired
sacked
friend
mate
girls/women
birds
homely: unattractive person
homely: cosy, friendly home
idiot
tosser
jerk
wanker
laid off
made redundant
lawyer
solicitor
mom, mommy
mum, mummy
muddled, confused
at 6s and 7s
Realtor
Estate Agent
school crossing guard
lollipop lady
shot (vaccination)
jab
slow poke
slow coach
snicker
snigger
stupid/crazy
daft
supplier
stockist
taking advantage of someone (or: taking something too far)
taking the piss
tramp
bum
tramp
slut, ho
Verbs
call
ring
call you tomorrow
like
fancy
I fancy tea and scones
whine
whinge
complain
Street Names
PatrickLondon: Something that's struck me - not so much vocabulary as speech habit. In the UK, we would give a street its full name, where at least some Americans seem to drop the "Street", "Avenue" or whatever. In London, and probably most other towns and cities too, there could be confusion between a district and a street or square("Victoria", "Bloomsbury"); and often, posh Georgian and Victorian developments would have their associated Lane or Mews for service access, so you could easily have in the same district a Square, Avenue, Street, Lane and Mews all with the same name. And developers often lacked imagination too.
Out of the Mouths of Babes
> Subject: What does LOVE mean?
> >
> >
> >
> > A group of professional people posed this question
> to a group of 4 to 8
> > year-olds, "What does love mean? "The
answers they
> got were broader and
> > deeper than anyone could have imagined:
> >
> > When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't
> bend over and paint her
> > toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for
> her all the time, even
> > when his hands got arthritis too. That's
love."
> Rebecca - age 8
> >
> > "When someone loves you, the way they say
your
> name is different. You
> > know that your name is safe in their mouth."
Billy
> - age 4
> >
> > "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a
boy
> puts on shaving cologne
> > and they go out and smell each other." Karl -
age
> 5
> >
> > "Love is when you go out to eat and give
somebody
> most of your French
> > fries without making them give you any of
theirs."
> Chrissy - age 6
> >
> > "Love is what makes you smile when you're
tired."
> Terri - age 4
> >
> > "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my
daddy
> and she takes a sip
> > before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is
> OK." Danny - age 7
> >
> > "Love is when you kiss all the time. Then
when you
> get tired of
> > kissing, you still want to be together and you
> talk more. My Mommy and
> > Daddy are like that. They look gross when they
> kiss." Emily - age 8
> >
> > "Love is what's in the room with you at
Christmas
> if you stop opening
> > presents and listen." Bobby - age 7
> >
> > "If you want to learn to love better, you
should
> start with a friend
> > who you hate." Nikka - age 6
> >
> > "Love is when you tell a guy you like his
shirt,
> then he wears it
> > everyday." Noelle - age 7
> >
> > "Love is like a little old woman and a little
old
> man who are still
> > friends even after they know each other so
well."
> Tommy - age 6
> >
> > "During my piano recital, I was on a stage
and
> scared. I looked at all
> > the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and
> smiling. He was the
> > only one doing that. I wasn't scared
anymore."
> Cindy - age 8
> >
> > "My mommy loves me more than anybody. You
don't
> see anyone else kissing
> > me to sleep at night." Clare - Age 6
> >
> > "Love is when mommy gives daddy the best
piece of
> chicken." Elaine age 6
> >
> > "Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and
sweaty
> and still says he is
> > handsomer than Robert Redbird." Chris - age 7
> >
> > "Love is when your puppy licks your face even
> after you left him alone
> > all day." Mary Ann - age 4
> >
> > "I know my older sister loves me because she
gives
> me all her old
> > clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."
> Lauren - age 4
> >
> > "I let my big sister pick on me because my
Mom
> says she only picks on
> > me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby
> sister because I love
> > her." Bethany - age 4
> >
> > "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up
and
> down and little stars
> > come out of you." Karen - age 7
> >
> > "Love is when mommy sees daddy on the toilet
and
> she doesn't think it's
> > gross." Mark - age 6
> >
> > "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless
you
> mean it. But if you
> > mean it, you should say it a lot. People
forget."
> Jessica - age 8
> >
> > *** The winner was a four year old child whose
> next door neighbor was
> > an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his
> wife. Upon seeing the
> > man cry, the little boy went into the old
> gentleman's yard, climbed
> > onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother
> asked him what he had
> > said to the neighbor, the little boy said,
> "Nothing, I just helped him
> > cry."
> >
> > LOVE SOUNDS SO SIMPLE. WHY DO WE TEND TO MAKE IT
> SO DIFFICULT
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Our Minds
"The natural flights of the human mind
are not from pleasure to pleasure,
but from hope to hope." -Samuel Johnson
are not from pleasure to pleasure,
but from hope to hope." -Samuel Johnson
Friday, November 9, 2018
Alchemy
"There is an alchemy
in sorrow.
It can be transmuted into
wisdom, which, if it does not
bring joy, can yet bring happiness." - Pearl S. Buck
in sorrow.
It can be transmuted into
wisdom, which, if it does not
bring joy, can yet bring happiness." - Pearl S. Buck
Thursday, November 8, 2018
A Great Hope
"It is hope that gives life meaning.
And hope is based on the prospect
of being able one day
to turn the actual world
into a possible one that
looks better." -Francois Jacob
And hope is based on the prospect
of being able one day
to turn the actual world
into a possible one that
looks better." -Francois Jacob
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
Monday, November 5, 2018
Don't Give Up
"Hope begins in the dark,
the stubborn hope that
if you just show up and try
to do the right thing,
the dawn will come.
You wait, and watch, and work: You don't
give up." -Anne Lamott
the stubborn hope that
if you just show up and try
to do the right thing,
the dawn will come.
You wait, and watch, and work: You don't
give up." -Anne Lamott
Sunday, November 4, 2018
Finding Our Way Back
"Every human being on this planet
has their pain
and their heartache,
and it's up to all of us
to find our way back to light." -Diana Nyad
has their pain
and their heartache,
and it's up to all of us
to find our way back to light." -Diana Nyad
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Friday, November 2, 2018
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Happy Month of November
"November is the
month to remind us
to be thankful for
the many positive things
happening in
our life."
Photo by Suzanne O.
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