06-29-2011, 04:34 PM | #196 |
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06-30-2011, 10:04 AM | #197 |
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I managed it with 1.03 remaining.
I was foxed by what you called a boot. Until I went back to re-guess and realised it was a boot on a car, not the footwear. As I presume you call that a boot the same as we do! Tried the other one too - MUCH harder! Partly because some of them were too vague. Partly because I just couldn't think of the right words. I ended up out of time with four words left - one of which I wouldn't have got given triple the time (the vague one). And the last one messed with my head because Type was down as Bedding. Bedding to me is bedclothes, not furniture. And also I never use the term given as the answer - it's correct, just not the way I describe it. Very good fun though.
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There were a couple that I was slightly puzzled by. Like you though, I hadn't taken on board the category. For instance: Mother-in-law...well, we use that too! But of course in categories it was housing type. We say 'granny flat'.
There were also a few that actually we also use. Such as: 'baked potato' which was down as a US term with our j'acket potato' as UK equivalent. In truth both terms are used here. If you go to a cafe, it's a 'baked potato' that will be on sale most often. [eta] whited out some spoiler answers!
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Don't give the answers out!
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Shit sorry! have edited to obscure!
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06-30-2011, 11:00 AM | #201 |
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It must be different every time, I didn't have any of the words you're mentioning.
There were 6 I couldn't come up with answers for, but only 3 of those I had any chance of knowing. The others were totally new to me. You really call a sweater a "jumper?" |
06-30-2011, 11:10 AM | #202 |
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Below the linked quiz, you can click on another quiz.
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06-30-2011, 11:12 AM | #203 |
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I've clicked on the link a few times: same quiz every time, unless I go look for another quiz?????
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Oh, and thanks Spexx, I'd forgotten about Sporcle. I love some of the quizzes.
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We use both words actually. Jumper or sweater.
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06-30-2011, 07:39 PM | #207 |
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Here, a jumper is a pinafore. Or a suicide in progress.
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06-30-2011, 07:42 PM | #208 |
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This is what I was thinking a jumper was...
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06-30-2011, 08:10 PM | #209 |
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right. that's a pinafore.
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07-01-2011, 02:57 AM | #210 |
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That was something I learned on the cellar.
From the late lamented Shawnee123 (whatever happened to her I wonder?) And all of a sudden a something from Stephen King's Firestarter made sense. Charlie was wearing a denim jumper. What? I just couldn't work it out. And then I could. Hurray!
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