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Omnomnom~ smashing cake Gromit!

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As I was travelling into [small town beginning with an M], I suddenly realised (having had to convince the bus driver I was 15), that sooner or later, I won't be able to pass as a 15 year old... *headdesk*.

I kow lots of 6th form colleges and the likes give students 'student IDs' for the use of getting discounts etc~! But, as far as I'm aware, I don't think my school does DX

Also, there's an advert floating around on the telly-box that starts with the words "it's exam result season!!". orz. 

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It's [mini] rant tiem!!

England! England really isn't that bad... haha ok ok, so we've got our crappy public transport, our chavs, our stubborness, our rubbish-covered towns... But!! It's not all that bad eh?

Recently (actually having come back from the cruise) I've been taking notice of more and more day to day happenings and stuffs.

I've been watching alot of late night American comedy shows recently, but also English ones too... and tbh I really love the English ones! haha I luuurve Dead Ringers (why did it stop?!) QI, and all the other quiz type shows (8 out of 10 cats, Have I got news for you, etc.).

Admitedly, there have been times when I've been embarassed to be British, but in the end, I am proud to be British.

I'm also proud of the fact we have perfectly normal words/phrases that other English speaking countries (ie America) don't use.

Some examples;

lorry

bloody hell

pants*

w**nker (apparently Americans don't use this... is this TRUE?!)

taking the piss (my friend told me this isn't used in the US either.... I mean, srsly?!)

poppycock

fag

*pants as in knickers, or 'panties' as they're known across the pond.

And, of course, various other typical British things such as 'smashing' etc. etc. Also, I love cockney!! Haha we confused many passers by on our school trip to the US by talking cockeny. I remember us saying something along the lines of;

"right, so if we go up the apples and pears and..." "ohhh bloody hell I dropped my dog and bone!"  "ohhhhhh! look at that lorry!" "Ohh hey turn the tap off!"

Yeaaaah... in America, a tap is a faucet...? I'm not sure if it can be also known as a tap but...?

Ohhh and the words 'rubber' and 'fag' caused ALOT of hilarity one night...!

So, you may/may not know, but in the UK, a rubber is simply an eraser, and a fag is a cigarette. However, in the US, a rubber is a condom, and a fag is a gay person.

Sooo you can imagine the odd looks we got when we ambled down the streets of Washington DC at night saying "oohh look! there's a fag on the floor... ohh and another. And another... woah there are fags everywhere!!".

And actually, something that seriously shocked and confused me is that, Americans have NO idea what a lorry is. I mean, ok I understand somethings, like the whole fag/rubber/pants thing can cause some mixups but... c'mon? a lorry!!?

[observe the above picture for a moment, friends.] THIS, is a lorry. haha sorry, but I can't get my head round the fact that there are those who do not consider this as a lorry..!

So, all in all, I'm pretty proud to be British. 

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ps. The cake reference in the opening sentence, was a reference to a simply wonderful cake we made today. Mmmm~! But seriously, next time we should follow a recipe.

Bai bai for now~!

STAY NYAPPY~!☆
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