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Geah
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#1 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:15 AM
Default Worldly Differences
Read the birthday post to see why i'm making this, otherwise ,,

This thread is basicly just a time filler, write down anything you find odd about another country/place thats different to where you are

for example here in New Zealand we use the metric system I.e; centimetres, metres, kilometres etc, and the imperial system confuses the heck out of me, life would be so much easier with just one system i think. Lol

so you get the jist of it? goood well lets see what else we can learn about the world today then.
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Geah
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#2 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:18 AM
Or how about money? different exchange rates, different people on the notes everywhere and dollars, pounds, euros and the like
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#3 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:20 AM
In America, we don't eat snails, we eat cows.
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Geah
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#4 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:21 AM
Well NZ and America have something in common there, well apart from one place i think here where they serve snails :o
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#5 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:23 AM
well here in louisiana they put chicken feet in gumbo, dont know if they serve chicken feet anywhere else though
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#6 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:25 AM
Time zones!
they are the most annoying thing ever for me seeing as i chat to a lot of people from overseas.
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#7 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:25 AM
It's a bathroom. Not a loo, a bathroom.
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#8 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:27 AM
What on earth is Gumbo? Lol
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#9 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:28 AM
Quote: Originally posted by supaclova
It's a bathroom. Not a loo, a bathroom.


Lol i say Loo now, i used to always get picked up on when i said bathroom because it's an americanism "you're not going to the bathroom your going to the toilet so say loo!" Lol


Quote: Originally posted by Beccapixie10
Time zones!
they are the most annoying thing ever for me seeing as i chat to a lot of people from overseas.


oh absolutley! some of my friends are 12 hours behind me and afew of them are 17 - 18 hours behind! does my head in trying to work all the times out lol
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#10 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:29 AM
lol ummmmm. well. its kinda like...um...there is different kinds. i guess it like a soup and you put whatever you want in it and serve it over rice. lol. imma find a picture. lol.
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#11 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:30 AM
Well, when you think about it, bathroom really doesn't make sense. Because you aren't going to the room to take a bath. Unless you are. Then...yeah.
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#12 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:32 AM
the bath is in the room.... or is that different too
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#13 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:33 AM
Quote: Originally posted by innocenteyes
lol ummmmm. well. its kinda like...um...there is different kinds. i guess it like a soup and you put whatever you want in it and serve it over rice. lol. imma find a picture. lol.


i swear i've never heard of it before lol , sounds interesting, apart from the whole chickens feet thing.. chicken = yuck .. and yes i know i'm weird for not liking chicken! LOl

Quote: Originally posted by supaclova
Well, when you think about it, bathroom really doesn't make sense. Because you aren't going to the room to take a bath. Unless you are. Then...yeah.


Exactly lol, still bathroom slips outta my mouth sometimes thanks to my american friends and bf ha ha.
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#14 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:33 AM
Quote: Originally posted by innocenteyes
the bath is in the room.... or is that different too


only one or two of the houses i've lived in have ever had the bath/shower and the toilet in the same room so saying bathroom makes no sense here
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#15 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:36 AM
Gumbo. This one has crabs, shrimp, and sausage in it.

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#16 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:36 AM
oooh i see .. well that is an odd combo if i ever did see one, i've never heard of it before you mentioned it, must look at recipes to understand a wee bit more lol
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#17 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:37 AM
oh well our toilet, shower, bath, and sink are all in the same room. lol.
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#18 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:36 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Geah
only one or two of the houses i've lived in have ever had the bath/shower and the toilet in the same room so saying bathroom makes no sense here


Really? lol. Here, most houses have the toilet and bath/shower in the same room, which would be called the bathroom. But really, any room with a toilet is called a bathroom. Which is stupid, I know.
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#19 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:39 AM
lol i think its called a half bath if it only has a toilet in it.
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#20 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:38 AM
Quote: Originally posted by supaclova
Really? lol. Here, most houses have the toilet and bath/shower in the same room, which would be called the bathroom. But really, any room with a toilet is called a bathroom. Which is stupid, I know.


I've no idea why but it's the same with almost every house i've lived in, maybe it's a new zealand thing, or possibly people who design houses here have people they know who take waaaaaaaaaaay to long in the shower/bath or loo they decided to seperate them idk
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#21 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:39 AM
Quote: Originally posted by innocenteyes
lol i think its called a half bath if it only has a toilet in it.


that's the one .. kinda weird huh?
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#22 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:41 AM
yea. well i have seen a lot of houses here that have but a room in the bathroom for the toilet.
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#23 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 7:42 AM
i don't think i've ever seen one like that .. its always toilet and next to it is the bathroom, or like at my dads place and one of my old houses its the washouse & toilet, so washing machine, dryer and toilet + washing sink and then next door is the shower/bath/ sink
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#24 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 8:00 AM
i dont know how much worldly differance it is, but when i moved to louisiana they had a different saying for boyfriend or girlfriend. They call them my old lady or my old man. I had never heard that until I had moved here.
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#25 Old 22nd Nov 2009 at 8:01 AM
over here, old lady or my old man refer to our parents lol .. we mostly say bf/gf or guys call their girlfriends the Mrs .. not entirely sure what chicks are supposed to call their boyfriends llol
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