What made you smile recently?
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In the same vein, while we were driving around Pennsylvania, we kept coming across this sign:
That's to denote that the highway department has put down fresh tar (oil) and covered it with gravel (chips). In my part of the country, we wouldn't phrase it that way.
We were driving and driving the backroads, and this sign kept popping up, and finally, MrsT said, "Where's all this fresh oil and chips they're talking about? I'm getting hungry!"
TastyReuben I had to steal that to share with coworkers I'd fall on the same trap as Mrs T, I'd think they're talking about food...
I'd fall on the same trap as Mrs T, I'd think they're talking about food...
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They are not really my kind of music but I was thrilled to see how far these guys have come and I really remember them singing and playing in the streets of Rome some years ago collecting some pences.
yeahThey are not really my kind of music but I was thrilled to see how far these guys have come and I really remember them singing and playing in the streets of Rome some years ago collecting some pences.
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Yup, I totally get that.
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In the same vein, while we were driving around Pennsylvania, we kept coming across this sign:
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That's to denote that the highway department has put down fresh tar (oil) and covered it with gravel (chips). In my part of the country, we wouldn't phrase it that way.
We were driving and driving the backroads, and this sign kept popping up, and finally, MrsT said, "Where's all this fresh oil and chips they're talking about? I'm getting hungry!"
in the UK, I've grown up with the standard 'roadworks' sign, so I'm slightly perplexed by the Australian equivalent... it is never ever plural.
on a similar theme..
But this one is probably the best. it is everywhere..
The UK use of singular and plural is different than in other English speaking countries. For example, in the US, Ford is introducing a new car, while in the UK, Ford are introducing a new car. For me, Ford is one company, singular.
In the US, there is Road Work ahead, not Roadworks.
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We use the singular "math" instead of the plural "maths." It is not a shortened version, just the singular. "Math" is a subject, singular -- just as we study history in school, not histories.
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In Britain, "maths" is the shortened version of mathematics.
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