July 2011
51 posts
Lost in Translation: The 50 Americanisms That... →
nightline:
As collected by the BBC:
14. I caught myself saying “shopping cart” instead of shopping trolley today and was thoroughly disgusted with myself. I’ve never lived nor been to the US either.
23. To put a list into alphabetical order is to “alphabetize it” - horrid!
36. Surely the most irritating is: “You do the Math.” Math? It’s MATHS.
I have to admit that I side with the Brits on...
“Look, Act, Feel, as if you are already what you someday hope to become.”
– (via morganszest4life)
“When a woman falls in love with something so much that she wants to wear...”
– Oscar de la Renta (via oscarprgirl)
“You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the...”
– Stephen Covey (via kari-shma)
“There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
– C.S. Lewis (via carouselinparis)
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
– E. E. Cummings (via quote-book)
“#PR101
The ability to go with the flow is an underrated skill….”
– (via dknyprgirl)
“Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally...”
– Aldous Huxley 