Thursday, September 18, 2008

What's Happening To Me???

Today I found myself making reference to the 'rubbish bin'. Then I paused and actually had to think really, really hard about what I used to call the bin -- the garbage can.

Oh my goodness, I've gone International English. What's next, petrol and car boots and going to the cinema to watch a film after going to the shops? Am I wearing pants underneath my trousers, or did I forget my underwear which I wear under my pants? Did BG crash the rental car or the hire car? Do I have a mobile or a cell phone? Is it dinner at six thirty, or supper at half six? Did I just eat a whole bar of chocolate, or was it a slab? (Let me tell you, the slab of chocolate sounds way worse.) Did my strawberries come in a container or a punnet? Do I have to do the laundry or the washing? There's nothing on TV, or is it the telly?

This reminds me of the time I bought a can of 'tomato sauce' in Australia, and it turned out to be ketchup. First of all, who puts ketchup in a can? Second, ketchup is ketchup and tomato sauce is for pasta or pizza.

Also, it's raining. Again.

4 comments:

Gustavo said...

The good thing about being international (which is my case) is that you do not have to commit to local standards of language use. I can safely use "mate" and "dude" in the same sentence without getting any dirty looks :)

Wendy said...

This is a cute entry! I really like it! :)

Anonymous said...

I hope you haven't started calling trucks "lorries" yet! :)

Laurie G.

Unknown said...

I'm SO enjoying your blog, especially the penguin entries! I'm so glad you're enjoying yourself.
Miss you lots!