Comments on: S as in… snail?

By: Hezabelle

Hezabelle — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:25:32 +0000

Yeah, it was Revolution by Central Station.

I really think Newcastle ought to be served on tap!

By: Shaun

Shaun — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:22:33 +0000

Well you now know that Newcastle Brown Ale is served in bottles not on tap!
Were you in Revolution by any chance down near Central Station?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:33:34 +0000

hahah, I can definitely relate to a lot of this! Hang in there, it will get easier! :)

By: Christine Sweeton The Chris

Christine Sweeton *The Chris* — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:15:52 +0000

I heard some of these stories on the MacPhoneVideoThing but there were awesome to read about too. Don’t worry I still think you are a pro-star.

(Your letter next week will be late - my internet at home has been down all week. I have your address on my Yahoo account so haven’t been able to access it. I’m writting this at work because for some reason blogs aren’t blocked but YahooMail is.)

I have the same letter problem all the time. My old job at NRCan had me reading user names and passwords over the phone all the time and I would use the stupidist things “Uhh, Y as in Yak” to the point that the girl in the cubical next to me printed out at Phonetic Alphabet table to tape on the side of my computer screen. I now know NATO off by heart but if you want to be less army you can always use the Western Union one.

Charlie - Hotel - Romeo - India - Sierra
or
Chicago - Henry - Roger - Ida - Suger

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:19:22 +0000

If I recall correctly… S and F do have similar histories? Or are kind of closely related?

The old-worlde S looks like an F, right? Or something like that… (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s)

We have ‘on tap’. Maybe was a shit barmaid.

5p is silver. 1p is brown!

Just get it out of your system before you start making friends and stuff… and work on being Canadian, instead of American. That’s quite important.

By: Eleni

Eleni — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:19:48 +0000

Haha, “8 dollars wouldn’t get you very far, love.”

It could just be bad phone quality–S and F do sound similar when their names are spoken. For future reference, S is “Sierra” in the NATO alphabet. “S as in Sierra, G as in golf.”

I’m sure you’ll be a pro at all things British before long :)

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:57:22 +0000

If it’s any consolation, when I was in England on the first day I promptly went to the post office to buy some stamps. This was pre email and skype, so we had to communicate by postcard, although the 300 or so postcards I sent your Mother all arrived after I got back. Anyways, it took 5 minutes of conversation and hostility from the postal worker, who looked like he was going to call security or an insane asylum, before I realized that he didn’t accept traveler’s cheques. At that point I had gone way past understanding what “going postal” meant, so I just skulked away muttering about “how could they be related to me and yet incomprehensible”.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:05:27 +0000

hahaha these were awesome :) only because anyone who has done any traveling knows what you’re talking about. I asked for a sweet tea, that cool, sugared tea drink that’s only here in the Southern US, when I was in Boston… I didn’t MEAN to, I KNEW they didn’t have it, it was just what I usually order… the waitress looked at me like I was an alien idiot. “Do you mean… ice tea?” she said, all condescending… haha it happens to everyone :)

By: Jes

Jes — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:48:39 +0000

Oooh, I know I shouldn’t laugh but this was so funny. Especially because I think every Canadian that ventures over there encounters these things! hehehe….You’ll get used to it soon! (hopefully)

By: Faebala

Faebala — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:48:01 +0000

Hahah. Oh, my love. This made me cringe for you… I’d be so stressed out. But at least you’ll get the hang of it.

It’s like that time we got into the Irish taxi and I literally couldn’t understand a word the driver said, but you had a full on conversation with him. Also, the time we went to Subway in London and I was flustered trying to figure out what dressings they had, that I accidentally asked for, “American cheese.” And they gave me the Oh American’s look. Sigh.

Though, to be fair, if someone comes here and asks for vinegar on their chips - they’re going to get quite the look.