In contrast to previous posts, there are also things that I say that confuse everyone else…
“surely” – I have always said this word ALL the time in response to a request from someone. “Can I borrow your pen?” “Surely!” Apparently one of my flatmates was confused for several months by this word until she asked me what it meant. Lol.
“to run someone off” – to scare someone or weird them out or whatever until they leave your presence. People were greatly confused by this one, which seemed strange to me because it’s not that weird of a statement…
I went to the New Forest (near Bournemouth) this weekend with two friends. It was so nice to finally get off campus (and to sleep in a double bed! The luxury!) and the New Forest is a beautiful place. We went to two cute little tea rooms and explored a little town called Burley for a while, which was an odd place because every single shop was dedicated to witchcraft and the like. We were slightly weirded out. Overall, it was a really lovely and relaxing weekend.
I received two compliments this weekend that probably inflated my ego rather more than they should do.
“Amanda’s practically English, don’t let the accent fool you.” – (comment made by friend to her sister while we were eating Chinese)
“She’s a smart one, this American.” – (comment made by my Welsh friend when we were talking about monarchies in Europe)
My flatmates have given me the nickname “America”, which I actually quite like. It’s a term of endearment, I suppose.
This blog seems to be all about making lists these days, and they’re incredibly random. Maybe one day I’ll get back to writing proper posts.
I know you all wanted to hear some of my friend’s accents, so here are some really short videos with some talking in them: (Transcriptions of what they say are underneath the videos, in case you can’t understand them.) Sorry, neither of these are very good, not really even worth looking at, but it would be a bit awkward to just record their everyday conversations.
Ballet Slippers <- this link leads to a video that I took last week or two weeks ago when we all tried on Alice’s point shoes.
Thanksgiving dessert <- This one is from Thanksgiving. What else is going to happen when you give college students an aerosol can of whip cream?? Of course they’re going to make whip cream moustaches…
