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Jutrzenkapolska
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Pork pie in American - fatso 
I know that because I've read "Harry Potter"  |
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kiwiguy_os
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Joined: 26 Dec 2004
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:36 am Post subject: Re: Presents from America for Russians...??? |
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| Katyara wrote: | | Okay. I have a really weird question. What presents can I bring to my family and friends from America? |
Double ply toilet paper. Will make a change from the sandpaper most Russians use to wipe their arses with.  |
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kiwiguy_os
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:39 am Post subject: Re: Presents from America for Russians...??? |
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| Katyara wrote: | | Okay. I have a really weird question. What presents can I bring to my family and friends from America? |
Winston Wu's home video collection is a present the whole family can enjoy. Just go to www.geocities.com/wwu777us and place your order. Better hurry, they are selling like hot cakes  |
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kiwiguy_os
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| Jutrzenkapolska wrote: | | And brand name sneakers are cheaper in the USA than anywhere else in the world, except for South Korea that is,hehehe,straight from the source. |
Obviously someone has never been to Thailand |
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kiwiguy_os
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| Keoki wrote: | | Pork pies?? I'm afraid I don't follow. You'll have to forgive my English - it's a result of the US public school system. |
Rhyming slang: Pork pies = Lies |
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Anathema
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Joined: 18 Nov 2004
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Location: Phoenix, Аризона
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:03 am Post subject: Re: Presents from America for Russians...??? |
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| kiwiguy_os wrote: | | Winston Wu's home video collection is a present the whole family can enjoy. Just go to www.geocities.com/wwu777us and place your order. Better hurry, they are selling like hot cakes |
I just spit Mountain Dew all over my screen! Omg that's funny. |
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mediashark
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Joined: 04 Nov 2004
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It's like he's happy to be robbed, assaulted and scammed....
As for the frozen yougurt, if you can make it survive the plane trip, please tell me how. |
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Keoki
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| Jutrzenkapolska wrote: | Pork pie in American - fatso
I know that because I've read "Harry Potter" |
Somehow I doubt an English writer can be considered an authority on American slang!  |
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Skip
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Joined: 19 Jan 2005
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Location: Planet Warez
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| Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:41 pm Post subject: |
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Pork Pies in actually from "Cockney Rhyming Slang" which is a form of phrase used by people who live in London.
Examples are, like Pork Pie = Lie, as follows...
Dog and Bone = Telephone
Apples and Pears = Stairs
Brahms and List = Pissed 
Trouble and Strife = Wife
You see the bigger picture?!?! |
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Jutrzenkapolska
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| But didn't Uncle Vernon call Mrs.Weasley a pork pie? Or was it "dumpling"? |
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Skip
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| Jutrzenkapolska wrote: | | But didn't Uncle Vernon call Mrs.Weasley a pork pie? Or was it "dumpling"? |
Maybe "Apple Dumpling" or "Dumpling" - implying "Sweetness..."
However alien you might think the notion...  |
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Katyara
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Location: Russia, Sakhalin island, Korsakov!
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| Quote: | | video collection is a present the whole family can enjoy |
It would help if my family knew English!
It is so hilarious to listen to my mom talk on the phone with my hostmom. My mom is just making weird noises in english trying to "talk". |
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Dr-Fauste
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Joined: 23 Nov 2004
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Where are you in the USA?
USA is quite culturally vast dispite what the peanut gallery thinks!!!
i would collect different things from different parts. Like Atlantic Salmon from the West, Samples from a Red wood tree in California and such. But it is the nice story that you tell is the key. I think you should bring something that you can add to your experience in life. Every person including the TROLLS can give you examples like towels, but it is your experiences that they want to hear. Ignore the trolls on this forum, it is your family and your friends. You know them and it is your story to tell them and you pick. |
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Katyara
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Location: Russia, Sakhalin island, Korsakov!
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| I am in Kansas, Wichita. BTK just got caught! This was a very smart post, Dr Fauste. |
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mediashark
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| Ahhh.... right in the middle of Tornado Alley. And very amazing weather. There're are a lot of people who have photographs and videos of storms there. Storm chasing is quite a unique hobby that started out in the US. If you think that's a good idea to get something related on that, send me a PM--I've got lots of contacts. |
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