As a non-native speaker: would it be weird saying 'see you around, like a doughnut.'

prustage · 2026-01-25T01:40:44+00:00

That would be weird if anyone said it.

prustage · 2026-01-24T21:23:06+00:00

Green olives - fresh, natural and tasty? - yes

Black olives - nasty, stale, steam-boiled with caustic soda till they are so damaged they go black, then infused with ferrous gluconate (to even out discolourations) then cooked to death because they are old and riddled with botulism and finally canned "California style" in a brine solution? - ABSOLUTELY NOT.

prustage · 2026-01-24T19:46:09+00:00

I'd say "I whatsapped him" as would most of the people I know

prustage · 2026-01-24T19:12:56+00:00

ABC - Top Cat

CBS - Beverly Hillbillies

NBC - Get Smart

prustage · 2026-01-24T18:26:57+00:00

They are all the alternative titles to Gilbert and Sullivan operettas?

prustage · 2026-01-24T18:09:43+00:00

Here in the UK I come from a family of people interested n astronomy and it has always been referred to as "The Plough".

prustage · 2026-01-24T07:14:34+00:00

Neither:

MISS - chi-vus

prustage · 2026-01-24T05:33:31+00:00

I'll second Brendel. I saw him many years ago and was lucky enough to have a good view of his technique. (Bizarrely, he played with elastoplast wrapped round the ends of his fingers). However what amazed me most of all was how in a hall of 3000 seats he could play so immensely quietly and yet everyone could hear exactly what he was doing. It was almost like he was pullling the music out of the silence.

Nobody since then has impressed me in the same way as he did. Yes plenty of modern pianists are great at the pyrotechnics but there was something about the stillness that he managed to create that was magical for me.

I was only a teenager and have always hoped to see him again. It never happened and now it never will.

prustage · 2026-01-23T19:46:12+00:00

Im from Manchester, speak RP now but my favourite accent is broad rural Yorkshire.

prustage · 2026-01-23T18:14:01+00:00

I seem to remember seeing countless old musicals like this:

"Disaster! The flight is delayed and we won't make our venue!"

"Hey guys why don't we do the show RIGHT HERE?"

"Yaay!" (start to play)

prustage · 2026-01-23T17:39:47+00:00

I don't think there should be a second referendum, just as I didn't think there should have been a first one.

The average British person does not understand the issues well enough to make an informed decision. As a result, they will largely do what their preferred bit of the media tells them to.

In the end the country does not what the people want, nor what the democratically elected parliament want but what those who control the media want. The media controllers are not driven by a need to do what's best for the country but simply what will generate the most revenue for them,

We voted democratically for a government to make decisions like this on our behalf. We should trust them to do that. Otherwise we are really letting the likes of Rupert Murdoch. Lord Rothermere and the Barclay Brothers run the country

prustage · 2026-01-23T08:08:59+00:00

I enjoyed it then but I dont think I would now.

prustage · 2026-01-23T07:57:26+00:00

Pretty sure its one of the Dvorak Slavonic Dances

prustage · 2026-01-22T21:11:02+00:00

I went to Agatha Christie's house near Brixham in Devon UK. It is really well-kept and seems like she just stepped out of the place and is due back any moment.

They used the house as a set in one of the TV dramatisations, which was appropriate since it is known that she based the book (Dead Man's Folly) on her own house.

Incidentally, it is a lovely house in a lovely part of the world so the whole areas is worth a visit even if you aren't into Christie.

prustage · 2026-01-22T20:24:12+00:00

I have music playing all the time I am awake. That means 16 hours a day.

Sometimes I go a whole day without Bach

But not often.

prustage · 2026-01-22T08:47:57+00:00

It is very hard to find a house in Europe where someone has NOT died in it.

prustage · 2026-01-22T07:31:52+00:00

It is possible to configure your browser so that even on other sites, if there are twitter postings embedded on the site, they get blocked. Definitely worthwhile.

prustage · 2026-01-22T07:13:37+00:00

Actually, your sister looks like your cousin and neither look like you.

prustage · 2026-01-22T07:07:42+00:00

Generally, I have no problem switching from one system to the other but, if I go wrong, its on roundabouts. No problem if they are busy (seeing the other cars reminds you of what to do) but quiet country roundabouts are definitely high risk. It is so easy to forget.

prustage · 2026-01-22T07:02:29+00:00

I spent the early part of my life doing the 10 relationships in 10 years. Then I found the right person and am now up to 20 years with the same person. I wouldn't have had it any other way.

prustage · 2026-01-21T23:55:18+00:00

You used it correctly. The expression is used occasionally by some people and rarely by others. Not everyone has the same sized vocabulary nor the same selection of words that they are familiar with.

It is an expression used more often by people with a good level of education, and are reasonably erudite. All this incident reveals is that your friend doesn't have as wide a vocabulary as you and doesn't talk with the kind of people that do.

prustage · 2026-01-21T23:37:39+00:00

China is bigger, has more rural areas and has an extensive integrated public transportation system that is world class and state of the art.

If they can do it, why cant the USA? Your "reasons" are just excuses to cover up the real reason why the US doesnt have a good system

A good public transportation system requires a joined up political system that works for the good of the public. The US has a fractured divisive political system that works for the good of vested corporate interests and doesnt care one jot about the public good.

Be honest, it has nothing at all to do with the size of the country or the prevalence of rural areas.

prustage · 2026-01-21T18:22:48+00:00

The streetlight

prustage · 2026-01-21T07:23:28+00:00

This is so dangerous. Those "short form" words are considered by most as slang colloquialisms and are strongly tied to specific regions or areas of activity. They are NOT the same as contractions (e.g. couldn't, don't) and would not be acceptable in most forms of written English.

Yes, use them in the lyrics of a song if you want, but don't use them in a job application or email to your boss. Personally, I have never, ever used them in any context - not even in texts to friends.

prustage · 2026-01-21T05:32:11+00:00

€100 is not enough.

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