Active and Passive Vocabulary

[Tdol]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

It's similar to "bloody twits" being Brits.

We now have NYC Rhyming Slang.

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Tdol

We now have NYC Rhyming Slang.

You have to watch the competition.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by curmudgeon

It's a complete surprise to the rest of the world that the Americans write the date in the format "month/day/year" instead of "day/month/year" like everyone else. So "9/11" is in fact September the eleventh, and not the ninth of november. Even more ludicrous is the practice of writing the time as "minute:hour:second", this causes enormous problems if you work in an organisation which must function multinationally. So much confusion is caused by the crackpot American date and time formats.

Really? I haven't paid attention. We write day\month\year. It's really intersting. Are there any strange differences like this?

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

Really? I haven't paid attention. We write day\month\year. It's really intersting. Are there any strange differences like this?

Obviously, curmudgeon cannot tell time.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

Obviously, curmudgeon cannot tell time.

What way of telling the time is popular in the States: Half past seven or seven thirty?

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

What way of telling the time is popular in the States: Half past seven or seven thirty?

Both. In Europe it is "the sun's shadow crosses the little line between the 7 and the 8".

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

Both. In Europe it is "the sun's shadow crosses the little line between the 7 and the 8".

And how about the date? Do you really write month\day\year?

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

And how about the date? Do you really write month\day\year?

Yes we do. We also say September 11th not 11th September.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by MikeNewYork

Yes we do. We also say September 11th not 11th September.

It's the worst date I have ever heard.

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

It's the worst date I have ever heard.

I'm not very fond of it either, anymore.