Last night we were having devotional, peacefully in my room. We were in the middle of 2 Nephi 25:26 when there is POUNDING at our door. We all freeze and get really scared. They then start yelling, ''Boothroyd D!'' and yelling and pounding on the door. It was funny and scary at the same time. We called security to come and we watched from the kitchen window as the security guys went into Boothroyd B! We were waving out the window for them to come over to our apt but they didn't see us. Mean while the drunken men at our door eventually left saying, ''we just want to be your friends!'' Yeah right.
We also had apple sponge with ice cream for dessert. You lay sliced apples in the bottom of the pan and then pour the sponge cake batter over the top and bake it. It was a very delicious meal :)
Tonight we were invited to the Bishop's home for dinner and it was SOOOO good!!! One of the things that she made that was ''English'' is Yorkshire pudding. It was a bread/roll thing that was sweet and it was really good.
We also had apple sponge with ice cream for dessert. You lay sliced apples in the bottom of the pan and then pour the sponge cake batter over the top and bake it. It was a very delicious meal :)More Englandisms
English people put the annunciation on different parts of words here and it takes a split second to register what they might be saying. The prime example of this, is my name. Here's the pronunciation: can-DEES.
Remember how I said that they put an ''R'' sound at the end of words that end with a soft ''A.'' Here are some of the words I've heard in the last few days that this happens to: law, Daniella, Jessica, idea, America.
Road signs here are a crack up. I don't know what half of them mean! I will do a whole photo album of all the signs that we've taken pictures of but here's a preview.
Portion sizes here are much smaller. When you first get your plate it's kind of like, ''what? that's it?'' But them you realize, that's really all I should be eating anyways.
Rubbish bin = trash can
Pram = stroller
Trolley = cart/shopping cart
Toilets = the restroom...going to use the lue (I don't even know how you would spell it)
Napkins = serviettes. Don't ask for napkins.
Fag = slang for a cigarette ... I hate that word
A stone = 14 lbs
Mobile phone = cell phone
There are no drinking fountains here. Water is scarce and I have yet to find a place to refill a water bottle anywhere.
There are no cinnamon rolls :( I wanted to make monkey bread as a treat and we asked a lady at the grocery store and she had no idea what we were talking about. She said try to explain what it is and I'll tell you if we have something like it. Nope.
The KitKat bars here are my favorite. They are my favorite at home too, but the chocolate they make them with here is different and it is SO much better. I'm addicted.
The words that English people use for adjectives like, COOL, AWESOME, PRETTY, NICE, GOOD IDEA. I haven't heard any of these. Instead I've heard:
Brill! ...short for brilliant
Fab! ...short for fabulous
Gen! ...short for genius
Posh!
Capital!
Lovely! They use this one for EVERYTHING. (New York was lovely when we went on holiday. This food tastes lovely. The movie was lovely. The lesson today was lovely. Lovely job.)
Last but not least, I've put up some random pictures from the last couple weeks of nothing particular. CLICK ME
CHEERS!
3 comments:
I like "Capital!"
It would be spelled "loo."
Napkins = nasty feminine products?
oh... boo hiss... i just typed out a comment and it POOFED...
when you visited VEGAS... i made a variation of this... i did NOT follow the recipe... so feel free to wing it, too.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/orange-coffee-cake-recipe/index.html
buy a roll of bisquits (paula used GRANDS - so did i).
place one bisquit in the middle of a pie tin or 9 x 9 or whatever you have. cut the rest of the bisquits in half and place em around the whole bisquit... kind of a flower look. (i used a 9x9 pan... she used a pie tin)
i buttered the top of the bisquits... sprinkled them with 4-5 spoons of raw sugar (regular is fine) and chopped pecans (recipe sez walnuts).
bake 20 mins at 350.
while they cook... i mixed up some cream cheese, some brown sugar, and a few spoons of some nice home-made style jam i got at the harvest festival (used pear/ginger jam). when bisquits are cooked (20 mins) spoon and smear this cream cheese stuff on top and put it back in the oven til its all melty and gooey and delicious (a few minutes).
easy to make, easy to keep this stuff in your dorm room fridge to make from time to time, too. good for dessert, too.. or late night snack!
enjoy
What ward are you in?? And they use "nice" all the time! Especially when talking about food. "It's quite nice." Can't tell you how many times I've heard that one.
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