English 101

Ah, yes you may think I am getting along just fine language-wise since I am in ENGLAND and my mother tongue is ENGLISH, but everyday I am being re-educated.

Sometimes locals talk so fast, I can't even understand what they are saying! It feels sometimes as though we are not speaking the same language. However, I do fancy the British accent - even the rudest thing you could say always sounds so much nicer in British English than American English.

Here are some British'isms and photos examples:

*Module - classes

*Tutor - teacher/professor (not a teaching assistant or personal tutor) Also, there is a lease Resident tutor in the dorms similar to the RA/resident adviser.

*Blokes & Birds - Men and Women

*Canteen - Cafe or cafeteria

*Trainers - gym shoes

*"Letting" - to rent something or to rent your place

*Car Park - a parking lot

*Queue - a line (i.e. you wait in a Queue)

*Boot & Bonnet - Trunk and hood of a car

*Lorrie - a truck

*Ne'er-do-wells - bums

Cheerio
Mate

Photo 1 - the "car park"
Photo 2 - Post room = mail room
Photo 3 - Cleaning store = a closet
Photo 4 - Resident tutor (I am still looking for my personal tutor)
Photo 5 - From a recycling bin - "No crockery"
Photo 6 - "Offices to let"