Want to do something completely different when you next visit Britain? What about looking at a collection of vintage plastics, dog collars, old-fashioned buses or teapots? ‘The Telegraph’ has got lots of tips for some of Britain’s weirdest days out.
What would interest you most if you won a trip to Britain? I wouldn’t mind going to Dennis Severs’ spooky house.
Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Manager asks a young engineer fresh out of university, “And what starting salary were you looking for?”
The engineer replies, “In the region of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package.”
The interviewer enquires, “Well, what would you say to a package of 5 weeks vacation, 14 paid holidays, full medical and dental, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every 2 years say, a red Corvette?”
The engineer sits up straight and says, “Wow! Are you joking?” And the interviewer replies, “Yeah, I am, but you started it.”
‘Kwik Learning’ has posted 15 statements about memory and asks us whether they are true or false. Just scroll down the page to find the answers.
Is it really true that Daniel Tammet recited pi from memory to 22,514 digits in five hours and nine minutes? Unbelievable! 😉 So perhaps we should be training our brains more …
A book or a film can have a ‘happy ending‘ but not a ‘happy end’! That’s German! So don’t forget that important ‘-ing’ at the end of the phrase!
For example: A lot of us like stories with happy endings, don’t we?
Don’t believe me or want to check it out? Go to the following Wikipedia page.
When starting a conversation, why not start with a surprising fact? Something like: “Did you know that Tokyo has the most millionaires (followed by New York City), but that London is the city with the highest number of multi-millionaires?”.
Why not find out where the millionaires, multi-millionaires and billionaires live by reading this article here? Make sure you’re well prepared for your next discussion.
There are even more differences in the spelling of British and American English.
British English uses the endings –gogue and –logue. American English normally uses the endings –gog and –log.
British American
analogue analog
catalogue catalog
dialogue dialog
synagogue synagog
It doesn’t matter whether you use the British or the American way of writing. Just be consistent.
