Friday, June 22, 2007

Learning a new Language

So we anticipate numerous occasions where we'll inevitably say something terribly stupid...

Fearing potential firing (as one of Kim's students delicately stated in class one day, "Mrs. Raccio, you know you can't call your English students a 'bunch of wankers', right? Do you have any idea what that even means?" Kim did not. Upon being informed of the meaning of her comments she was equally embarrassed and apologetic to her period G Zoology class.), Jesse found the following website to aid us through the UK/US language barrier:

English to American

Hopefully it will prevent Kim from being deported....
Enjoy!

P.S. There will be a quiz on the material presented in this website, including questions such as:
In England, the most common contents of a boot include:
(a) jelly beans
(b) a foot
(c) a spare tire
(d) sock lint
(e) urine

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