Jewellery
March 27th, 2006 by quaisiIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
I came back from two days off the computer to find that my old blog that I deleted had been reincarnated as a porn blog which was a shock. Thanks to eddy and akijikan for the tip off. I`ve just finished working my eighth day in a row. Yesterday being a Sunday and today were training for my new job. I went to a seminar where they explained the methods they use and how to employ those methods.
We also had to do simulated activities in small groups pretending to be the teacher and the students. Today I decided to volunteer for the first activity so that I wouldn`t have to do anymore and ended up being called upon for two in a row in the afternoon on top.
The methods they use are different to what I`ve been taught before. Here you speak at a normal speed without using exaggerated gestures or visual clues which goes against all training I`ve ever received in Japan but it seems to be working.
It often felt like a group counselling session. “You`ve got to share the love. Yes that can be difficult. We`re all here with you. or I`m going to make a bargain with you” but was relatively effective.
Yet they stole my Sunday. Today (Monday) was a beautiful day and I spent half an hour outside - the rest in a lamplit room. The most embarassing part was there was a grammar test at the start and a part of it was to give three examples of words that are spelled differently in British English and American English.
I`ve spent nearly two years on this blog (incorrectly) cursing you Americans for warping the English language into a twisted and near-unidentifiable version and I could only name one word that is spelled differently which was jewellery. I should be an expert. Colour was given as an example. My mind drew a blank at 9:00 on a Monday morning which was humiliating. What would you have written?
March 27th, 2006 at 9:49 pm
neighbour, humour, customise, finalise - anything with a “U” or “S” in it would just about cover it
also, dont forget the following misspellings, too:
fag is spelt c-i-g-a-r-e-t-t-e
a lift is spelt e-l-e-v-a-t-o-r
a flat is spelt a-p-a-r-t-m-e-n-t
fighting terrorism is spelt b-o-m-b-i-n-g-t-h-e-s-h-i-t-o-u-t-o-f-e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g-u-n-t-i-l-t-h-e-r-e-s-n-o-t-h-i-n-g-l-e-f-t
oh those crazy yanks
March 27th, 2006 at 10:31 pm
Besides colour, I would have said theatre and centre
March 27th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
Yeah, me too… Colour, rumour, neighbour, etc.
“Spelt?” Spelt is a species of wheat grain… You must have meant “spelled.”
March 27th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
how about
aluminium
&
aluminum
March 27th, 2006 at 11:58 pm
sceptic vs skeptic
practise vs practice
analyse vs analyze
tyre vs tire
March 28th, 2006 at 9:13 am
Actually, both are correct.
March 28th, 2006 at 10:41 am
sultana vs raisin
truck vs lorry
nob vs cooking range
oh wait that’s not spelling, is it.
shit vs shite
March 28th, 2006 at 12:50 pm
napkin vs diaper?
March 28th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
i think you mean nappie?
March 28th, 2006 at 5:39 pm
Hey, sometimes you get desperate and grab anything that’s paper. Well, I would if I had a baby, anyway.
March 28th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
edema vs oedema
diarrhea vs diarrhoea
March 28th, 2006 at 9:07 pm
hemorrhoids vs haemorrhoids
ouch!
March 30th, 2006 at 8:37 am
How about some more word pairs:
garters = suspenders
fanny = bum
napkin = serviette
And I think Justin further up meant hob and not nob…
April 4th, 2006 at 10:44 pm
Oh man, so many. How about:
curb vs. kerb
airplane vs. aeroplane
pedophile vs. paedophile
April 10th, 2006 at 10:24 am
And you haven’t even started on words that are spelt (spelled) correctly, but pronounced shall we say differently… My two personal “raw nerve” words are route and leisure, but there are many, many more!