But exercising too, which I suppose is ok. But still... being at home seems to prompt such a difference in the way I eat. It's probably because there's actually stuff to EAT in this house, true, but I reckon it's because there aren't any skinny pretty girls floating around and stealing everyone's love, respect and attention because of the way they look. Here, I get my parents' love, respect and attention just for being myself. I don't need to starve myself to prove my self-worth. Bit of a sob story, eh?I still want to be thin though.
I do feel a bit worthless in my uni house. I mean, you get girls like them, who are pure sex objects (or at least befriended for being attractive), but then you get girls like M, who to the boys is 'one of the lads', a completely non-threatening girl they can be themselves around. Where do I fit in? I've been told I'm not 'one of the lads' (which I'm thankful for as I try to be quite feminine) but I'm nowhere near as hopelessly perfect as the pretty skinny crew. What do they see when they look at me?
I guess I'm overthinking it all. I'm just a friend.
A couple of you have been asking about the articles I've been nattering about recently - the Vanity Sizing one I'm pretty sure was in Cosmo, and I couldn't find it online. The thin-girl one was in the 'Style' magazine that comes with and is branched off The Sunday Times, but whilst I seemed to be able to perfectly access their website only a couple of hours ago, they're now telling me I need to be signed-up and paying to view the content! Cheek. I love magazines but I absolutely detest their websites. They'll often say in the magazine: 'what happened next? Go on cosmopolitan.co.uk to find out!' or 'for tips on how to achieve the perfect blow dry, look on glamour.com!' or other such rubbish, then when you go on the site, said features are nowhere to be found. In fact, it's all just one big clunky mess. This even seems to apply to lower papers and magazines - hell, even my student newspaper has an absolutely rubbish website. My friend wrote a review of one of our dance shows and whilst she was promised it was online and the editor could clearly see it, I couldn't find it at all. Pas bien! I am not impressed.
Interestingly I can't even find the Style magazine now. Perhaps I am just completely round the bend.
Been reading a book of American and English word differences. It's fascinating, actually, as through blogging I've discovered there are so many words that I say that I didn't even know didn't exist in the US (e.g. slag, chav, etc.) and in this book there are differences I certainly didn't know about! At the beginning there's a bit of phrases to avoid so as not to offend anyone (for example, in Britain we call cigarettes 'fags' but I don't think that'd go down well in the USA... likewise, if Americans said anything about their 'fannies' we'd roll about laughing) and one of the phrases used in America seems to be 'shagging flies', when you're returning a baseball. Is that real?? That's hilarious! That would mean having sex with flies (i.e. the insect) here. I like the way the guy describes the phrase as Brits would receive it: 'this might not only sound obscene, but impossible.' Shagging a fly, impossible? Surely not...
Here are some other gems: what we call a wimp (a cowardly person), Americans apparently call a 'milquetoast'. Never heard that one on tv. I also never realised graham crackers were digestive biscuits. There's quite a biscuit difference, I swear - here, biscuits are sweet, and crackers are savoury, but I think in America biscuits are savoury and you call sweet biscuits cookies? Here, cookies are only the biscuits that have chocolate chips in them - or fruit, or nuts, whatever floats your boat. I like how 'Joe Blow' means 'Joe Bloggs' - Kanye West, you make sense now! Though I don't think that song you did with Jay Z and Rihanna would have the same ring with you going 'it's crazy how you go from being Joe Bloggs...'
I knew that lovebites are referred to by Americans as hickeys, but I swear more Brits are saying hickeys these days. Admittedly, lovebite sounds a bit cringey, but I'd prefer to stick to it - I don't think hickey sounds right said in an English accent! I didn't know prawns and shrimp were the same thing. No wonder we seem to always be eating prawns whilst Americans are always eating shrimp. Ahh, this book is too much fun! I could go on forever.
Luckily for you, I won't.
5 days til I'm off to Spain! I'm too, too excited. Keeping my fingers crossed for sun.
Over and out!
Q x
Haha I'd love it if you went on forever! What's the name of that book? Honestly I've never heard of a milquetoast but we use wimp all the time, at least around midwest (I've no right speaking for the whole US lol). And yeah, shagging flies is real, but said outside the context of baseball I think alot of us would get the same idea as you! I've heard both hickey and lovebite used as well. And that crustacean is sold as both shrimp and prawn here.
ReplyDeleteWhoa. Biscuits/cookies...mind blown. :P
Stay lovely! <3
haha this post is one of my favorites! I love talking about the differences between British and American English! NEVER heard of a milquetoast, but we say wimp all the time here in cali. yeah, I remember the first time I read "smoking a fag" in a British blog on here I was so shocked, until I realized what it was. and yeah, shagging fly balls is exclusive to baseball. and fanny's other meaning I learned from here! :D so weird to think of cookies as biscuits... usually biscuits are like heavy, rich dinner rolls or are dog biscuits (like dog treats). and Joe Bloggs! so weird! never heard that one before! We also say Joe Shmoe or John Doe to mean like a generic person or everyman. I personally like the sound of lovebite much more than hickey... hickey sounds so trashy and sleazy, but lovebite sounds romantic and vampiric! and we don't say prawns here, though we could probably work out what you meant. Do you guys really say "the loo"? Or "pulling" and "snogging" for kissing/making out? haha I love talking about this stuff! <3RaeLynn
ReplyDeleteHey, even though you've been eating more, the more exercise you pair with it, the better! I often think it's "ok" to eat more so long as I'm getting more exercise.
ReplyDeleteI also wish you would go on forever about the language differences! Ok, what is that book called? I must read it! Also, I've never heard of "shagging flies" but then again I don't play baseball :P. We also call cowardly people "whimps" but I've never heard of "milquetoast" before! Yep, our biscuits are those fluffy, buttery things made out of flour and cookies are the things with choclate chips and such in them. I think in Britian a chip is a french fry. "Lovebite" is awesome! Sounds way better than hickey in my opinion! I'm going to start using many more British words because I love them so much! Instead of "mashed potatoes" I think it's simply "mash." (I could be wrong though). I like "snogging" much more than "making out." Instead of saying "potatoe chips" I would rather say "crisps." :) You've rubbed off on my, but in a good way! I also never heard the word "nattering" before, but I like it! I think there's also a lot of differences in vehicle terminology- like bonnet vs hood or something like that.
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