The continuing story of Josh and Megan, now in the land of tea and beer.
I think I am going to single-handedly try to bring the word "whilst" back into the American English vernacular. I like it.
(Also, "cheers" and A4 size paper. I find A4 much more elegant than the short, squat letter, and cheers implies so much more than just thanks.)
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| : | |
| 25 | Number of cups of tea drank in one day |
| 4 | New foods tried that will not be tried again |
| ?? | Pints drunk |
| 280 | Pints of home brew made |
| 77 | Academic books checked out |
| 48,262 | Academic words written... |
| 36 | Hours in Megan's work week |
| 16 | Number of Atlantic Crossings made | 4 | Number of 'Last train from Newcastle' missed |
| : | |
| 12 | Number of countries* visited** |
| 18 | Number of borders crossed |
| 647 | Total amount in dollars spent on visas |
| . | |
| 90 | Hours spent waiting at airports |
| 88 | Hours spent on airplanes |
| 9.5 | Hours of average train trip |
| 9.5 | Day equivalency spent on buses (228 hours total) |
| 17 | Percentage of our trip time spent on transportation (24.3 days worth) |
| 37 | Percentage of our budget spent on transportation |
| . | |
| 66 | Percentage of guest house rooms with attached bathrooms |
| 1.89 | Cheapest guest house room in dollars |
| . | |
| 12 | Number of shots (vaccines) received before leaving |
| 382 | Prescription pills bought in the USA |
| 69 | Number of times offered drugs in Asia |
| . | |
| .13 | Cheapest glass of beer in dollars |
| 1 | Number of near charging rhinos encountered |
| 2 | Pairs of underwear Josh took along |
| 4 | Number of dead people seen on the trip |
| 47 | Percentage of days ice cream was purchased |
| 3668 | Number of photographs taken |
| : | |
| 9 | Passes crossed (Berthoud, Muddy, Loveland, Rabbit Ears, Gore, Vail, Fremont, Lizard Head, Monarch) |
| 11 | Colorado resorts skiied (Copper, A Basin, Winter Park, Steamboat, Aspen, Aspen Highlands, Snowmass, Telluride, Monarch, Crested Butte, Vail) |
| 24 | Days skiied (not at work) |
| 47 | Number of days Josh worked |
| 48 | Number of days Meg worked |
| 491 | Number of kids taught |
| 1 | Number of busted tailbones (Meg) |
6 comments:
I agree Meg, I think the word "cheers" is pretty cool. I will start using it and see what kind of reaction I received from Americans, Thanks for the new word and the use for it. See you both soon. Love, Mom
A further comment- I purchased something yesterday, and the store employee actually said, "Cheers very much." Cheers very much!! When I simultaneously said the full "thank you" he seemed to catch himself and then followed with, "thank you very much." I liked the first way better.
Had to laugh at that one...
Yea Megan, that post warms my heart!
I sometimes use cheers to sign off (informal!) emails too, so there's another use for you.
Cheers,
Emma
Whilst is one of those wonderful one syllable words with way more consonants than any word has a right to have. Kind of like strengths or squinched. I'll try to up my usage of it to help you reach that goal. Whilst I'm doing that, perhaps we could also use more of those words that mush together lots of other words, like nowadays, nevertheless, and notwithstanding.
Does "feenstra" count as one of those words with lots of consonants and not enough vowels? I suppose the two E's throw that theory off. Nevertheless, since people often seem to ignore the fact that there are two, perhaps we can still count it nowadays.
OK, perhaps nowadays was unnecessary.
I have a British friend who always used that word whilst we were chatting. It was delightful! British English is profoundly more elegant and expressive than the American counterpart!
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