Richard Roman's Blog – April 2012 Archive (7)

I'm up for it it!

Most of the world drives on the right side of the road, but a minority of countries drive on the left. How do countries decide which side they’ll drive on

The answer varies from country to country, but in most cases, the side a country drives on comes down to history and economics. In feudal Europe, people would travel on the left side of the road because most people were right-handed and wanted the arm that they used for their sword (or other weapon) between them and anyone…

......British people tend to give this question due reverence – as, indeed, do our kindred in the Anglopshere, from Bombay to Bermuda. I've found, though, that the only EU states where you can rely on decent tea are those which, at one time or another, were under the Crown: Ireland, Malta and Cyprus. Elsewhere in Europe, tea means half a cup of lukewarm water with the teabag, still wrapped in paper, on the saucer.......

Some of the comments are great! here are one or two of…

Oh Dear!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129385/Exhausted-man-flees-night-stand-demands-sex.html

I love the bit at the end where it states:

If that wasn't enough, when officers arrived she even tried to lure them into her den.  

here is an updated version of the famous Sgt pepers album done by the same artist peter Bllake. Who has been added?…

Some amazing photos of London life at the lower end in the 1870's

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123212/Black-white-pictures-capture-lives-Londoners-1800s.html

I don't really count the Aussies as they just shorten perfectly good words such as barbeque to barbie

With the aim of avoiding such fraught linguistic ambiguities, I have produced, below, a list of the British words  along with their American equivalents. God save the Queen!

Wellies: Rubber boots

Newsagent: Newsdealer

Candy floss: Cotton candy

Flat: Apartment

Bum bag: Fanny pack

Holiday: Vacation

Victoria sponge: Sponge…