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[pinkshapes]

Well, am back home in Tamworth after a rather adventurous trip to London! Of course, numerous hitches and oddities arised which i feel compelled to write down since i seriously thought i was going to CRACK on the coach home and beg the driver to drop me off at the start of the M6 Toll! (Viv and Maxine: i had a right old time on the way home

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[effectaffect]

posh!! lads!!! dodgy!! scally!! bloody!! phonebox!!!

i love british slang!! sorry, i sound like a total fool, it's probably nothing to you, but i am a weirdo who freaks out over stuff like this. if we ever meet, you'll probably hit me over the head with a baseball bat because i'll be freaking out over your accent. i'll try to keep it cool, i promise.

i also learned the origin of the word posh the other day! do you know it?

sounds like an exciting day! two men asking for the digits! go nicola!

[pinkshapes]

Haha! I think it's ace you love our slang!
I'm starting to pick up on some American slang courtesy of Vivian and Maxine too: 'hella' and 'ghetto'(as in, "that's totally ghetto", hehe)

Nooo, i don't know the origin! Tell me though!

My accent really isn't all that good. I come from near Birmingham, a place renowned for it's terrible accent (think Ozzy Osbourne of Birmingham fame!). Mine is a bit more...subdued and i guess 'posher' than a Birmingham accent, but it's not very 'quaint english'. I really want a northern English accent. They are AMAZING.

[effectaffect]

oh man, i say hella ALL THE TIME. it's more of a west coast american thing, i think.

okay, well the steam engine was invented and people started taking trips from england to singapore (i learned this in my peoples if asia class) the wealthy people didn't want to bake in the sun, so they rode on the port side of the boat on the outbound trip and on the starboard side of the boat on the homebound trip. so it was just shortened to POSH (port outbound starboard homebound). interesting, huh?

[synergize]

Gosh, you had quite the adventure coming home! I'm glad you got in alright, though. but more importantly, I'm glad we got the chance to meet! Thanks again for taking a day out of your busy schedule to come hang out with us in your country's capital, :) Good luck with the rest of your schoolwork for the week!!

[pinkshapes]

It was so lovely to meet you Vivian! I have to admit, i was rather scared, i always get nervous meeting new people :) But you were super chilled, so i felt very relaxed all day. And that's my pleasure coming down to London! Thankyou for spending some of your London break with us!
Have a fantastic time elsewhere in the UK :D