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You can post anon or un-anon, per your personal preference, as usual.
All I ask is that you stay civil and (hopefully) friendly.
If you also want to use this thread to try to find a beta for a fic, or ask a brit-pick-ish question, I think that would be an acceptable use. Have fun!
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I'm attempting to c&p the discussion since that portion of the thread can't be moved so we have coherency.
Let's see how that goes......
OT starts here
http://sherlockbbc-fic.livejournal.com/9100.html?thread=43697804#t43697804
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(Anonymous)
2011-05-19 12:46 am
American here.
"high street stripy jumper"
I'm curious what does the term "high street" indicate? Thanks!
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Re: The Everthere Part 6b/?
(Anonymous)
2011-05-19 01:09 am
Buying something off the high street just means buying clothes from one of the many
brand-chain stores that you see whilst out shopping (the 'high street' would usually
refer to the centre of town where most of the shops are).
Daniel is looking down on John for buying clothes straight off the peg, as opposed to
having something specially made to measure by a tailor.
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Re: The Everthere Part 6b/?
2011-05-19 01:53 am UTC ( ... )
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hbomb90
2011-05-19 06:46 am UTC
It's my headcanon that John buys most of his clothes that he doesn't
wear to work at cheap shops like H&M (do you have that in the U.S?) or second
hand shops... basically he's me :D
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Re: The Everthere Part 6b/?
shoedog2011-05-20 02:20 am UTC ( ... )
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shoedog
2011-05-22 04:03 am UTC (link)
Sorry for the delay in my reply. It took me forever to type up
because I don't know when to shush it.
Not journal pimping, cross my heart. but my reaction to that silly
woman and an 'if you peer hard really hard' experience of my own
are at my lj journal
if you're interested.
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Re: The Everthere Part 6b/?
hbomb90
2011-05-21 01:17 am UTC
Ah thanks! Wow..somany Hennes... how many people across the
world own the same yellow submarine Beatles t shirt as me? I was
basically trying to get across that our precious BAMF Johnny is not a
label whore, I sometimes forget that I use colloquilasms. If you spot
any more please feel free to ask! Pick at my Brit, I love it :D
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Re: The Everthere Part 6b/?
shoedog2011-05-22 01:10 am UTC ( ... )
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hbomb902011-05-23 12:27 am ( ... )
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shoedog
2011-05-23 10:03 pm UTC
Lucky for me, Southern Illinois or 'Little Egypt, as it is
known, is at the edge of the Shawnee National Forest,
surrounded on three sides by the three of the most
sizable rivers in the states, the Wabash, the Mississippi,
and the Ohio.
The last two form a valley w/fertile land like the Egypt’s
Nile delta. Hence the profusion of badly pronounced
Egyptian town names, my favorite being 'Cairo.' ('said like
Karo syrup')
Southern Illinois is truly geographically different from the
rest of the flat, flat midwest. Since this are was only
slightly covered by a continental ice sheet back in time,
we are way more more hilly, humid, green and rocky.
Closer to the geography of the Ozarks than the rest of
Illinois.
Granted St Louis, the largest metropolis is an hour and a
half to two hour drive but the Makanda and the
Shawnnee National Forest (Depicted below) is a 15 to 20
minute drive. So I don't mind the trade off.
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dinadandelion
2011-05-24 01:16 am UTC
OP takes a break from watching tornado coverage to join in someone else's conversation!
I got one of my favorite dresses at H&M this winter! I find there are other cheaper stores, though, so I don't shop there too often.
THe US is big! I live in Maryland (small and on the East Coast, for those not familiar with it). I'm in a rural/suburban area (The two tend to mix around here; we're in the "megalopolis" area of America, so the region is pretty consistently developed from Boston to DC. /geography geek) so everything's a 15-30 minute drive from where I am.
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H&M looked like it had some cute clothes!! Though I just looked at the price tags the one time I went in and was like, yep. Sticking to cheaper places til I manage a new job. I hate this economy. Not to mention wishy-washy potential employers. XD
And I love it how EVERYONE seems to say almost the exact same thing about the Midwest...And it always features corn. XD But it IS a BEAUTIFUL area. And that was a GORGEOUS picture shoedog!
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'And that was a GORGEOUS picture shoedog!'
Isn't it? One thing about my area though. It must be the vacation destination for every tick in the midwest. Even walking the dogs around the block means a tick check of the dogs and ourselves in the summer. And there is no creepier feeling than half asleep in bed and that tickling feeling of a baby tick crawling across a limb or torso. Shudder!
I thought H&M is supposed to be about cheap, one season type clothes? So why is everyone commenting how pricey it is? I don't mind clothes not washing well, lasting more than a year if the price is right but expensive and poor-quality? Deal breaker, ladies.
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High-street in this case wouldn't mean shops like H&M, that's too young and upmarket. It would be M&S or Tesco. H&M is primarily a very young women's shop in the UK, full of the latest fashions for skinny kids. The thought of John shopping there is quite funny.
The joke is of course that Martin Freeman is a fashion whore and the clothes they bought for John were quite up-market and far more expensive and designer than the ones a real John Watson would wear.
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Where I am H&M is the kind of place that sells throw away clothes (cheap enough that getting only a few wears out of it isn't a problem.) It used to be the cheapest place to buy fashionable clothes around here. Now we have a Primark and half the country comes shopping here.
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It seemed mid to high end department store, sort of like the US Bloomingdales or Gumps.
I bought a silk/cotton sweater set there that I never wore and finally gave away. It made me feel like I should wear a wide headband, carry a Coach bag and drink Pimms Cups. I don't know what I was thinking when I bought it. I guess it's that fantasy that someday I'll wake up and love cooking and gardening.
I'm more the rumpled (Read un-ironed) cotton, linen, hair loose, Mexican bolsa shopping bag and Jack Daniels on the rocks type.
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My family went to West Virginia for vacation a year or two ago, and we were caught off guard by how tiny and isolated the town we stayed in was. And yet it was considered the local population center! (My parents adored the utter lack of traffic, though. Being the only people on the highway was a rare and pleasant experience!
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