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Portobello Road/Notting Hill query

dragonbat2006 wrote in britpickery Apr 18, 2020 22:31

(taps mike) Anyone out there ( Read more... )

About dating

tavia_d wrote in britpickery Feb 28, 2018 22:11

Hi everyone ( Read more... )

scheduled

tavia_d wrote in britpickery Jul 30, 2017 16:54

How do you say in BrE? Both forms are accepted?

The meeting is scheduled at 3 pm today.
The meeting is scheduled for 3 pm today.

Thank you.

nursery rhyme

khalulu wrote in britpickery Aug 04, 2016 20:39

Does anyone still bounce small children on their knees with this nursery rhyme?

Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady upon a white horse,
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
And she shall have music wherever she goes.

ETA: sounds like it's still used - thanks, everyone!

Earning cash in 1970s England

boltonia wrote in britpickery Dec 17, 2015 11:52

What would a boy living in an underpriviledged area of England do to earn some spending cash in the 70s?

I'm not thinking about getting an actual job like a paper route. I'm more interested in less scheduled things, like redeeming coke bottles and such. What would an 8-12 year old boy with the freedom to run the streets do?

Thanks!

What is this?

boltonia wrote in britpickery Nov 23, 2015 06:22

I anyone able to tell me what is the structure in the picture below? I see them all over England and nobody seems to be able to tell me what they are or their purpose. I usually get, "Oh, yeah! ... I don't know" when I ask locals.

Thanks!

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Yuletide help needed!

dragonbat2006 wrote in britpickery Nov 18, 2015 00:03

I'm setting this present-day.

Is there an informal name that the locals would use to refer to the Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire? (Example: "He's working in the gift shop over at...") Bucks? County Museum? The Museum ( Read more... )

Tell them of us and say

wemyss wrote in britpickery Nov 08, 2015 15:03

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remembrance, director-general

American or British expression?

tavia_d wrote in britpickery Oct 19, 2015 11:49

Hello everybody.

I stumbled by an expression in my beta work:

I need some glue, paper, string, and all that jazz to make a kite.

I was wondering is the expression in red is American or British. I think it's more American. I'm brit-picking so I should tell the author to change it if in BrE is not used so much. Right?

Question

tavia_d wrote in britpickery Sep 17, 2015 08:49

I would like to ask you about using this way of expressing one's self:

Harry was stood in his kitchen.

Draco was sat in his office.

instead of using:

Harry was standing in his kitchen.

Draco was sitting in his office ( Read more... )