Just realized that here in London, I can say ‘I took the lift up to my flat after removing the items from the boot’ and people are going to understand me
I also look forward to standing in a queue, and throwing away my rubbish
In the afternoon, I shall have some biscuits
I have caused a lot of confused concern when I’ve told people in the U.S. that I’ve purchased food from a boot
(Trunk of a car..)
Or maybe they’re concerned I’m buying food from random strangers. But mostly the boot thing.
@skinnylatte my (British) Mum came back from a holiday in the US some years ago and said “you know, I’d like to be a US National Park ranger, you get to wear a great hat and say <US accent>’Put your trash in the bearproof dumpsters!’ “
(Mostly she finds this funny because she loved Yogi Bear cartoons!)
My Malaysian Chinese dad, living in Reading, SE England, bought a cowboy hat at a country show (on the border of the suburban town and the rural area), and during late 1970s regularly wore it whilst driving his Austin Mini van and listening to Country and Western on a Japanese car radio cassette player (which he had installed himself) 😁
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