Saturday, September 27, 2008

"I'm Having Words" in England















In England, rather than say "we're in talks" or "we're discussing the topic" they say "i'm having words." It's so literal, isn't it?

There are a few things which have stood out as being particularly foreign to me here in London.

On TV the other night there was a sex education show. Standing next to the program's presenter there stood a naked woman who must have been 9 months pregnant. The presenter kept poking her in different places to show what happens if you poke a pregnant woman.

In the mornings, they actually play the song "London Calling" on the radio. The British are even literal musically.

And, if you're lucky, you can hear in-depth discussions on call-in shows of listeners' lucid dreams. The radio stations are public, nationally funded entities-- so at the end of the day, tax money pays for talk of dreams.

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