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The bloke's eye view of the beginning

September 10, 2009

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Ah! A bloke's point of view! He says I was flirting with him and he flirted back.

It's total rubbish, of course!

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The bird's eye view of the beginning

My once husband and I met at university in Wales. He was there as part of an exchange program for six months and we both lived on campus. Our eyes met across a crowded bar. He was trying to get my attention, my friend was trying to get his attention, and I was getting irritated because he was distracting my friend from listening to the story I was relaying with great intent. Glancing up to ascertain the source of all her gawping, I spotted the culprit on the far side of the room, smiling widely and directly at me. I smiled back but it was more of a grimace, accompanied with a rather dismissive wave of the hand. I really did just want to tell my friend my story! Anyway, I immediately regretted my actions and, upon seeing him more around campus, I really, really regretted them! As luck would have it, five months later, he asked me to go for a drink at the pub with him. Ten years after that we were married. No one can accuse us of rushing into anything.

Do you speak English?

When you move to a different country it is a massive comfort to know that you already speak the language. I don't think I could have moved to France, for example, with my 'school book French' and been at all comfortable (although my grasp of the language is just enough to keep me out of jail - true story). With respect to the lingo in this case, I had no cause for concern. Little did I know! If I had ever really thought about it (which I obviously didn't) I would have said that U.S. English was different from original a.k.a. U.K. English by a few small spelling differences. Colour / color. Labour / labor. Aluminium / aluminum and so on. Of course, we all know there are a few variations on words too. In the U.K. 'fag' is a cigarette. In the U.S. it is something startlingly different. The U.K. 'fanny' is not a person's rear end. If you are reading this and are not acquainted with what the term means in Britain, Google will assist you. Anyway the...

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