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Let The West Talk !
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06 Aug 2007 Mon 08:34 pm |
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Quoting AEnigma III:
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Finallyyyy 
Well AEnigma,that is really lovely,we do this too,we make big family dinner and gather everytime in a different house too.
How about food ? what is your Traditional food there ?
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06 Aug 2007 Mon 08:48 pm |
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Quoting CANLI: How about food ? what is your Traditional food there ? |
Well, I suppose traditional English food for such an occasion would be an English Roast - roast meat (usually chicken, lamb or beef), roasted potatoes and 3 or 4 different types of vegetables and sauces. However.... I am vegetarian  and my family are also not big meat eaters so we would normally have different types of salads with rice and beans and fish, maybe pasta, and wonderful fresh bread, and my mum always makes wonderful sweet puddings  We sit outside in summer at a HUGE table and each bring a dish of food with us to share. Ouhhhhhhh I am getting hungry
What would you eat Canli?
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06 Aug 2007 Mon 09:20 pm |
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Quoting AEnigma III: ...Another thing which I always notice about our culture is how QUIET it is!! We talk quietly, we will form an orderly queue for just about anything and we say "thank you" a million times when being served in a shop!
I love the human noise in other cultures. In Italy or Turkey, for example, the talk is loud - people talk, shout and laugh LOUDLY, cars honk at eachother in impatience...its wonderful
The most charming book ever written about English culture (in my opinion) is Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island". As an American visiting the UK, he see's things which perhaps we dont even notice ourselves about our culture. It was very amusing, interesting and rather sweet .
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I have a hard time imagining you talking quietly.  You would enjoy my family very much, we are very LOUD people......
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06 Aug 2007 Mon 09:25 pm |
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Quoting teaschip1: I have a hard time imagining you talking quietly. You would enjoy my family very much, we are very LOUD people...... |
Ouhhhhhhh Noooooooooo! I like general noise, but not loud people!!! And...you assume I am loud eh?
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07 Aug 2007 Tue 01:01 am |
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Quoting AEnigma III: And...you assume I am loud eh? |
I am sure you are the epitome of subdued conduct 
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07 Aug 2007 Tue 01:03 am |
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Quoting bod: Quoting AEnigma III: And...you assume I am loud eh? |
I am sure you are the epitome of subdued conduct |
Actually...I am (except when dancing in fountains )
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07 Aug 2007 Tue 01:51 am |
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To aenigma,
What do you usually do after when family or friends come over for dinner or just to get together?
For us its always karaoke time Even off-key persons(like me) would be singing their hearts out esp. with the help of a few drinks.
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07 Aug 2007 Tue 01:53 am |
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Quoting mheart72: To aenigma,
What do you usually do after when family or friends come over for dinner or just to get together?
For us its always karaoke time Even off-key persons(like me) would be singing their hearts out esp. with the help of a few drinks. |
Ouh! Karaoke? 
Never done it, never want to !
We would TALK and LAUGH together ....Karaoke? .....brrrrrrrrrrr!
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07 Aug 2007 Tue 02:02 am |
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Quoting AEnigma III: Ouh! Karaoke?
Never done it, never want to ! |
Nor do I ever want to do it......
And if you have ever heard me (try to) sing you would understand why!!!
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07 Aug 2007 Tue 02:14 pm |
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Guys,how about Christmas,halloweens,...ect
Do have a special traditions there for each country ? or all are same ?
Why turkey in Thanksgiving ?
You make turkey at dinner at that night, right ?
And is Thanksgiving An American thing,or do you all celebrate it ?
And why its Fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada ?
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07 Aug 2007 Tue 02:58 pm |
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Quoting CANLI: Guys,how about Christmas,halloweens,...ect
Do have a special traditions there for each country ? or all are same ?
Why turkey in Thanksgiving ?
You make turkey at dinner at that night, right ?
And is Thanksgiving An American thing,or do you all celebrate it ?
And why its Fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada ?
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In the UK our main celebration holidays are Easter, Christmas and New year. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving.
On Christmas day we eat Roast Turkey, followed by Christmas Pudding and (in our house anyway!) lots of champagne! Presents (which have been sitting under the tree!) are exchanged. It is a family day and in our house we play silly games all day and the TV is banned! It is traditional to invite anyone you know who will be alone that day, such as friends or neighbours, to spend all or part of Christmas Day with you. Houses are decorated with tinsel and lights (sometimes to the extreme!) and everyone has a christmas tree in their living room, covered with lights and decorations. They have to be removed before 6th January or it's VERY BAD LUCK!
New Years Eve is celebrated in many ways, but traditionally people dress up in Fancy Dress (silly costumes) and drink to the new year. At the stroke of midnight, everyone links arms and sings ‘Auld Lang Syne’. There are many parties in houses and its traditional to visit the houses of your friends after midnight (called ‘first footing’) and they will give you a drink for good luck. New Years Day is a public holiday (to recover from all that drink!!).
Easter – On Good Friday it is still considered a day of mourning. Shops and bars/clubs are closed early. It is traditional to eat fish on this day. On Easter Sunday we exchange chocolate Easter Eggs (mainly to children of friends and family). Its traditional to hide many small chocolate eggs in the garden and then give the children little baskets to go and find them. The house (or table) is decorated with painted eggs hanging from tree branches and Easter bunnies! The eggs symbolise “new life†and the resurrection of Christ. Again, traditionally, Easter Sunday is a family day and many families get together and have a similar dinner to Christmas Dinner or a tea, eating Hot Cross Buns (symbolising Christ’s cross) and Easter Biscuits and simnal cake.
The above are traditional celebrations and my family still celebrate this way (even though we are not particularly religious). I am not sure how many people still do – I think Easter, particularly, is often just thought of as a four day holiday now.
Birthday are a very BIG DEAL! You receive cards and presents from friends and family and normally have a party or special dinner. A birthday cake with candles is given to you and you have to blow them all out in one breath for good luck!
Halloween never used to be celebrated – apart from the tradition of making pumpkin lanterns, but in recent years the American trend of “Trick or Treat†has made its way to the UK (unfortunately!).
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