Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UK. Show all posts

6 February 2012

60 years of reign



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16795006

27 September 2009

New words from the Midlands :)

A learnt these new expressions from Hanga, who's just started work (training) as a pharmacist in the UK. Mostly medical and disgusting, but the last item is exciting!

bunions=bütyök (nagylábujjon)
cold sore=herpesz
nits=eggs of lice=tetütojás, serke :S
athletes' foot=lábgomba
greengage=ringlószilva
hash=futómozgalom, ami a kocsmában ér véget :), more info at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_House_Harriers

History of Scotland

Part of a documentary, Scottish accent!

15 September 2009

Google maps rules!

This is actually personal but I just HAVE TO share it.
This is the house I lived at for a year in England... I can take a virtual walk down to the shops, etc. Cool.
For you, it can be exciting to see what streets and houses look like in Britain... or anywhere else in the world. (You can actually see the funny yellow zig-zag signs painted on the road - never managed to figure out what they mean. Maybe 'no parking'?)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=hu&geocode=&q=21+Chesterfield+drive+hinchley+wood&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.048013,56.162109&ie=UTF8&ll=51.377748,-0.33107&spn=0.002886,0.006856&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.377783,-0.330949&panoid=NKTos3PRXYWW5000GTlpxw&cbp=12,307.35,,0,5.02

19 May 2008

Monty Python - Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook

script:
http://www.thisisawar.com/LaughterMPHungarian.htm

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