Vegemite - hmm difficult to explain but try this site....
http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/vegemite/vegemite.html
http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/vegemite/vegemite.html
Leave it to Kellye to drag this thread up!Originally posted by Kiwideus
Vegemite is a spread, made from yeast extract. Its very thick - if you were to turn the jar upside down, it will stay there.It tastes rather salty - one friend said it tasted like anchoviesI love it anyway
While doughnuts certainly aren't a healthy choice of food even besides the high fat, what actually makes them hard to digest is that they are made from white flour. They can form hard lumps in your colon because they contain almost no fibre and absorb very little water while being digested. Both of these things are a vital part to digesting properly. This goes for ANY food that is made from white flour, not just doughnuts. Yes, doughnuts and all bakery products made from white flour are harder to digest and can stay in your colon a bit longer, but the notion that they take two weeks is utterly rediculous.Originally posted by 55Dali
Yuck, someone once told me it takes 2 weeks to digest a donut and since then I haven't touched one. Wasn't big on them before but now YUCK. DO-NOT donut!!!!!
Umm...I'm from Australia. And I understand the term as some guy has gotten someone pregnant. I'm not sure how else it vould be interpreted.Originally posted by jcat
An Australian heard us speaking English, and joined us. After a few minutes of conversation, he asked, "Are you sure we're all speaking the same language?" No - what would you understand by "he knocked her up"?
That's how I'd understand it. But the British use it to mean "to drop in, or call, on her". Sorry - as an expat and teacher of English as a foreign language, I have a lot of contact with native English-speakers from all over the world, and we're always comparing notes and laughing about misunderstandings. I once remarked to a colleague from Liverpool that I thought I was getting "sick", meaning I felt I was coming down with something, and his response was to grab a waste paper basket and hold it in front of me - his interpretation was that I thought I was going to "puke" (vomit)!Originally posted by a_loveless_gem
Umm...I'm from Australia. And I understand the term as some guy has gotten someone pregnant. I'm not sure how else it vould be interpreted.
So that's how the British see it. You learn something new everyday. I come in contact with a lot of exchange students at university and it's great having a laugh about misunderstandings of the same word.Originally posted by jcat
That's how I'd understand it. But the British use it to mean "to drop in, or call, on her". Sorry - as an expat and teacher of English as a foreign language, I have a lot of contact with native English-speakers from all over the world, and we're always comparing notes and laughing about misunderstandings. I once remarked to a colleague from Liverpool that I thought I was getting "sick", meaning I felt I was coming down with something, and his response was to grab a waste paper basket and hold it in front of me - his interpretation was that I thought I was going to "puke" (vomit)!