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Hello
all, I am home safe and sound got home around 1pm on Friday afternoon
and today is Sunday didn't do a post Friday or Saturday as I just
didn't feel like it but here I am on Sunday morning at last writing
something.
We
have had Leo since Friday after school and will have him till
Thursday after school, why you wonder well he wanted to stay Friday
night because he missed us and yesterday and today his mum will be
working till late in the afternoon and it is just easier for him to
stay here with us.
While
I was hanging up the clean clothes I thought about how we all may
call something by a different name, like what I call a coat hanger
some will call a clothes hanger same thing different name, same goes
for a pillow case or a pillow slip some item slightly different name.
However,
while on the cruise I was confused a bit by what they called lemonade
it wasn't lemonade it was lemon squash aka Solo what to us is
lemonade is what they called Sprite for us Sprite is just a brand
name of lemonade like Coke or Pepsi is a brand name of cola.
So
when they said that you could have water, juice or lemonade free with
your meal I was looking for Sprite not lemon squash, I don't drink
lemon squash but my dad does.
I
also noticed that at times they called custard, vanilla sauce and
what they served up as pie on pie night was more like pasties
although you could get a normal Aussie meat pie from the burger
place.
Things
are returning to normal here, I have exercised yesterday morning and
this morning again so getting back into it yesterday only did 35
minutes and this morning I managed 52 minutes.
I
read a heap of blog posts this morning and will post this as well
before I go over to my parents place for a late Mother's Day lunch
with the family. Speaking of Mother's Day my daughters and my sisters
need a bit of a slap they all had an extra two weeks to get us
presents and they still say they didn't have time or money to do so,
what the hell is with that. Although Kathy-Lee gave me a new wooden
breadboard yesterday for Mother's Day which I love as the old one
was broken..
Tim
and I gave mum her present on the day, well we ordered her roses from
the ships florist and Tim bought her a compact mirror while he was
ashore that day which she really liked.
Welcome home Jo-Anne and hope all is well.
ReplyDeleteWell if they call lemonade and it's squash etc, what is lemonade then?
Don't care for Solo or Squash, seems I would be in a pickle.
Can't imagine Vanilla Sauces as Custard, for me sauces are thinner than custard.
Yes a sauce is thinner than custard but the vanilla sauce and the vanilla custard looked and tasted the same........
DeleteWhen Tim asked for a can of lemonade I had to pipe up and say he wants Sprite the waiters said I he wants Sprite not lemonade and Tim said yes I want lemonade I had to explain to Tim that when they said lemonade they meant lemon squash.
Different names: Now you know why I have to follow up some of your posts with a Google search...
ReplyDeleteI didn't realise I confused people but get how easy it is to do now
DeleteWelcome home, Jo-Anne. I have problem with all the different names, it can be very confusing. Have a beautiful new week!
ReplyDeleteYes it can be confusing indeed, a new week is here and I am sure it will be a great week
DeleteIt's interesting how different places have different names for things. I call my appliance a "refrigerator", but my husband, who is from the midwest, calls it an "icebox."
ReplyDeleteWe call a "refrigerator" a fridge, we also call our vehicles "cars" and find it strange when watching U S shows like COPS that they say get out of the vehicle not get out of the car
DeleteI've never thought of Sprite as lemonade. I don't know what lemon squash is.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Sounds strange to read that you don't know what lemon squash is, it is the same as Solo but than you may not have Solo there, what colour is your lemonade here it is clear no colour, lemon squash is kinda yellow in colour.
DeleteLemonade is yellow, or sometimes pink. Sprite is clear. I don't think we have Solo.
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ReplyDeleteHere in the US lemonade is only a lot of lemon juice from lemons squeezed and the juice is poured into water, add sugar, ice...and drink. Sprite is a carbonated soda, a soft drink so called...with a sugary sweet citrus taste. I call my fridge refrigerator usually but fridge once in a while. With my background of work, I still call cars vehicles. Don't know what Solo is at all.
ReplyDeleteCustard is a thick pudding-like vanilla dish made with many egg yolks, sugar, vanilla and cooked over a double boiler. Then cooled. Most often however, it is poured into a pie shell instead and baked to make a custard pie with nutmeg. ground on the top. YUMMY!
Yeah that sounds like custard to me.
DeleteSolo is a lemon flavoured soft drink with less fizz so you can slam it down fast.
Lemon squash is a lemon flavoured soft drink like Solo but with more fizz usually.
Wow I never heard of lemon squash...Like what the above commenter Katie said, Lemonaid is water, lemon juice and sugar over ice. LOVE IT. Sometimes, I throw in frozen strawberries.
ReplyDeleteLemon squash is like what you called Lemonade has a strong lemon taste to it, I don't like the taste much
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