Ahhh, we can commiserate together, as I remember being puzzled the first time I’d heard “Sinjin” used repeatedly for “St. John.”
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Here’s mine:
I’ve never in my life gotten the first piece of pie cut and removed better than this:
That’s just about perfect.
Just all the time... Snafu? Posh?
My one occasional difficulty with US English is the acronyms. Things like " I spoke to the USDA and the FDA, and the PIB in the HRS was far too complex for the IRS to work out , so they called the FBI and the CIA and discovered that everyone was AWOL"
Sometimes I can work it out, having worked with US companies for over 40 years. Other times, like Winnie the Pooh:
Sometimes I sits and thinks. Other times, I just sits.
I think that is true of every country. They all have agencies known by acronyms. I only know what MI-6 is because of James Bond movies, and I rather doubt anyone there is "Licensed to Kill."
CD
Get with the program man. I know them all nearly.
Potus
Scotus
Ag
And the states ie M.E I.A C.O
RUSS
I watch cnn and fox.
Russ
Ah, but in the US, acronyms are all caps, so it is POTUS, SCOTUS and AG.
And, the states have two letter designations specifically for the mechanized sorting of mail. All caps, no punctuation -- TX, OH, CA... etc.
CD
