Johnthed0g Posted February 9, 2010 Author #126 Share Posted February 9, 2010 It has become interesting, but some cruising differences please..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rool Posted February 9, 2010 #127 Share Posted February 9, 2010 It has become interesting, but some cruising differences please..... Ok not cruise related but a nautical theme at least. Buoy, if I have been listening right, we say 'boy' but appears to be pronounced 'boo-ee' over the pond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted February 9, 2010 #128 Share Posted February 9, 2010 JTD, you have certainly got more replies on the Celebrity forum than you have over on P&O, despite their new cruise community forum being a dog of a system Could you be related?.:D Anyway back on topic, I am looking forward to our Southampton based cruise on Eclipse, it will be interesting to see if the Brits outnumber North Amercians, and whether that changes the feel of the cruise. Currently the roll call is heavily weighted towards Brits. So far all my American based ship cruises have had a majority of North Americans, although our last one, a full Panama transit on the Coral Princess did have 500 Brits, 25% of the ship. The one noticeable difference was that we Brits lost our usual novelty value with the Americans. I hope this does not lead X to consider putting Americans together in the MDR, I do enjoy the banter that a mix of nationalities generates over dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnthed0g Posted February 9, 2010 Author #129 Share Posted February 9, 2010 JTD, you have certainly got more replies on the Celebrity forum than you have over on P&O, despite their new cruise community forum being a dog of a system Could you be related?.:D I reckon that must say something! dunno what, but I have theories...... I was "put to sleep'' over there. I think the Eclipse will be mostly Brits somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History addict Posted February 9, 2010 #130 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Personally I just hope the don't tailor the Eclipse too much for the UK taste. It will be my first taste of an American cruise line and I'm hoping that there will be an American feel to the experience and a multi-national clientele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnthed0g Posted February 9, 2010 Author #131 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Personally I just hope the don't tailor the Eclipse too much for the UK taste. It will be my first taste of an American cruise line and I'm hoping that there will be an American feel to the experience and a multi-national clientele. This is why I started the thread about the differences, to prepare people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
History addict Posted February 9, 2010 #132 Share Posted February 9, 2010 This is why I started the thread about the differences, to prepare people. I'm expecting differences and will be disappointed if there aren't any!! I love trying new lines and new ships - it would be awful if the all migrate into one homogenous cruise product:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bestbubba Posted February 9, 2010 #133 Share Posted February 9, 2010 We go to the sea-side, I believe our US buddies go to the shore... ok, not cruise related but maybe a little bit nautical;) Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnthed0g Posted February 9, 2010 Author #134 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Oh..I don't mind differences, rather looking forward to them, enjoyed it on ''Connie'' last time, far superior product. By posting this I hope to let others see what to expect, you can imagine some of the dyed in the wool P&O'ers, you know the type I mean, moaning about this or that, particularly tipping I suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena7seas Posted February 9, 2010 #135 Share Posted February 9, 2010 We go to the sea-side' date=' I believe our US buddies go to the shore... ok, not cruise related but maybe a little bit nautical;)[/size'] Sue Here on the Canadian west coast, we go to the beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyB Posted February 9, 2010 #136 Share Posted February 9, 2010 The sea side is very English. We here in the Channel Islands go to 'the beach'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanWeGoYet? Posted February 9, 2010 #137 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Here on the Canadian west coast, we go to the beach. Where I am from, it's the beach too. But I've heard people from eastern washington calling seattle "the coast." It really isn't, not like we are at ocean shores & can see the pacific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckyfaye-2008 Posted February 9, 2010 #138 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I live at the seaside, so I go down the beach In America do you have an expression for those who speak with fork tongue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichS10 Posted February 9, 2010 #139 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I reckon that must say something! dunno what, but I have theories...... I was "put to sleep'' over there.I think the Eclipse will be mostly Brits somehow. There's another one! When I watch BBC America, I'm always surprised how often Brits use the term "I reckon" in everyday speech. Over here, its mostly Cowboys (or actors playing Cowboys) who say that.......and maybe a few southerners. It's almost a Old West stereotype. BTW, in the Chesapeake-Tidewater area of Maryland and Virginia, we have a few islands (Smith and Tangier) where the locals speak an Elizabethan and/or Scottish form of English which is believed to have originated with the original colonists. These islands are very isolated, but I'm sure satellite TV will do away with the accent soon enough. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichS10 Posted February 9, 2010 #140 Share Posted February 9, 2010 We go to the sea-side' date=' I believe our US buddies go to the shore... ok, not cruise related but maybe a little bit nautical;) Sue[/size'] In New Jersey, they go to the shore. In Washington, DC, they go to the beach. In Bawlmer, Merlin (Baltimore, Maryland) they go "downey oshun, hon" (down the ocean, my dear). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted February 9, 2010 #141 Share Posted February 9, 2010 In New Jersey, they go to the shore.In Washington, DC, they go to the beach. In Bawlmer, Merlin (Baltimore, Maryland) they go "downey oshun, hon" (down the ocean, my dear). Actually in NJ we go "down the shore" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnthed0g Posted February 9, 2010 Author #142 Share Posted February 9, 2010 If it's a nice beach with sand & stuff we go to the beach, if it's just shingle mud & seaweed it's the shore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nancyquilts Posted February 9, 2010 #143 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I live at the seaside, so I go down the beachIn America do you have an expression for those who speak with fork tongue. Might be "forked tongue", but probably "two-faced." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lobbylin Posted February 9, 2010 #144 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Linda And thanks for YOUR tip. I was not aware of this service. The current rate you mention is very good. I shall have to think about what currency we need for our next cruise. Can you tell me if you have to pay for the currency up front or just pre-order it? Thanks. Sue Sue, the trade off is that you pay up front when you place your order, but I personally think that with the terrible savings interest rates we are currently getting I can forsake the miserly interest for the better exchange rate... I have been using them for 4yrs now, so can vouch for them. Linda :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elena7seas Posted February 9, 2010 #145 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Where I am from, it's the beach too. But I've heard people from eastern washington calling seattle "the coast." It really isn't, not like we are at ocean shores & can see the pacific. We live on the coast. We go down to the beach. Even if you live 15 kilometres inland, you still live "on the coast". If you live "on the ocean" you have waterfront, but not necessarily beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Lobbylin Posted February 9, 2010 #146 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Please don't ever remove Eggs Benedict from the US cruise-ships that sail out of the UK. When I get on a US cruise ship I feel I have gone abroad (to the US).:D And that's abig part of the appeal of cruising on non-British ships - meeting non-British people and making life-long friends. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod1940 Posted February 9, 2010 #147 Share Posted February 9, 2010 Please don't ever remove Eggs Benedict from the US cruise-ships that sail out of the UK. When I get on a US cruise ship I feel I have gone abroad (to the US).:D And that's abig part of the appeal of cruising on non-British ships - meeting non-British people and making life-long friends. Linda When I go to Europe or any other country I try to eat their food. Heck, I can have American food anytime. My wife and I spent two days in London trying to buy real fish and chips without any luck. We ended up eating in an Italian restaurant in London(only thing open) and a McDonald's in Windsor(Sunday, nothing open). So so sad. I can find Italian food on any street corner in my hometown. Thank God you do have great tea. Hope we meet some Brits on our cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanWeGoYet? Posted February 10, 2010 #148 Share Posted February 10, 2010 We live on the coast. We go down to the beach. Even if you live 15 kilometres inland, you still live "on the coast". If you live "on the ocean" you have waterfront, but not necessarily beach. Seattle is on the west coast, but it's more like 150 miles inland, not 15km. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deb18 Posted February 10, 2010 #149 Share Posted February 10, 2010 In Florida it is the beach. If you live on the ocean it is ocean front or a beach house ( but a beach house can also be in an area close to the beach, not necessarily waterfront) and here in North Florida, which is pretty southern, we don't usually say "reckon". we do say y'all ( you all) and sometimes "Hey" instead of hi. Also we eat grits, which is corn meal mush for breakfast and sometimes with other meals. Also known as polenta but it seems different somehow than polenta. We also drink "sweet tea" which is a very sugary iced tea. If you ask for ice tea here, you will get sweet tea, unless you say unsweet tea. If you want hot tea, you need to ask for hot tea. If you just say tea, you will most times get sweet tea (iced). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinelyCruising Posted February 10, 2010 #150 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Actually in NJ we go "down the shore" This is true.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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