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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>MATCHING QUIZ</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I can't find my results now, but
IIRC, I had Albus Dumbledore and Remus Lupin as my top two in that matching
quiz.Apart fromthe fact that theyboast an excess of
hair, and I don't, that was a pretty good match.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I haven't taken a sorting test yet
that put me in anything but Gryffindor (that one did, also), but I am an
adoptedWeasley, despite that fact that I'm now doing a 'Grizzly Adams' in
the Forbidden Forest, so this is my fate.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Jamieson - re your matching results,
Ithink that's the highest position I've seen for Gilderoy Lockhart.
You aren't wearing a hairnet, are you, dear?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>***</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>COKE, </FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000 size=2>BRANSTON ETC.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Carole, I'm sorry I didn't respond to
your pleafor Britspeak info, earlier (I had fallen behind a bitwith
this list), but I see Catherine answered your questions. I do want to
throw in my tuppence ha'penny though...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>As far as I know, in the UK, coke is
notused as a generic term for *all* soda-type drinks, only for the Coca
Cola/Pepsi/nondescript brown fizzybeverageones. I'd
callmost other things by othergeneric or brand names, e.g. Lemonade,
Orangeade, GingerBeer, Tonic Water, Dr Pepper,Seven Up, Irn
Bru. I would call these things "fizzy drinks" or "pop" or even "soft
drinks" (although covers fruit juice and water as well, obviously). As
Catherine said, we'd say 'barbecue' rather than 'grill', so Penny was right
about that bit.Margaritas arefairly commonhere since the
influx of Tex/Mex restaurants in the 90s, and would probably be more in trend
than, say, Pina Coladas, which have a slight dated, 'last year's thing'
feel.:-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Crosse & Blackwell Branston
Pickle:I haven't seen the Bridget Jones film, but am certain
Catherine is right about the Branston. </FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#000000
size=2>Marmite is in *no way*the sort of thingyou would want to
scoop out of a jar, no matter how mad or pregnant you happened to be at the
time. I have to say that I wouldn't fancy eating neat Branston pickle
either, but I can imagine someone eating it on its own. C&Bdo a
very nice Branston Sandwich Pickle, which is minced up, rather than having
chunks of diced pickle in it, so that may have been what BJ was eating (pickle
completists see ingredients list at the end of this post). In general,
"cheese and pickle"is a popular sandwich filling over here, and the pickle
will always be something like Branston, unless you are in a burger bar, when
you'll get the American-style dill pickle (you know, the one that looks
like a gift from Loreena Bobbit?).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Do any Brits hereremember those
old ads in which people going about their daily chores would stop for lunch and
chant the phrase "Bring out the Branston!!" and sit their drooling, like they
expected Ambrosia? I used to *hate* them. I quite likethe
current Marmite ads, which play on the fact that some people can't stand it
("You either love it or hate it"); this acknowledgement of reality is highly
unusual for advertising agencies...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Jacket potatoes: My mother has
this cute habit of calling them "potatoes intheir jackets" to make them
sound rather exotic. I'm surprised she doesn't ask them to wear a tie as
well.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>********Ingredients for Branston
Sandwich Pickle:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I'm not sure why I'm doing this, but
here goes...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>"Vegetables in variable proportion:
(Carrots, Cauliflower, Gherkin, Marrows, Onions, Rutabaga, Tomatoes), Sugar,
Vinegar, Dates, Salt, Apple, Modified Starch, Lemon Juice, Colour E150d, Spices,
Garlic Extract"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>[Neil moves away from the
keyboardto begin retching over a bucket]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Rutabaga? That's a US term for
a swede (turnip), I think. Clearly, this product isn't sold in the US, so
I wonder why they called it that? Curious...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Neil</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>"Krum, his red robes shining with
blood from his nose, <BR>was rising gently into the air, his fist held high, a
glint <BR>of gold in his hand." ["The Quidditch World Cup", GoF]</FONT></DIV>
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