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Curious Christmas

curiouswombat in photo_scavenger

Holiday.

mood: amused amused
This subject confused me completely to start with. Holiday? You want suitcases? Or pictures from my last holiday, which was in the summer? Brochures for next year's holidays? They do tend to arrive hot on the heels of the Christmas cards...

And then I realised that our subject setter is American - and so doesn't speak quite the same language as me... and meant what I would think of as 'The Festive Season' or just plain 'Christmas' - and then it became much clearer!

I could actually have used this for 'red' too - but it seemed rather fun for the Festive Season.

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Posted on Jan. 1st, 2012 at 11:01 pm | | Leave a comment | 8 comments |

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nutmeg3

She looks as if she's dancing up there on the pillow!
Posted on Jan. 1st, 2012 11:27 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

curiouswombat

She does indeed - and looks merrier than the person the cushion was bought for - my husband is not very good at 'merry'....
Posted on Jan. 2nd, 2012 12:38 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

slaymesoftly

LOL Well, "holiday" could mean any nationally recognized day of celebration or remembrance - Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, Christmas, Easter, New Years Day, etc. etc. Although at this time of the year, I'm sure one's first mental jump would be to Christmas. Two countries, separated by one language... :)
Posted on Jan. 2nd, 2012 01:23 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

curiouswombat

Whereas holiday to me means leaving home... One of the real fun things about LJ is learning the ways in which we use the same language to mean such different things!
Posted on Jan. 3rd, 2012 08:46 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

slaymesoftly

*nods* It is. alwaysjbj and I have spent many amusing hours chatting back and forth about what one calls this squash/pumpkin, that flower, that tool, and so on. It's fun, and also useful when you're writing stories set in the other country or with characters from there. :)
Posted on Jan. 3rd, 2012 11:30 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

bojojoti

Not only is our subject setter American, but she is also Canadian, so we've added another layer of potential shenanigans with that language we all call English!

Posted on Jan. 3rd, 2012 03:46 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

curiouswombat

Oh dear - I'd forgotten she was Canadian - I am not sure whether I have insulted her now...!

And as we have also got at least one Aussie, who uses the language slightly differently again, there is room for even more shenanigans!
Posted on Jan. 3rd, 2012 08:49 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

bojojoti

She's quite sweet natured, and, besides, she is American--North American.

I have little difficulty comprehending your posts, but I have to Google an Aussie friend's entries frequently. I run into more slang and colorful expressions with her. It seems the Aussies take liberally from the British, add a smattering from the Americans, swirl it all about, and come up with a unique mix.
Posted on Jan. 3rd, 2012 10:36 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply