I’m from England. The word pudding can be used in two ways. The most common usage is as a synonym for dessert - any dessert. A pudding can also be a specific type of food, usually boiled or steamed and can be either sweet or savoury; steak and kidney pudding as an example. On the cookie vs. biscuit front, I would say that in the UK, all cookies are biscuits but not all biscuits are cookies. If somebody presented me a chocolate chip cookie ? then I would probably refer to it as a cookie not a biscuit. However, if somebody were to give me say a custard cream I would call it a biscuit.

I find it incredibly bizzare that anybody would find it weird to ask if there are toilets in an establishment. I work in a shop and must get asked at least 30 times a day, "Excuse me, do you have toilets in here?" My only response is to direct them to said toilets. It would NEVER occur to me to look for an aide of any sort.

No, it is not and that is precisely my point. I have worked in places where people come from all over the globe and so the question, where are you from? means exactly that and when I reply, Birmingham, the conversation continues. I'm not an idiot, I know when people are asking a genuine question and when people are being rude or thoughtless or lazy or whatever you want to call it. I will add the caveat that this is something that particularly winds me up because I identify very strongly as English and maybe other people that are not white do not find it equally annoying.

However, as somebody above said, I have been asked this when outside of Birmingham or England based on my accent and that is a whole different story. That isn't remotely offensive. It's the conversations that go like this that I find annoying (offensive is too strong) A: Oh, where are you from? Me: Birmingham A: Yeah, but like where are you actually from? Me: Birmingham (raises eyebrow) Awkward pause Me: Do you mean what is my heritage? A: Oh yeah (awkward shuffle)

I am mixed race, white and black caribbean and sometimes I get annoyed by this question because /I/ am from England and I am British through and through and most of the time the questioner knows this and they are too lazy to ask, what is your heritage?

When I was 11 and started secondary schoo I started getting pocket money, a later bed time and various other priviledges. Along with these came some new responsibities. One of these was that I had to do my own ironing. So I've been ironing all my clothes since then. Bedsheets were too big a task then but I have been doing them since I was about 16 and freshly ironed aheets are the best thing to climb into so I'll probably continue for a while yet.

Posted accidently.

Thanks!

I'll take them all! I do love me a typically unwanted animal.

Oh no, I guess it is a long e. Pass-te (as in tea, the drink)

As resident Brit, I would like to say that pasty should be prounounced pas-ty with a short e. I haven't forgotten about the avatar. It just won't upload on my phone and I have been a bit busy to go on my laptop.

Thank you!:) I don't drink coffee but I will always take tea. I feel very strongly about tea myself.

White hawk, I am INFP.

Hello 😄 I accidently liked that post, oops! Sorry for my stalking but this thread just makes my day. I don't even homeschool...yet. I'm 22 and still in university. I'm just researching and self educating (because my ps was abysmal) and researching. I have been since I was 16. You guys did that too, right? Please tell me I'm not weird 😂 Anyway...as you were.

Thanks! I'll check it out.

Bump

I am currently studying for a foundation degree (sort of like an associates degree in the US) in Animal behaviour and Welfare. However, after a years internship, in September 2018 I will be transferring university to complete a top - up degree in Conservation Science. The university have warned me that that the course that I wish to transfer onto will be more maths/science heavy than my current one. To prepare, I have been doing some self study but in the process I have to realise that my maths skills are a bit weak in some foundational areas. As such, I'd like some suggestions for curricula that would be good for an adult learner. I would like to start at pre-algebra and keep going until I hit somewhere that needs proper study as opposed to re-cap. Is there a book or website that I could diagnose my weaknesses with? Also, grammar isn't taught very well in English secondary schools and I get constant comments about this in my feedback. Is there a programme/curriculum that would be good for an adult learner to sure up grammar. I have seen diagramming and this does not appeal to me so I would like to avoid this unless anybody can provide me with reasons why it is absolutely essential. Sorry this got a bit long! Thanks for your help.

No, GCSE is what everybody takes ages 16ish. A C in GCSE maths is a requirement for pretty much all jobs nowadays. This question was terribly mean though considering the normal curriculum taught. Probability is scarcely taught in any major detail. Questions meant to sort the A*/A students are usually harder algebra/Geometry questions and I doubt most pupils would have ever seen anything like this.

Bump

Thank you all for your input. It's all been extremely helpful. So far, the tentative plan is: - Cadbury World - An indian resturant - Black Country Living museum (open air museum) - centered around the industrialisation of the black country. Google Black Country Living Museum, Dudley if you'd like to find out more. I'm finding it difficult to link on a tablet. - Warwick Castle - Stratford upon avon - London (bus tour, afternoon tea) - The Bullring (Birmingham landmark and shopping) - The Roman baths, Bath (This is also where my older sister goes to university so we could take a look at an English university) - Cambridge - This is where I attend university (taking a year out) so I know the area well. Beautiful pubs, punting, the university, museums. We'll only do this if I can get my parents to drive because it's quite an expensive train ride. -If we don't do Cambridge, we can take the dog to the Malvern hills, which is a beautiful walk. With a few days shadowing a high school student (this has already been arranged, I think there's more than enough there. I don't want to overwhelm her or leave her too tired to enjoy her experiences. I'll make sure to add in a trip to some local shops aswell

I'd love to do a panto but the visit isn't until the end of March so it won't be the right season.

Unfortunately, I don't drive yet (learning at the moment) so we would be mostly dependent on public transport and my parents driving so this is probably at bit far.

The pub is an excellent idea. My family actually has a membership to the National Trust which gives us free access to many historical sights and discounted entrance fees to others, so things like ruins and the like will certainly be on the list.

Nobody in my family really likes mince pies so we don't really have any hanging around. I wonder if I could find some though. I'll have to have a look in the shops.

I will do this!