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Post by browneyedgirl on Nov 10, 2010 19:15:44 GMT 9.5
OK, I was not offended about being called a Yank....I just think it is funny from an American standpoint of view especially in light of the fact that a Yank is someone who lives in the northeast of the US. I find sometimes if people are wanting to be offended it is because they are looking for it, IMO. Underneath it all, we are just flesh and bone. For a school subject: we Americans say MATH, I have heard it called MATHS (plural), do Aussies refer it as MATHS or Math class? And school levels, I know in England they have 4th, 5th, 6th formers, etc. I am trying to figure out if OZ has similar levels. In America, we go by grade levels. 1st, 2nd, 3rd grades, etc. Most kids at age 5 start kindergarten and at age 6 start 1st grade. And at 18 are seniors in 12th grade and will graduate (if they pass exams). When do kids graduate and is that what it is called in OZ? Or is it earning a certificate? or?
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Post by Crystal Fox on Nov 10, 2010 19:40:52 GMT 9.5
We call it Maths, well I always have and have only heard the older generations call it math.
In Australia as soon as a child is 3 and a quarter they go to what we call Pre-entry, which is early kindy for 1 day a week. And then when they hit 4 they have kindy for 4 days a week. My daughter will be 5 next year and she starts school, she will be going into what is called Reception and then when she is 6 she will be in year one. And every year she gets older she goes up a grade. In primary schools it is Reception to Yr 7 (8 years all up). Then high school is Yr's 8 - 12 (although some schools do have a year 13.)
The graduation age is usually about 17. If they want to get specific certificates/diplomas ie aged care, information technology etc, they would have to go to TAFE (college) Or University.
Also here in Australia we call window coverings curtains. Do you call them curtains or drapes?
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Post by Chips on Nov 10, 2010 20:54:17 GMT 9.5
BEG!! Think yourself lucky we use Yanks rather than the Australian name which is 'Septics.' Yank = Septic Tank It's a play on words... Dog & Bone = Phone. Apples & Pears = Stairs Hit & Missed = Pi$$ed.
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Post by sharon on Nov 11, 2010 6:22:17 GMT 9.5
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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Nov 11, 2010 8:51:49 GMT 9.5
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Post by Mrs Chips on Nov 11, 2010 14:58:12 GMT 9.5
I really dont know why Americans are called Yanks anymore than british people are called Poms.
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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Nov 11, 2010 16:20:52 GMT 9.5
I really dont know why Americans are called Yanks anymore than british people are called Poms. POM is a corruption of the anagram POHM (Prisoner Of His Majesty) meaning someone was a convict. Yanks comes form the southerners calling the Northerners Yankees (we simply apply it to all people from the USA) Yankee comes from originally from the song Yankee Doodle Dandy. This was a derogatory term (created by an English doctor who wrote the song as an insult) but one which many people in the USA took on as a symbol of pride in being American, rather than an the insult it was intended to be.
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Post by browneyedgirl on Nov 16, 2010 18:04:46 GMT 9.5
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Post by browneyedgirl on Nov 16, 2010 18:14:33 GMT 9.5
I forgot to ask, what is a person who is in a hair shirt mood/mode?
I need help with some metric cooking measurements. I have being on websites and I keep getting different answers. I hope someone knows.
I do have metric measuring cups (it reads ml after the cup as in, 1/4 cup is 60ml ~~ does that equal grams as well?).
I want to make this cake and it is in metric. What confuses me is that flour and sugar are measured differently. Why?
OK, 250g butter ~~ does that equal 1 cup American? 250g golden caster sugar (I know it is a super fine sugar) ~~ does that equal 1 1/4 cup American? Also, 100g of golden caster sugar ~~ does that equal 1/2 cup American? 140g polenta ~~ does that equal 1 cup American? 200g plain flour ~~ equal 2 cups or ? American?
Thank you so much! I have spent a number of days trying to figure out the measurements, so if the above on the right is not correct, please let me know.
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Post by Crystal Fox on Nov 16, 2010 18:57:39 GMT 9.5
I have no idea what that means. What is a hair shirt??
I also can't help you with those measurements. I have scales that I weigh my stuff on if I need grams. And I have measuring cups/spoons/jugs to measure in mls and cups.
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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Nov 16, 2010 20:27:40 GMT 9.5
Then high school is Yr's 8 - 12 (although some schools do have a year 13.) I think you will find that Year 13 is actually year Matriculation (Also known as HSC (High School Certificate) in some states. Some schools offer the chance of doing Matriculation over a two year period instead of just the one. Year 12 and matriculation/HSC are different things, you can do year 12 without doing matriculation/HSC, the latter require extra subjects year 12 does not cover. I have heard of some people doing year 12 then doing matriculation/HSC after wards.
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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Nov 16, 2010 20:36:17 GMT 9.5
We call it Maths, well I always have and have only heard the older generations call it math. Maths is short for Mathematics, which is plural, which is probably why we say Maths (plural) not Math (singular). Besides students learn more than one kind of "Math" at school so Maths is more appropriate in my opinion.
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Post by browneyedgirl on Nov 17, 2010 16:36:37 GMT 9.5
That makes sense CC about the plural form of maths. I am not sure why Americans schools call it MATH (singular). Many schools do not teach metric, hence the trouble with the measurements. A friend loaned me a scale to weigh grams, so I am going forward with the recipe. I bought metric measuring cups and I thought that would help, it sort of does but sometimes not. I will learn this metric measurement if it kills me. ha! ha!
CF ~~ Hair shirt mood/mode I hear maybe more on British shows.....maybe Sharon knows this one.
Here in the US, unless it has changed or perhaps a private school has a different operation, grade 12 (usually 17 or 18 year olds) ~~ once they study whatever they need for credit to graduate and pass exams at the end of the school year will get a diploma and graduate from high school. After that, many will go on to college.
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Post by Cullyn Of Cerrmor on Nov 17, 2010 21:32:48 GMT 9.5
Many schools do not teach metric, hence the trouble with the measurements. One thing I have learnt from watching Myth Busters is that any scientific testing has to be done in Metric. I was surprised when they did all their measurements in Metric, they used Kg and Gm and so on.
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Post by sharon on Nov 18, 2010 7:12:47 GMT 9.5
CF ~~ Hair shirt mood/mode I hear maybe more on British shows.....maybe Sharon knows this one. Im afraid im going to be no help at all on this one beg, as I dont have a clue what it means as Ive never heard of the phrase.
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