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What the hell are "bangs"? Is this an American thing or something?
(TMBG wrote an entire song about them. To quote, "blow my mind your
royal flyness, I dig your bangs".)
"I'll carry your books to school."
Is this another American thing? At every school I've ever seen, there'd
be nothing to carry. The textbooks and workbooks stay in the classroom.
(Unless you're doing homework, I guess...) Hell, even at university I
didn't really have much to carry - then again, I guess that's because it
was all on disk...
What precisely does "going steady" actually mean anyway?
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:39:40 +0100, Invisible wrote:
> What the hell are "bangs"? Is this an American thing or something?
>
> (TMBG wrote an entire song about them. To quote, "blow my mind your
> royal flyness, I dig your bangs".)
http://tinyurl.com/2uk32nz
#2 on this list.
> "I'll carry your books to school."
>
> Is this another American thing? At every school I've ever seen, there'd
> be nothing to carry. The textbooks and workbooks stay in the classroom.
> (Unless you're doing homework, I guess...) Hell, even at university I
> didn't really have much to carry - then again, I guess that's because it
> was all on disk...
In US schools, the books go home with students, and at university, the
student purchases/owns the books.
> What precisely does "going steady" actually mean anyway?
http://tinyurl.com/348py4l
#2 on this list.
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
Damnit, you're fast!
> http://tinyurl.com/2uk32nz
>
> #2 on this list.
Actually it says HTTP 404...
> In US schools, the books go home with students, and at university, the
> student purchases/owns the books.
Really? Heh, I never knew that. Any specific reason?
> http://tinyurl.com/348py4l
>
> #2 on this list.
Again, 404.
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Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> > In US schools, the books go home with students, and at university, the
> > student purchases/owns the books.
> Really? Heh, I never knew that. Any specific reason?
At least University-level education is not part of the mandatory education
system and hence the government does not provide students with the studying
material, so they have to purchase it themselves.
It's common, but not universal, that in countries where basic education
is mandatory, the government provides the students with the material they
need (rather than forcing them to buy it). There are (or at least were)
exceptions to this in some countries (which, when you think about it, makes
little sense: Basically the government is *forcing* parents to buy books
for their children by law, which doesn't seem to be fair).
--
- Warp
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Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > In US schools, the books go home with students, and at university, the
> > student purchases/owns the books.
>
> Really? Heh, I never knew that. Any specific reason?
You make it sound outlandish. This was exactly my experience at my UK school,
and university. We had the use of lockers at school, but as you say, homework
etc...
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Invisible escreveu:
> What the hell are "bangs"? Is this an American thing or something?
you can bang your head against the wall, you can learn about the big
bang, you can purchase some item that will give you more bang to your
buck or you can, ahem, have a bang with some chick... :p
--
a game sig: http://tinyurl.com/d3rxz9
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Warp wrote:
> the government provides the students with the material they need
Interestingly, my understanding is that "school uniforms" are usually *not*
paid for by the government, and the point of the uniforms is to avoid
distinguishing wealthy from poor. If everyone buys the same clothes, there's
no way to have a status symbol your parents bought for you in that way.
I may be completely mistaken about this, mind.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
C# - a language whose greatest drawback
is that its best implementation comes
from a company that doesn't hate Microsoft.
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Invisible wrote:
> What the hell are "bangs"? Is this an American thing or something?
Since it's a 404, "bangs" are the girl equivalent of long sideburns.
Indeed, I don't know what google *you* are typing into, but typing "bangs"
into the one my browser hits comes up with the first entry being dozens of
pictures of bangs.
> "I'll carry your books to school."
>
> Is this another American thing? At every school I've ever seen, there'd
> be nothing to carry. The textbooks and workbooks stay in the classroom.
You probably share the same books with several classes. Here, in grade
school at least, you get given the book at the start of the year and give it
back at the end. There's places to store it in the school, but if you have
homework or whatever you lug it home with you.
http://www.lockersdepot.com/index/single-tier-standard-lockers-1.htm
> What precisely does "going steady" actually mean anyway?
Exclusive dating.
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
C# - a language whose greatest drawback
is that its best implementation comes
from a company that doesn't hate Microsoft.
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:45:10 +0100, Invisible wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>
> Damnit, you're fast!
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2uk32nz
>>
>> #2 on this list.
>
> Actually it says HTTP 404...
Crap, tinyurl is failing.
Google with the term: define:bangs
>> In US schools, the books go home with students, and at university, the
>> student purchases/owns the books.
>
> Really? Heh, I never knew that. Any specific reason?
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/348py4l
>>
>> #2 on this list.
>
> Again, 404.
define:"going steady".
Perfectly googleable. :-)
Jim
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On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:45:10 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>> In US schools, the books go home with students, and at university, the
>> student purchases/owns the books.
>
> Really? Heh, I never knew that. Any specific reason?
Because students write in books, particularly at uni. Books go home with
students in public schools (and private schools in my experience) so
students can do their homework.
Jim
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