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All About England

All About England. By-Abigail K. benzing. English to american. Braid (braided hair ): Plait Brass Knuckles: Knuckle Dusters Brush (your teeth ): Clean Buck (as in slang for a dollar ): Quid (slang for a pound) Bumper Sticker: Car Sticker. Food. Staples: bread, potatoes

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All About England

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  1. All AboutEngland By-Abigail K. benzing

  2. English to american • Braid (braided hair): Plait • Brass Knuckles: Knuckle Dusters • Brush (your teeth): Clean • Buck (as in slang for a dollar): Quid (slang for a pound) • Bumper Sticker: Car Sticker

  3. Food • Staples: bread, potatoes • Vegetables: parsnips, swede, turnips, carrots, cabbages, leeks, onions, lettuce and tomatoes. • meets: roast mutton, chicken, pork and (most famously) beef. • Stews made from beef and mutton, minced meet sausages, and pies (stews covered in a pastry). • Dairy: milk butter, cheese and eggs. • Baked products: cakes and scones and (very famously) puddings • Beverages:Tea and still (bitter) beer. • The traditional English cooking is simple and does not involve allot of sauce or addition of wine etc, as compared to the French tradition.

  4. Fashion • As the UK is very much a western society - we wear very much the same as any other modern western society - ranging from Jeans and Tee shirts (whether with designer labels or not) to full business suits for office work (if required). Special clothers for the climate include heavy overcoats or anoraks for cold wintry weather to raincoats and umbrellas, for weather rain. Materials used cover every type and colour of fabric available, especially consider that Britain is a multi cultural society and in certain cities (Bradford for an example) you will find many stores with very colourful silk available for making in Sari's and other ethnic clothes.

  5. Fashion Footware Footwarecan be from the likes of Nike and Addidas Trainers (sneakers) to Leather Brogues (Wingtips) and for ladies - also the trainers to highly fashionable boots and shoes with heels or without. Clothes worn by children When they are relaxing at home or out playing with their friends, children in England wear comfortable clothes like t-shirts, jeans and sportwear. The right clothes are very important to teenagers, and many love to shop for the latest fashions. Where do English tenagers shop? In shops like TopShop, Oasis, Kookai, Warehouse, and Miss Sixty. At School Most children wear a school uniform when they are at school. In some schools children must wear jackets and ties. In other schools the uniform is more casual.

  6. Fables • Teeny-Tiny • a teeny-tiny woman who lived in a teeny-tiny house in a teeny-tiny village. Now, one day this teeny-tiny woman put on her teeny-tiny bonnet, and went out of her teeny-tiny house to take a teeny-tiny walk………….. 

  7. Customs Gift Giving Etiquette •The British exchange gifts between family members and close friends for birthdays and Christmas. •The gift need not be expensive, but it should usually demonstrate an attempt to find something that related to the recipient’s interests. •If invited to someone's home, it is normal to take along a box of good chocolates, a good bottle of wine or flowers.

  8. Holidays Crufts A famous annual British dog show which started in 1928. It is held at the NEC in Birmingham. The "Best in Show" award is presented on the final day (Sunday). Commonwealth Day People use the day to promote understanding about global issues, international co-operation and the work of the modern Commonwealth. Each year there is a different theme. The Queen will attend a special service in Westminster Abbey. 14 Mar 12 Mar 11 Mar Well Dressing - Derbyshire Wells are dressed with large framed panels decorated with elaborate mosaic-like pictures made of flower petals, seeds, grasses, leaves, tree bark, berries and moss.

  9. beatles Ringo Starr July 7, 1940 LiverPool, England John Lennon October 9, 1940 LiverPool, England Sir Paul McCartney June 18, 1942 LiverPool, England George Harrison February 25, 1943 LiverPool, England

  10. Adele When you think of Adele, it is likely that you think about that big, soulful voice that is all over the radio singing “there’s a fire, starting in my heart.” We know you can’t get that song out of your head. Adele was born in Tottenham, North London, England

  11. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_kind_of_food's_do_England's_eat#ixzz1nKHgW6pG

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