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See lessWhy are the British confused about us calling bread rolls ābiscuitsā when they call bread rolls āpuddingsā?
We arenāt, and we donāt. You are misinformed. In Britain, the word ābiscuitā means a hard baked cookie, like a graham cracker. Since this is the normal use of this word in the UK, we donāt automatically think of the plain scone-type baked goods for which Americans use the word ābiscuitā. US EnglishRead more
We arenāt, and we donāt. You are misinformed.
In Britain, the word ābiscuitā means a hard baked cookie, like a graham cracker. Since this is the normal use of this word in the UK, we donāt automatically think of the plain scone-type baked goods for which Americans use the word ābiscuitā. US English is a different dialect of English, and there are many words which have different meanings from U.K. English (jumper, braces, suspenders, tap etc.)
What on earth makes you think we call bread rolls āpuddingsā? In the U.K., pudding is any dessert, not just the blancmange-stuff which Americans use that word for. It is correct in the U.K. to say āIām having apple pie for pudding.ā.
See lessHow do native speakers tell Iām foreign based on my English alone?
It may be little things like not using native idioms, that you would pick up from living in the UK. But, hey. Thatās just a guess. Also, I donāt think I wouldāve noticed you were foreign from what you wrote, if you didnāt point it out.
It may be little things like not using native idioms, that you would pick up from living in the UK.
But, hey. Thatās just a guess.
Also, I donāt think I wouldāve noticed you were foreign from what you wrote, if you didnāt point it out.
See lessGoogle Analytics reads like a seismic chart lately
My clients have seen big changes the last couple of weeks, but all for the good thankfully. The āFredā update was a biggie and it looks like some websites that have massive ads with little quality content got hit hard. I saw one post where their traffic plummeted 95% and they are virtually invisibleRead more
My clients have seen big changes the last couple of weeks, but all for the good thankfully. The āFredā update was a biggie and it looks like some websites that have massive ads with little quality content got hit hard. I saw one post where their traffic plummeted 95% and they are virtually invisible in search nowā¦ā¦it is times like these I am thrilled I only do white-hat workā¦.sometimes I scratch my head and am tempted when I see competitors outrank me with crappy sites with no backlinksā¦but I have hope their day will come! š
See lessWhat is a nice way to end an interview that is clearly going badly?
Iāve also ended interviews as a candidate on the phone myself. They asked a question that I didnātā have the answer to and I told them that I didnāt know. The next 2 questions were in that same direction, with them knowing that Iād already said I wasnāt particularly fluent in that area but they keptRead more
Iāve also ended interviews as a candidate on the phone myself. They asked a question that I didnātā have the answer to and I told them that I didnāt know. The next 2 questions were in that same direction, with them knowing that Iād already said I wasnāt particularly fluent in that area but they kept on. At that point I said, āLetās just stop here. We both know that Iām not doing well answering your questions and to be honest, that youāre restating the same topic after being told that already I donāt know probably means we wouldnāt be a good fit.ā Too many people forget that itās a two-way street and they seems shocked that anyone would actually end their interview.
See lessDoes Google force employees who have offers from Facebook to leave immediately?
When I was at Facebook, 2013ā2016, the rumor I heard was the opposite. It was my understanding that Google practically had a policy of counter-offering anyone who got an offer from Facebook, and that seeking an offer from Facebook was a strategy Googlers used to up their compensation. Ironically, FaRead more
When I was at Facebook, 2013ā2016, the rumor I heard was the opposite.
It was my understanding that Google practically had a policy of counter-offering anyone who got an offer from Facebook, and that seeking an offer from Facebook was a strategy Googlers used to up their compensation.
Ironically, Facebook had the opposite policy: If you get an offer from elsewhere, it was Facebookās policy not to counter-offer. Facebookās view is that if they start counter-offering, they will get into a compensation arms race. And besides, if you really want to go work somewhere else, then maybe you should. There are lots of people who would love to work at Facebook; they donāt need to try to convince you to stay if you want to leave. And if youāre just bluffing, well good on them for not falling for it.
See lessIs there an English equivalent to the French expression: āil faut dāabord apprendre Ć marcher avant de courirā?
While we do say this literally sometimes in English, we have a more common idiom that many people would probably think of first, if they werenāt translating. You have to crawl before you can walk. At least in American English, this idiom is very popular.
While we do say this literally sometimes in English, we have a more common idiom that many people would probably think of first, if they werenāt translating.
You have to crawl before you can walk.
At least in American English, this idiom is very popular.
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