Three minor observations

@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

@sallypup That's a very poor reason to be upset with you. Shame on them.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (59192)

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29 May 24

@sallypup I never thought about that one. Here, both are used. It’s common to hear the phrases of paper bag, paper sack, plastic bag or plastic sack. That was no reason to get mad about, for sure.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51818)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

29 May 24

Teeter-totter/see-saw... potato, potahto. We use both terms here in Canada. And who pled you to do what?

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (51818)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

29 May 24

@JudyEv No! Can't be true...

Will you get snow where you are?

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

People have pled with me to shut up occasionally.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

@BarBaraPrz No, it would be very, very rare for us to get snow.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (40976)

• Philippines

29 May 24

I just realized that the seasons are reversed where you are in the southern hemisphere. Most of us in the northern part of the country are in the summer or spring.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (40976)

• Philippines

31 May 24

@JudyEv Oh I thought you are 2 hours ahead of us. Am not good at that I guess there are different time zones in your place that is why we have exactly the same time.

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rsa101

@rsa101 (40976)

• Philippines

5 Jun 24

I guess parts of Australia are directly above us, which is why we have the same time. I didn't know that until you pointed it out. It's interesting to think that there are people in Australia who are literally down below us.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 May 24

@rsa101 Yes, West Australia has its own time zone meaning we don't share it with another state.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

29 May 24

I've used both those terms either way. When I was a kid, we called the teeter-totter a seesaw or teeter-totter. I've also used pled in my writing. I also used pleaded.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

30 May 24

@JudyEv It's amazing that when I did my Bible study this morning, I used pleaded and remembered your post and thought about using pled but didn't.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 24

@just4him Isn't it funny how these terms turn up several times after a first time.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

Something I've learnt about 'to plead'. lol

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15373)

• Hong Kong

29 May 24

What's the average temperature in your winter?

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

Average temperatures for the three months range from 10 C to 19 C.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

@Beestring We get the odd day below freezing but not often.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15373)

• Hong Kong

29 May 24

@JudyEv Winter in Hong Kong is a bit colder. Temperature can drop to 5-6 C.

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May Day

@HaruLoid (1592)

• Philippines

29 May 24

I always wonder what snow actually look like.

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snow

@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

We don't get snow here. I've only seen it a few times.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 24

@HaruLoid I was very excited the first time I saw snow.

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May Day

@HaruLoid (1592)

• Philippines

30 May 24

@JudyEv It would be great to be able to see it even if just for once.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208846)

• United States

29 May 24

Seesaw is also used here. Teeter Totter and see saw are interchangeable. Sounds like a day to stay home. Do you have a hospital bed set up for Vince at home? I know you were saying one time you were getting something like that.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (208846)

• United States

30 May 24

@JudyEv Good

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 24

Yes, we bought a second-hand hospital bed and the spare room is set up ready for him. I should be picking him up in an hour or so.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

29 May 24

I actually miss Aussie winters as they are less harsh than the British ones. That is one cute kangaroo.

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YoghurtGal

@flapiz (23530)

• United Kingdom

30 May 24

@JudyEv Ahahaha exactly! I remembered my British friend there saying it is like summer in the UK the aussie winters.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 24

Our winters are very mild really. I used to complain about the cold on myLot until I heard some of the temperatures they get in Canada.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502391)

• Italy

29 May 24

Plead and pleaded are both correct even in British English, even if pleaded is preferred. I had to check what a teeter-totter is, I do not know the correct name in Italian.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502391)

• Italy

29 May 24

@JudyEv I also would always use pleaded.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

I would always use pleaded. I've never heard of pled before now.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (97990)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

30 May 24

Still keeping Vince in my prayers and I hope he gets to go home soon, Will you be having a visiting nurse?

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 24

He should come home today. Just trying to tie up some loose ends. He won't need a visiting nurse - not that I've heard anyway.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (238298)

• Walnut Creek, California

30 May 24

I've used both in my life. But what is a theatre?

"And myLotter @MarieCoyle mentioned a teeter-totter in her post about drive-in movie theatres. Here, it’s called a see-saw. Just another of our differences."

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 24

Well, you can have an operating theatre or a movie theatre for starters.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (59192)

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30 May 24

We do have our different words, don't we?

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122132)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 May 24

Nice image of the kangaroo in this post.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

Thanks. It was a very wet day and there was nowhere they could really get out of the rain.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (122132)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

29 May 24

@JudyEv You are welcome.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222310)

• United States

29 May 24

I hope Vince will be coming home today.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

I've just had word and can pick him up in the morning.

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (222310)

• United States

30 May 24

@JudyEv Yay! You will both be relieved that he's home.

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Patricia Ocampo

@iKONICNoona (4393)

• Philippines

29 May 24

Sudden change of weather here in my country too but its still humid even though its raining. I think summer has come to an end here and it started raining and oh I forgot there's a storm and I think thats the reason hahaha

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

It's still storming here too. The sun might come out for a few minutes but before you know it, it's raining again.

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Patricia Ocampo

@iKONICNoona (4393)

• Philippines

29 May 24

@JudyEv same thing is happening here too.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169448)

• United States

29 May 24

See saw, Marjory Daw, Jackie shall have a new master. . . I know it by both names.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 24

I'd forgotten that old nursery rhyme. I wonder what other ones I've forgotten.

OceanTiara

@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

29 May 24

That does sound funny..pled.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

True. I can't get my head around pled.

Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (40029)

• Toccoa, Georgia

29 May 24

I have always said see saw.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 24

I was always a bit scared of see-saw as I was once kept sitting up high.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135690)

• Marion, Ohio

29 May 24

I have never heard pleaded. Hope the weather clears some there.

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 May 24

And I'd never heard pled! What a funny world we live in.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (14804)

• Ireland

29 May 24

@judyev Some words really do jar even if they are accepted. Why is the past tense of ‘teach’ ‘taught’, yet the past tense of ‘preach’ is not ‘praught’?

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@JudyEv (382016)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 May 24

'Praught' sounds just as odd as 'pled'.

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Traceyjayne

@Traceyjayne (11304)

• United Kingdom

29 May 24

Love the kangaroo photo. We are just starting out Summer ...although you wouldn't think it with the weather we are having !

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