Getting an 'x' on my passport and other docs

[Jaimey]

Better than American English 
I still can't figure out why you say erbs instead of herbs with an H sound and why you call jam 'jelly'  I do like how you spell Axe 'Ax', though I don't understand why americans have fire ax's. What sort of madman puts out a fire with an ax?

I used to say 'herbs' with an 'h' until someone made fun of me.    In the US, jam has seeds and jelly doesn't (I think that's the difference here...).  But by jelly do you mean jello?  My friend from India used to get frustrated all the time because he speaks British English...especially about biscuits. 

[NickSister]

Yep,  our jelly is your jello - though you can have fruit jelly which is when you make jam but strain all the pulp out of it - comercially we still call it jam.

Biscuits here are what you call cookies.

[Lyric]

A bit off the current discussion, but back to the initial entry, I've never heard of using "Mx" as an alternative to "Mr", "Miss", etc. I like it. I think I'll start using it informally, at least. Does anyone else use this? Maybe I've missed something.

Mx. Lyric

[Jaimey]

NickSister!  You're ADORABLE!!!    Nice pic. 

[NickSister]

NickSister!  You're ADORABLE!!!    Nice pic. 

Thank you!, I was going for a Mona Lisa kind of look 

I sometimes use Mx, though people always 'correct it' in their computer systems. I like it too, though prefer not to have any title at all. So far I have found titles in my country are a legal grey area. As far as I can tell it is really just a very strong social convention and nobody wants to admit that it is not that important.

[RebeccaFog]

yeah. you look good.  Somehow I knew you'd be sporting polka dots.

[NickSister]

They are my new PJ's. (they have yellow trim around the cuffs too)

[Kinkly]

I'd prefer to have no title either thankfully they re not used much, but as a teen I spent too much of my time in hospital and the white board with my name I'd insist on rubbing out the Mr

[Aiden]

I say herbs with the h sound though people look at me weird.  And we call Jam either Jam or Jelly.  Thing there is some kind of difference in how their made, but not sure.  I know that I like peanut butter and blackberry 'Jam'  if it's jelly doesn;t have same consistency.

[RebeccaFog]

I sent a letter to senator kennedy and his site made me choose a salutation, so I chose 'Dr.' and then after I finished whining about impeaching half the government, I explained that I used Doctor because it's nongendered and I refuse to choose between mr. and ms.

Then I said I lost my virginity and could they check and see if it is in the senator's pants.

[Jaimey]

Then I said I lost my virginity and could they check and see if it is in the senator's pants.

OMG.  Wow. 

I don't understand why we need titles anymore.  I sort of understand (while I don't really like it) why we used to use them (there are still old ladies who send us Christmas cards and sign it Mrs. Fred Soandso...I'd rather eat dirt...).  But I think it's time they retire.

[RebeccaFog]

I hope you know I didn't actually write that last part.  I didn't want them to ignore my plead to bring criminals to justice.

I have had an idea lately of really writing insane letters to important people and posting the exchanges, but it's not fair unless you tell them you're sharing and they won't be honest anyway.

[Jaimey]

I hope you know I didn't actually write that last part.

I know you better than that!    It would have been pretty awesome if you had written that, but yeah...they wouldn't have appreciated it as much.    (They just have no sense of humor)