The best answers will probably require a description of which country it was that you "went" to in parenthesis because your hint that you went is so subtle.
Best of luck. Here's a picture of Brieann studying abroad to get you in the right mindset:
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Everybody loves bi-monthly contests
Compose a sentence with a really subtle hint that you studied abroad. I don't care if you actually did or not-- this is a no purchase necessary contest! Just none of that "I love CHYABAT-TA bread...oh my gosh I can't believe I'm losing my Italian accent...my host mom would kill me! CHyuuuBA-TA..." Those are the kind of sentences that make me change the subject entirely just to avoid giving the ciabbata-er the satisfaction of being recognized for their worldly experience and adding to their big, overflowing bucket of I-studied-abroad pride.
The best answers will probably require a description of which country it was that you "went" to in parenthesis because your hint that you went is so subtle.
Best of luck. Here's a picture of Brieann studying abroad to get you in the right mindset:
The best answers will probably require a description of which country it was that you "went" to in parenthesis because your hint that you went is so subtle.
Best of luck. Here's a picture of Brieann studying abroad to get you in the right mindset:
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OOPS I made a Pizza!
oh my god, i love your contests.
ps. we should get together for dinner this friday! say, 10pm?
hahahahaha we're off to a good start.
I have a five-year-old daughter in rural Spain; her mom worked as a camarera near la universidad.
-scott christ
These port-o-potties smell like my host mom.
you know, i think i'm STILL adjusting back to days without a siesta.
Ah man, I wish I could think of something witty, but I spent all last night at the pub with my best mates--my head's a bit cloudy today!
p.s. Scott's entry is the least subtle thing I have ever read.
Ewwww, that reminds me of how my host-father used to pick his teeth with the bread knife at the dinner table.
Do you know how funny it is to live near the Equator??? Oh no you wouldn't understand.
Oy, my digestive system can't adjust back to this leavened bread!
"This hot chocolate is almost as good as the chocolat africain served at Angelina's...almost, but not quite."
(Paris, France)
As a rule, I think these type of statements are at their most cloying when talking about food... Name-dropping little in-the-know food haunts in cities around the world is the apex of Mount Clevannoysoph.
(Clevannoysoph = cleverly annoying sophistication)
Rachel, you are a genius!
HAHAHA
Ms. P & C,
YOU'RE RIGHT. Next time, obscure restaurant name-dropping will be a requirement!
I had forgotten how huge the portions are in the States.
My flatmate last year was such a wanker, she never cleaned our WC.
God, those pierogis tasted good. If only I was back there instead of here...
"Poor dear, she thought he was being so clever, offering me this specialist little European liquor- she got so upset, but I would have thought that if she had wanted to come across as some worldly jetsetter then she would have welcomed the correction on the traditional way to serve it."
She spent all day learning at uni and then made a party, naturally.
(My sentences were this terrible after speaking German for while.)
OMG I love Cafe Tacuba; I should've bought their new album when I had the chance.
(Mexico City)
I can never eat American croissants again.
Hey meg! what's the craic? oh haha sorry, i mean what's new?
"The most romantic thing I've ever done was when my boyfriend and I went under the Bridge of Sighs in a gondola."
(Venice)
I spent a fortnight there, but even on my last day I wasn't within cooee of understanding a word the locals said.
It's actually pronounced, cha-bah-ta. Sheesh.
Omigosh, that Ferris Wheel looks like it's almost as big as the Eye!
(the sight-seeing ferris wheel on the Thames)
"There was general argy-bargy in trying to get a hold of you last night, so I ended up leaving a message on your ansaphone."
(Great Britain)
Not very subtle maybe, but there you go.
~Morgan
I'm so glad no one smokes here.
That was (China) by the way.
"Oh, you still go to those keggers? I guess since I got spoiled on great wine with every meal I find those parties rather...provincial."
I bought this angora sweater, with reindeer on it at a little shop, and this picture was taken at this AMAZING fjord lookout point, you know...the glass one. Oh? You've never been...I see. Well, it's amazing...
(Norway)
Accent? Vot accent?
Penguins are just not the same as tim-tams.
(that's a double-whammy for you. It loses its appeal in explanation so I'm not going to bother).
Your "chop suey" looks almost as good as last year's tinea!
God. I was going to leave an entry, but Gemma's just defeated the purpose.
I love your contests!
We were playing beer pong outside and the Spainards just looked at us and went 'Crazy Americans.'
^Spaniards.
DAMN YOU SPELL CHECK! Without it, I am a lost misspelling soul.
My hand is getting tired from flashing a peace sign in all of those photos.
(Japan)
I can't get over how cheap everything is back here!
[EU, any country]
-- annie
these コンテスト are just so...great
carol - hahahaha - i think that's the best one i've seen so far.
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