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Where Personal and Professional Life Collide...
My life in 8 words: Organized chaos, by preference. Exhausting, but never boring
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Sometimes, a click of the button can turn a photo into something that spans generations...
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I do find the little differences quite fascinating. In England, that would be a chippie.
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2010-03-14 06:44 pm (UTC)
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and here, a "chipper" is what you put the tree limbs that fell in last night's storm through, to make into mulch, and a "chippie" is old-fashioned (1800's) slang for a prostitute.
A multitude of nations separated by a common language, indeed.
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2010-03-14 08:02 pm (UTC)
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My maiden name is Burdick but as far as I know it is a German name.
Love the picture, thanks for sharing.
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Date: 2010-03-14 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-14 06:44 pm (UTC)A multitude of nations separated by a common language, indeed.
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Date: 2010-03-14 08:02 pm (UTC)Love the picture, thanks for sharing.