I have a question for a British girl! Over here in America, girls go crazy for guys with British accents; apparently it's one of the most attractive features a boy can have. Does this hold true in Britain where it's the norm?

^I am not British, but think about it: that would mean the girls went crazy over every guy they ever see!

I hate licorice it taste horrible, when i taste those jelly beans that are licorice. red is okay.

I agree that Australian licorice is better! And yes, I think you could call it 'juicy'! I had the mango kind...very good.

Lu

The type of licorice I had was out of a generic package of licorice obtained from a local drug store. Drug stores here in the States are secretly the best place to get candy and always have the best selection, especially of the lesser known varieties. I looked on amazon.com and this is the stuff I had (had, past tense...it's gone ) is apparently made by an outfit called Kookaburra, who makes a variety of candies. Now comes the tricky part of trying to find out what drug store it was bought at and go and stock up on it. It was very close to being on par with milk chocolate in my book, and that's a pretty steep rank to obtain in my book.

Licorice at Amazon? Who would've thunk?
I've had the plain licorice many times, the rasberry version several times (the Australian take has some licorice in it) and the mango type once. I really enjoyed the mango one (probably because there's only a little real licorice in it). Not sure where to buy it though. Shadowlander, glad you enjoyed a taste of Australia!

I'm not sure what the brand of mine was but I think it had a kangaroo on it...??

Lu

*raises her hand* I have a question for the British :What's the difference between dinner and supper?

I believe that now dinner is whichever is the main, or largest, meal of the day, but traditionally it was the meal eaten at noon, and the meal eaten in the evening was called supper or tea.

I'd consider the two more or less interchangeable (I think supper is more often used in the north), both referring to the evening meal.

Where I'm from we sometimes refer to an after dinner meal as supper too (like cereal or toast).

Well I'm not British, but here in the US (at least in my family) we use the two interchangeably. Although we also interchange supper and lunch or brunch but that is less often, that might just be a family thing, but I know that supper=dinner isn't

Okay, I have some questions: (thanks Brits for answering all these questions we've handed you)

1. Once I read an interview with Anna Popplewell, and she said she couldn't "sing for toffee" meaning she couldn't do it, she wasn't very good at it. She said it was a British expression. Do you have any other common sayings?

2. If you'd ask an American...they'd instantly know about Justin Beiber, Miley Cyrus, or Twilight. Are there similar pop culture things that EVERY Brit will know about?

3. From my understanding...EVERY Aussie knows about Lord of the Rings...do Brits have that common knowledge as well? What about Narnia?

4. What did you think of the Royal Wedding? (Kate/William or Diana/Charles...if you remember it) Did it bore you? Or were you happy about it, kinda like a patriotism thing.

5.What was your reaction to Diana's death and what do you think of Camilla?

Re Dinner/Supper:

Those two words are interchangeable here in the Dominion as well, or at least they have come to be that way...

4. What did you think of the Royal Wedding? (Kate/William or Diana/Charles...if you remember it) Did it bore you? Or were you happy about it, kinda like a patriotism thing.

I enjoyed the Royal Wedding, but not all the media hype and the fanatic and emotional reactions from the media and the rest of the world. That I could have lived quite happily without. I thought that the service was beautiful, but if anything, wished that it was even more traditional than what it was. (I am a staunch traditionalist, you see).

5.What was your reaction to Diana's death and what do you think of Camilla?

I was young when Diana died, so, while I have my own thoughts on the subject, I shan't go there. However, I like the Duchess of Cornwall fairly well. She is a hard working Royal who carries out her royal duties well. I was quite impressed when I read in particular about some of the charities in which she is involved, and I like how she has stood up for some key elements and British traditions, a few in particular.

I may be wrong but this is how i thought or think the dinner/supper thign is

dinner: is the main meal of the day which is usually around 5-7pm

supper: is like milk and cookies before going to bed.

My understanding (mostly from reading the In Grandma's Attic books) was that it all depended on where you were from. Country people said breakfast, dinner, and supper. Dinner being the noon meal and supper being the evening meal anywhere from 5 - 8 at night. City people called it breakfast, lunch, and dinner with lunch being the noon meal and dinner being the evening meal.

My family is split between those two. We call it breakfast, lunch, and supper with lunch being at noon and supper being around 6 or 7. I call the evening meal dinner on occasion but I have never called the noon meal dinner. It's just a bit odd in my mind. I think it all depends on where and how you were raised.