Then the joke was on that writer. And all the other Brits I hear over here complaining about the word.
Do you have a cite for that? At what point can someone who acquired Israeli citizenship through the Law of Return move out of the country without losing it?
Which Punjab? And the majority of people in Punjab are most certainly not Sikhs.
No time to look it up right now – I’ll try to find something over the weekend – but IIRC something like 3 years.
What, you’ve never fought over sex?
It’s not exactly common knowledge that we invented the word. It dates from the time when Rugby football was a more common term (or “rugger”), so it was more likely to be confused with Association football (hence “soccer”).
At least, that’s the version I head. It might be apocryphal (or “crapper”).
OK, upon further checking (not enough to call it “research” :)) it appears to be just one year – from here(yes, Wikipedia, I know…):
(bolding obviously mine)
Alessan, did you happen to see my question?
Since the title includes “cultures”, here’s one I’ve always wondered about.
Why do black people not like camping? I’m a second-generation RV-er/camper who spends a lot of time in campgrounds, and I can’t recall ever seeing a black family camping in any of the parks.
Disposable income is the first answer that comes to mind, but there are lots of families in state parks with inexpensive Wal-mart stuff, so I don’t think money is the entire explanation. I usually spend 30+ nights per year camping and I’ve seen at least some of every major culture/race represented. But I never see black people.
Note to self: Work out and invest in shorts before visiting Euskadi.
Here in Angola ( queue Al Stewart song… 
) a traditional breakfast consists of fruit and Cassava porridge. Cassava is the root of a plant of the name name is is quite common here and much of Africa. It is pretty bland so sugar, milk, or cinnamon is usually added to make it more palatable. Those of you in the Chicagoland area can sample it at Cassava.
In our house, I prefer Cheerios and a reasonably current newspaper like the Sunday Times.
I haven’t read all previous comments, but I heard people in England will go to the beach on a 50 degree day as long as it’s sunny and think they’re having a swell time!
Yeah. Who are they to think they’re having a swell time?
But remember, they don’t use the same definition of 50 degrees as we do. Their 50 degrees is about 122 in our degrees.
A 50 degree day in England would be pretty noteworthy! I sure wouldn’t spend a day like that on the beach. Not without a lot of shade, cold drinks, and a strong breeze.
Who needs the sun? We can just sit in the car with some fish and chips and watch the rain battle the sea spray for supremacy over the land 
Alas, too soon that will be part of the far past golden age.
According to the Daily [del]Outrage[/del] Mail, the wet weather is causing potato blight, increasing their cost, if any potatoes can be found at all. (The wet-weather stories are neatly sandwiched between drought stories about garden-hose bans.)
Thanks to Blighty’s blight plight, coupled with no fish left in the sea, I see no hope for Brighton, whether it’s a balmy 32ºF or not.
Agent Foxtrot, was your question about Hindi and Urdu adequately answered?
Yup, thanks.
The only place in town that serves grits!
… at least up here in the Tundra-Formerly-Known-As-Frozen (yay, global warming!)