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Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 17:37 on 31st July 2008 I have a question. I've heard the term "gap year" used a lot on the TV shows I've been watching. What does that mean? I have other terms I am not sure of.....I just can't think at the moment... Being at work gets in the way of having too much fun here!!
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John Ravenscroft Posts: 321 Joined: 21st Sep 2007 Location: UK | quotePosted at 17:43 on 31st July 2008 Hi, Krissy. In the UK, kids finish their A Level examinations when they're 18. The next step (if they get the grades) is university. If they decide to take a year off before going to uni (tour the world, play in a rock band, whatever...) it's called a gap year. |
| Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 17:45 on 31st July 2008 Ah ha!! Thank you John!!! That makes sense!!! |
Denzil Tregallion Posts: 1764 Joined: 26th May 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:32 on 31st July 2008 i thuoght it was just an anogram and all |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 20:33 on 31st July 2008 It's the year they 'take out' so they can spend their Uni fees on backpacking, then amass a huge debt to pay off at the end , boy am I glad my lads never did that. |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 03:43 on 1st August 2008 I like "mind the gap." lol |
Vera Howarth Posts: 51 Joined: 3rd Aug 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 12:58 on 26th August 2008 Ruth, the lngo here you may find difficult.There are so any dialects in England. Where I live there are differences between towns only a few miles apart, ie-Wgan and St Helens 120 miles distance -2 different dialects. Wen meand my husband visted the southern states of America we were often asked what country we came rom.In Lynchburg Tenesee we were asked if we were German. |
| Vera Howarth Posts: 51 Joined: 3rd Aug 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 12:59 on 26th August 2008 sorry that distance in my last post is 12 miles not 120 |
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 13:04 on 26th August 2008 What's 108 miles between friends Vera? lol  |
| L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 13:34 on 26th August 2008 About 5 hours if you're driving on the M1 LOL  |
