Tuesday, October 7, 2008

British Tidbits

Cost of......

Renting a 2 bedroom "flat" (apartment) in a nice neighborhood = 3000 Pounds ($6,000 US)

Purchasing a "flat" - 300,000 Pounds ($600,000 US)

Purchase 2 bedroom home in nice neighborhood = 500 - 1 Million Pounds (1 - 2 million US dollars)

Starting teacher salaries = 20,000 Pounds but "good" teacher's can earn up to 70,000 Pounds

Gas = $12/Gallon (Mike calculated this with a German participant)

British Sayings....

"Brilliant" - Great, good, OK.... etc.

"Cheers" - goodbye

"Mind your step" - (watch, be careful..... this was everywhere in the Tube stations, printed on the ground as you stepped off the Tube)

"Bum" - rear

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