1. Aluminium was adopted as the internationally recognised name for the element in 1990. Then in 1993, the international union of pure and applied chemistry added Aluminum as of an equivalent status.
2. Association Football was abbreviated to 'soccer' in England first, presumably to differentiate it from its cousin, rugby football. In effect then, 'soccer' is a more accurate name for it than 'football' will ever be.
Now then. I've been thinking about this today: I have never met an American I didn't instantly like. There's something about them, gregarious and warm-hearted, hilarious and explosively funny, that gives them that likeability tractor-beam. It draws me in, anyway, making me realise how free I would certainly like to be.
I did a personality test once. It was one of those ones where you came out as a different animal, based on your personality. Oh I longed to be an 'otter', full of life, sociable, funny and outgoing. I answered the questions truthfully. Out came the result...
"You are a golden retriever. Faithful, dependable, loyal and consistent."
... and all I saw was 'boring'. I don't want to be predictable! I want to be an otter! I want to be fun. I want to be... like the Americans.
Take my friend Chris for example. He's from Florida (and sort of Ohio I think) - Otter. All day, he is a classic otter. Then there's Erica. She's from California. Otter - she makes everybody around her feel totally at ease and she makes people laugh!
And then there was the table of Americans last night, hilariously diving in over conversations, bubbling and laughing and praying and booming with the Brits about the funny differences between our two cultures. The tractor-beam was on big-time, and I sat quietly being magnetised with awe, into the roomful of otters, sparking each other into new dimensions of hilarity over cheese and wine.
Anyway, I am a golden retriever. I will always be there and I'm hard to budge. I am quiet, determined and faithful, even in a room of swirling fun. I don't like interrupting and I wait for spaces.
I did go home though. I was also very tired.
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