Three minor observations

@JudyEv (342083)
Rockingham, Australia
May 28, 2024 9:15pm CST
Nothing special to share today but our winter seems to have begun at last. We had a lot of rain overnight together with thunder and lightning. One huge clap of thunder made me jump. We’ve had more rain this morning and some hail. If the weather doesn’t clear a bit, I may not go to see Vince in hospital today. We’ve talked on the phone and he’s happy for me not to visit. He might even get discharged tomorrow which would be nice. Also, twice now I’ve seen ‘pled’ used as a past tense of ‘to plead’. I always thought it was ‘pleaded’ but it seems either is correct. ‘Pled’ sound funny to my ears. And myLotter @MarieCoyle mentioned a teeter-totter in her post about drive-in movie theatres. Here, it’s called a see-saw. Just another of our differences. The photo is of a very wet kangaroo trying to keep out of the worst of the rain.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (38709)
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29 May
When I was young, we called them see-saws. But now it seems most people here say teeter-totter. I guess both are OK to say, I have heard both. Kind of like all the names we have for shopping carts--cart, buggy, even carriages...we seem to have many names for some things!
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (61633)
• Centralia, Washington
29 May
@MarieCoyle A bag is a sack and a sack is a bag. I got into trouble when I was a kid cause I called a bag a sack or was it the other way around? Right now, my adult mind thinks it wasn't a good reason to be harsh with me.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
@sallypup That's a very poor reason to be upset with you. Shame on them.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (38709)
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29 May
@sallypup I never thought about that one. Here, both are used. It’s common to hear the phrases of paper bag, paper sack, plastic bag or plastic sack. That was no reason to get mad about, for sure.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 May
Teeter-totter/see-saw... potato, potahto. We use both terms here in Canada. And who pled you to do what?
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47667)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 May
@JudyEv No! Can't be true... Will you get snow where you are?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
People have pled with me to shut up occasionally.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
@BarBaraPrz No, it would be very, very rare for us to get snow.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
29 May
I just realized that the seasons are reversed where you are in the southern hemisphere. Most of us in the northern part of the country are in the summer or spring.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
31 May
@JudyEv Oh I thought you are 2 hours ahead of us. Am not good at that I guess there are different time zones in your place that is why we have exactly the same time.
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rsa101
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
5 Jun
I guess parts of Australia are directly above us, which is why we have the same time. I didn't know that until you pointed it out. It's interesting to think that there are people in Australia who are literally down below us.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 May
@rsa101 Yes, West Australia has its own time zone meaning we don't share it with another state.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 May
I've used both those terms either way. When I was a kid, we called the teeter-totter a seesaw or teeter-totter. I've also used pled in my writing. I also used pleaded.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317242)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 May
@JudyEv It's amazing that when I did my Bible study this morning, I used pleaded and remembered your post and thought about using pled but didn't.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
@just4him Isn't it funny how these terms turn up several times after a first time.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
Something I've learnt about 'to plead'. lol
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M Cheung
@Beestring (14694)
• Hong Kong
29 May
What's the average temperature in your winter?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
Average temperatures for the three months range from 10 C to 19 C.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
@Beestring We get the odd day below freezing but not often.
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M Cheung
@Beestring (14694)
• Hong Kong
29 May
@JudyEv Winter in Hong Kong is a bit colder. Temperature can drop to 5-6 C.
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May Day
@HaruLoid (1588)
• Philippines
29 May
I always wonder what snow actually look like.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
We don't get snow here. I've only seen it a few times.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
@HaruLoid I was very excited the first time I saw snow.
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May Day
@HaruLoid (1588)
• Philippines
30 May
@JudyEv It would be great to be able to see it even if just for once.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (182193)
• United States
29 May
Seesaw is also used here. Teeter Totter and see saw are interchangeable. Sounds like a day to stay home. Do you have a hospital bed set up for Vince at home? I know you were saying one time you were getting something like that.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (182193)
• United States
30 May
@JudyEv Good
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
Yes, we bought a second-hand hospital bed and the spare room is set up ready for him. I should be picking him up in an hour or so.
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YoghurtGal
@flapiz (23152)
• United Kingdom
29 May
I actually miss Aussie winters as they are less harsh than the British ones. That is one cute kangaroo.
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YoghurtGal
@flapiz (23152)
• United Kingdom
30 May
@JudyEv Ahahaha exactly! I remembered my British friend there saying it is like summer in the UK the aussie winters.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
Our winters are very mild really. I used to complain about the cold on myLot until I heard some of the temperatures they get in Canada.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
29 May
Plead and pleaded are both correct even in British English, even if pleaded is preferred. I had to check what a teeter-totter is, I do not know the correct name in Italian.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (472114)
• Switzerland
29 May
@JudyEv I also would always use pleaded.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
I would always use pleaded. I've never heard of pled before now.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 May
Still keeping Vince in my prayers and I hope he gets to go home soon, Will you be having a visiting nurse?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
He should come home today. Just trying to tie up some loose ends. He won't need a visiting nurse - not that I've heard anyway.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220245)
• Walnut Creek, California
30 May
I've used both in my life. But what is a theatre? "And myLotter @MarieCoyle mentioned a teeter-totter in her post about drive-in movie theatres. Here, it’s called a see-saw. Just another of our differences."
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
Well, you can have an operating theatre or a movie theatre for starters.
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Marie Coyle
@MarieCoyle (38709)
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30 May
We do have our different words, don't we?
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (104160)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 May
Nice image of the kangaroo in this post.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
Thanks. It was a very wet day and there was nowhere they could really get out of the rain.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (104160)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 May
@JudyEv You are welcome.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (181650)
• United States
29 May
I hope Vince will be coming home today.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
I've just had word and can pick him up in the morning.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (181650)
• United States
30 May
@JudyEv Yay! You will both be relieved that he's home.
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Patricia Ocampo
@iKONICNoona (4220)
• Philippines
29 May
Sudden change of weather here in my country too but its still humid even though its raining. I think summer has come to an end here and it started raining and oh I forgot there's a storm and I think thats the reason hahaha
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
It's still storming here too. The sun might come out for a few minutes but before you know it, it's raining again.
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Patricia Ocampo
@iKONICNoona (4220)
• Philippines
29 May
@JudyEv same thing is happening here too.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
29 May
See saw, Marjory Daw, Jackie shall have a new master. . . I know it by both names.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
I'd forgotten that old nursery rhyme. I wonder what other ones I've forgotten.
OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
29 May
That does sound funny..pled.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
True. I can't get my head around pled.
Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (37379)
• Toccoa, Georgia
29 May
I have always said see saw.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
I was always a bit scared of see-saw as I was once kept sitting up high.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (108144)
• Marion, Ohio
29 May
I have never heard pleaded. Hope the weather clears some there.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
And I'd never heard pled! What a funny world we live in.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (13150)
• Ireland
29 May
@judyev Some words really do jar even if they are accepted. Why is the past tense of ‘teach’ ‘taught’, yet the past tense of ‘preach’ is not ‘praught’?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
'Praught' sounds just as odd as 'pled'.
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Traceyjayne
@Traceyjayne (1784)
• United Kingdom
29 May
Love the kangaroo photo. We are just starting out Summer ...although you wouldn't think it with the weather we are having !
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342083)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 May
The UK is known for its inclement weather. We were really surprised when we were there with how hot it got from time to time.