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ChrisHB Nov 2019 12:07pm, 19 Nov 2019 18,555 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB I can get wifi of SWR local trains but never on long-distance ones. GWR I always fail on. Southern, otoh, is really good. Thameslink patchy.
Velociraptor Nov 2019 3:16pm, 20 Nov 2019 44,000 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor "Being ill" or "being unwell" being used as euphemisms for vomiting.
fetcheveryone Nov 2019 3:20pm, 20 Nov 2019 23,028 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone I much prefer ‘barking carrots’
McGoohan Nov 2019 3:32pm, 20 Nov 2019 42,205 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Essex's top greengrocer!
purps Nov 2019 3:34pm, 20 Nov 2019 37,395 posts	Quote Pin purps We have children at school who say "I was sick yesterday" to me sick = vomit, which leads me to wonder why they're in school, apparently where I now live sick = unwell/poorly and they had a cough/cold/sore throat and had the day off school.
Velociraptor Nov 2019 4:53pm, 20 Nov 2019 44,002 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor If you're British, "sick" = "vomit" to me too. But if they said, "I was ill yesterday," I wouldn't immediately think that they'd vomited.
purps Nov 2019 6:06pm, 20 Nov 2019 37,397 posts	Quote Pin purps No, me neither.
Diogenes Nov 2019 6:19pm, 20 Nov 2019 42,498 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes The same if somebody said they were sick. I’d only think they’d vomited if they said they’d been sick.
jennyh Nov 2019 7:16am, 21 Nov 2019 4,065 posts	Quote Pin jennyh Dunno if there’s regional variations, but like Dio, I’d only think someone had vomited if they said they’d been sick - if someone’s off work ill, it’s generally referee to (at least where I live) as being off sick, or in sick leave. Also, never had the dubious pleasures of SWR wifi, but GWR’s is pants - think I’ve got it to work once, ever, for about 10 minutes.
ChrisHB Nov 2019 5:27pm, 21 Nov 2019 18,564 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB Duolingo telling me every few questions what a wonderful learner I am and how hard I'm working. Doesn't it know I've just taken about six weeks off?