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By the way.... Of course I think you mean 30 Celcius which we wouldn't say in america. God I wish we used the metric system. So we would say "The temperature hit 86 degrees yesterday."

Yes we often say that in English when the temperature is at an extreme or it is unusual for a particular time of year.

"Follow down the path" simply means he walked along the path behind her and the trail lead to the river. However gradual trails lead "down" to rivers and "up" away from rivers. If they were already at the river and she walked away from the river, the sentence might read, "he followed her up the trail...." In a boat you can also say "I followed him "down" the river." Tim

pee sitting down :-)

The english is not much different at all in the south, but there is certainly an accent that makes it sound a little different. some examples of differences... e.g. instead of saying "Everyone is invited" a southerner would say "Y'all are invited" Y'all being short for "you all". Y'all is definately slang. Idiomatic expressions will differ slightly, but this probably true of any area in the world. In general I would compare the difference to listening to a person from London speaking English compared to someone from Washington DC. That is to say, the English is not really different at all, but to a non-native speaker it certainly sounds a little different.

Definately slang "banner" in this case is being used to say she is having a very succesful evening She is getting what she wants.

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