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LooseCannon said:
If that means a class where you learn how to make things, generally out of wood, then the translation is correct. "Shop teacher" is another common form, especially if you do more than make things from wood. Basically any sort of manual labour class where you create things or fix things you can call "shop".
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This is indeed what I meant, thanks for the clarification.

Black Wizard said:
Americans call shops "stores" and shopping centres "malls" (Let's go to the mall, today!) but I have no idea what their equivalent of shopping is!:eek::confused:
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What's interesting is that I stopped watching HIMYM, not so much because I didn't like it (which isn't true because I don't find it bad) but because I discovered something much more to my liking: Seinfeld. Something about that show is purely my cup of tea.
 
Saapanael said:
What's interesting is that I stopped watching HIMYM, not so much because I didn't like it (which isn't true because I don't find it bad) but because I discovered something much more to my liking: Seinfeld. Something about that show is purely my cup of tea.
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I continue watching How I Met Your Mother just because of my attachment to the show. The show is far from the quality of its first two seasons which were top notch. Nevertheless I carried on, watched over and over again the seven seasons and the show is in its eight season, I can't quit at this stage.

I only watch comedy shows, The Big Bang Theory was something I found more fun but couldn't relate to it as much as I do with How I Met Your Mother. I still love the show tough.

My recent discovery was Scrubs, a completed and rather old (2001) show like yours. Its brand of comedy is far closer to mine and I really love it. Five seasons down since mid-March.
 
The Flash said:
My recent discovery was Scrubs, a completed and rather old (2001) show like yours. Its brand of comedy is far closer to mine and I really love it. Five seasons down since mid-March.
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Scrubs used to run on Norwegian TV while I was a student. I frequently watched it with my floormates while cooking and eating after studies. Great show, in my opinion.
 
To be honest, I don't see anything in Scrubs at all. I do however enjoy The Big Bang Theory, which I watch quite rarely these days.
 
Black Wizard said:
However, if I were to say to an American "I am going to the shops", he/she wouldn't have a clue what I'm talking about!:eek:
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I'd assume it meant you were "going shopping," as we Americans call it, which means going to various retailers for items like clothes, furniture, accessories, electronics, etc. -- whether at a mall or otherwise. I would not assume you meant grocery shopping. In the U.S. we don't say "going shopping" with reference to groceries, we say "going to the store" or the "market."

Then there is the phenomenon of going to places like Costco, at which you can buy, in one place, a flat-screen television, lawn furniture, prescription glasses, a decent watch, a year's supply of toilet paper and mouthwash, and fresh, high-quality meat and vegetables for tonight's dinner. Not sure if other countries have anything like Costco -- I think of it as a very American place.
 
Ah, but Tesco serves horsemeat. Costco meat is really, really good.

Sam's Club, a Wal-Mart-related chain, is also a big competitor of Costco. I looked it up and evidently there are many Costco stores in Canada and the UK, as well as some places in the Far East. None in continental Europe. Too bad, so sad.
 
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