A dog person is someone who likes dogs. A tea person is a person who prefers tea to coffee. By using the phrase, “a (noun) + person”, we express a preference, a taste etc. that suits our lifestyle or personality, showing our likes and dislikes.
1. I’m generally not a morning person. It’s difficult for me to be energetic and full of life in the morning - only when I have to be. If you’re not a morning person it will normally take some time to warm up (to people and life). The opposite could be “a night owl”.
2. Most British people you meet will be tea people, while most Americans will be coffee people. Isn’t it fascinating how our cultural heritage affects our tastes in life? Wikipedia says, “Since the 18th century the British have been the largest per capita tea consumers in the world, with each person consuming on average 2.5 kg per year.” The country with the highest per capita coffee consumption is Finland, followed by Norway, Iceland, Denmark and Sweden. Could it in any way be related to the weather? :) In an article on “Coffee Culture in the USA”, it says: “Although the average European drinks more coffee per year than the average American, the cultural importance and its effects on the average American is far greater.”
3. At heart I am an outdoor person, however, watching TV series has made me into somewhat of an indoor person recently. A person who prefers to stay at home is called a stay-at-home person or a “homebody”.
4. I often meet people who live close to the beach here in Brazil who are not really beach people… they prefer the mountains and cooler regions. I am without a doubt a hot-weather person… I like a year-round summer, whereas many people I know are cold-weather people. They like taking vacations in Europe during the winter. Which type are you?
I guess I'm a indoor person. As I spend most of my time at the computer doind some audio editing, recording or even doing nothing ("facebooking") =]
ReplyDeleteI really like sleeping also. How do they call people who really enjoy sleeping? A bed-person? haha
It says cloud flood :(
ReplyDelete@Anonymous You just need to click on either Facebook or Twitter to log in to whichever you prefer... you have to give permission (click on ALLOW) to Cloudflood (an application) to access either FB or twitter... then click on "update status"... then "get link". It will be easier the 2nd time you want to download a PDF. Hope this helps.
ReplyDelete... and if you want to sign in with Twitter, then you would click on "post message" to get the link for the PDF.
ReplyDelete@Marcos Borges ® Hmmm... someone who likes sleeping a lot is: a sleepyhead... a narcoleptic... a Baiano (j/k)... a sleep-aholic. Good question Marcos!
ReplyDelete...If you wanted to use (noun) + person... maybe you could refer to how many hours you sleep, so for example: "I'm an 8-hour person"... or "I'm a 12-hour person".
ReplyDeleteThank you! It worked!
ReplyDelete@Anonymous Great! I'm glad it worked. I set it up that way so that people would be "forced" to share in order to get the PDF. Of course, those people who are not interested in sharing could just go and delete the FB or twitter post, no problem... but I think most people would have no problem sharing, especially since you can change the message that is to be posted. I thought the PDF would be a good incentive to share on twitter/ FB... many people don't mind sharing, but often forget... like a "hit and run"... go to a site, download... and then leave. There are many ways for people to share on FB/ twitter directly from my site... but I thought I would kill 2 birds with one stone and have people download the PDF and share at the same time. :)
ReplyDeleteI like sleep i am bed-person
ReplyDeleteSome people like to sleep in hammocks.... or futons or something other than a bed. If we were considering the different sleeping surfaces, and if you preferred to sleep in a bed as opposed to a hammock, for example... you could say, "I'm a bed person"... or conversely, "I'm a hammock person"... which would express your PREFERENCE. Many times we are saying what we prefer or do relative to something else. Here you are saying that (I think) you like to sleep for a long time, so maybe you could say, "I'm an 8-hour plus person"... and within the context of a conversation about sleep habits, people would definitely understand you!
ReplyDeleteI'm certainly a cold-weather person, I don't like it when it's hot because I'm always bitten by mosquitoes.
ReplyDeleteMosquitoes... one of my "pet-hates"!
ReplyDeletepet-hates ? interesting variation of "pet-peeve".....is it ?
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