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the culminator posted:theatre british people say oval office way better
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Quick, Americans, guess how we pronounce Redcar. Or Featherstonehaugh.
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Sep 25, 2014 16:31
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Ignatius M. Meen posted:why is aluminium right but platinium wrong? answer me that you drat brits "Aluminum" is a typo. See, two guys independently thought up how to refine aluminium on a large scale (it had already been discovered but only nerds cared about it), and one of them sent a pamphlet off to America about how great the stuff was and how he should get lots of money, and he did this as fast as he could because he didn't want the other guy to get any credit. So of course it was a rush job and the publisher made a typo on it. By the time the mistake was discovered Americans were already using "aluminum", and they'd be damned before they'd be told I'm paraphrasing, but this is what really happened. Edit: vvv Way to let the side down, Canada! IronClaymore fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Sep 25, 2014 |
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Sep 25, 2014 16:34
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Only two countries in the world are saying aluminum instead of aluminium: US and Canada.
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Sep 25, 2014 16:49
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IronClaymore posted:"Aluminum" is a typo. See, two guys independently thought up how to refine aluminium on a large scale (it had already been discovered but only nerds cared about it), and one of them sent a pamphlet off to America about how great the stuff was and how he should get lots of money, and he did this as fast as he could because he didn't want the other guy to get any credit. So of course it was a rush job and the publisher made a typo on it. By the time the mistake was discovered Americans were already using "aluminum", and they'd be damned before they'd be told
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Sep 25, 2014 16:50
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icantfindaname posted:british people don't understand the concept of writing words as they're pronounced though, they basically invented having a language full of archaic holdover poo poo. lancastershire is pronounced 'lancashire'. there's a whole syllable missing. these are not bright people i live near a place called wymondham it's pronounced wind-hum
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Sep 25, 2014 16:56
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wut up. u fuks srsly use 2 many letrs i tel u wut
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Sep 25, 2014 16:58
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British people communicate on two levels at once by a series of subvocal intonations, denoted by extra vowels in their speech. It's incomprehensible to anyone that didn't grow up a bitter wreck of a human being because Margaret Thatcher. Anyway, you can sort of pick up on it if you try hard enough. Unfortunately, it's mostly statements about how "poo poo" everything is. They can't say "lovely" because subvocal tones, while excellent for stealth, lack proper adjective/adverb forms. You can sometimes catch them saying things like "going to hospital" as well, implying a lack of articles as well. One day we will crack the code. 
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Sep 25, 2014 18:48
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Sep 25, 2014 19:15
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IronClaymore posted:"Aluminum" is a typo. See, two guys independently thought up how to refine aluminium on a large scale (it had already been discovered but only nerds cared about it), and one of them sent a pamphlet off to America about how great the stuff was and how he should get lots of money, and he did this as fast as he could because he didn't want the other guy to get any credit. So of course it was a rush job and the publisher made a typo on it. By the time the mistake was discovered Americans were already using "aluminum", and they'd be damned before they'd be told why is platinum not a typo then????? you are really bad at this question answering thing
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Sep 25, 2014 19:26
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"She was 14 stone and a right old slapper". What does this even mean? Speak the king's english for crissakes.
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Sep 25, 2014 19:29
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Rivethead posted:"She was 14 stone and a right old slapper".
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Sep 25, 2014 19:33
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Invent a language -----> other countries take it and immediately become better at it Invent a sport-----> other countries take it and immediately become better at it Its almost as if theres a pattern here lads/mates
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Sep 25, 2014 19:56
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MeLKoR posted:flammable? Inflammable means it can only be ignited if it's been atomised, for instance as a powder or vapour. Also it's fun to see how Americans view the world based on characters they've seen on TV.
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Sep 25, 2014 19:58
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the culminator posted:British people cant come up with words like fuckboy or bitchmade its just not in them. If you say so, fuckwit.
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Sep 25, 2014 20:21
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misread thread title as "why do british people call themselves paedophiles" wait that'd be pretty accurate
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Sep 25, 2014 20:44
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I'm British but I insist on using Oxford spelling (-ize instead of -ise) so I can act smug when people accuse me of using American spelling. Look it up in the OED, pleb 
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Sep 25, 2014 20:51
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Sep 25, 2014 21:08
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Have you ever heard americans say Twat.???Aahahahah loving idiots. Also americans saying 'bloody hell'. Will never. not. be. funny.
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Sep 25, 2014 21:18
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JFairfax posted:Have you ever heard americans say Twat.???Aahahahah loving idiots. Let's be honest though, it's made up nonsense to begin with.
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Sep 26, 2014 04:20
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because they like to gently caress kids OP
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Sep 26, 2014 04:26
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whinge seriously brits get your poo poo together it's embarassing.
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