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Originally Posted by Smurch
I'd like to join in with this particular brand of commiseration.
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I'm not a communist, YOU'RE the communist!
Oh wait...
Phil has two dots! Holy crap!
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You might want to start with inserting mind control subliminals into the Doctor Who and Being Human episodes you ship over here.
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Originally Posted by Myopic_Aardvark
We have so many differences in the scant miles comprising our isles, not to mention the rest of the EU, so what hope do we ever have of communicating with the myriad souls on the other side of the Atlantic (heck, Pacific in some cases).
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Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
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Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamauggis my favorite.
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Originally Posted by LaserJesus
Oh, don't worry, it bothers the crap out of Americans too. It's not so much of an accent as it is a sign of utter stupidity.
As for crazy place names, try Michilimackinac on for size. That's always a fun one. |
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Yes. We might want to... start. That's it. Expect it soon. Not 4 years ago. Soon...|
Originally Posted by Rajani_Isa
You might want to start with inserting mind control subliminals into the Doctor Who and Being Human episodes you ship over here.
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*whistles*
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Actually I know the chief difference between UK English and American English. After watching many episodes of Gordon Ramsay in his various shows, I can conclusively say that the F-word is used roughly 10,000x more frequently there than here.
In fact, I'm pretty sure if he keeps it up at the current rate he will exhaust the global supply of the F-word by 2012, at which point Gordon will simply be rendered mute.
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That's part of the larger difference that while Americans will invent new words to describe things, the Brits don't see why one should do that while there is a perfectly serviceable word already available. That's why we use the word "Flashlight" while they use the word "Torch". When the flashlight was invented, the word "Torch" was just laying about relatively unused, so they just picked it up, dusted it off, gave it a new coat of paint and there you have it.|
Originally Posted by Sardan
Actually I know the chief difference between UK English and American English. After watching many episodes of Gordon Ramsay in his various shows, I can conclusively say that the F-word is used roughly 10,000x more frequently there than here.
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Same with the "F-Word". It is, as has been pointed out by George Carlin, extraordinarily versatile. So it's only natural the British would gravitate to using it in all it's utility.
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Originally Posted by eltonio
This is over the top mental slavery.
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Eh Ramsay is an abberation to the norm...
...normal people say it about half as much as he does...we merely have other words to replace it though and depending on the location of the person from within England, slang words to replace those.
However...for some reason I have noticed Americans have a lot of trouble understanding a thick Yorkshire accent, coming from a family where we have a LOT of different accents in the family, namely the Yorkshire accent, the Somerset accent (C sounds more like Z and Cider becomes Zyder) and Liverpudlian means I've learnt to mimic these accents to a decent degree and enjoy the look on you Americans faces when I employ any one of them.
Apparently even my normal south london accent confuses some of you because I constantly got told to slow down when speaking because a South London accent uses a lot of slang terms (such as "ooh can I have a butchers at that?") but we speak fast and clip words, making it ruddy hard for anyone who has studied the English taught in other European schools to understand us and apparently Americans.
Oh and using the term 'swish' resulted in much confusion and some possible romance in the European lounge.
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It's not that we don't understand you, we just want you to say again... slower this time...|
Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano
Eh Ramsay is an abberation to the norm...
...normal people say it about half as much as he does...we merely have other words to replace it though and depending on the location of the person from within England, slang words to replace those. However...for some reason I have noticed Americans have a lot of trouble understanding a thick Yorkshire accent, coming from a family where we have a LOT of different accents in the family, namely the Yorkshire accent, the Somerset accent (C sounds more like Z and Cider becomes Zyder) and Liverpudlian means I've learnt to mimic these accents to a decent degree and enjoy the look on you Americans faces when I employ any one of them. Apparently even my normal south london accent confuses some of you because I constantly got told to slow down when speaking because a South London accent uses a lot of slang terms (such as "ooh can I have a butchers at that?") but we speak fast and clip words, making it ruddy hard for anyone who has studied the English taught in other European schools to understand us and apparently Americans. Oh and using the term 'swish' resulted in much confusion and some possible romance in the European lounge. |
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And if you don't understand someone, you'll just SPEAK LOUDLY AT THEM AS IF SHOUTING MAKES IT MORE UNDERSTANDABLE.|
Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
It's not that we don't understand you, we just want you to say again... slower this time...
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(Not you personally, obviously, unless you do. In which case, stop it.)
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Never mind Colour/Color, lets talk about the really important stuff:
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it's Hokey Cokey!|
Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
What if the hokey pokey really -is- what it's all about?
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Cokey I say!!!
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Hey I live near that, sort of, but the locals shortened it to Webster Lake.|
Originally Posted by Sardan
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamauggis my favorite.
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Of course it's the Hokey Cokey. If it wasn't, it would be wrong and if things are wrong on the Internet, people get distressed.
Things that are wrong on the Internet include the word 'faucet', the colour red and Americans. 
In your dreams, I'll still be there with all the days that never came.
And I'll be just a story.
That's ok, we're all stories in the end...
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Damn straight he is - Gordon hardly swears at all compared to many British Citizens. Or is that just chavs?
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Originally Posted by Dr_Mechano
Eh Ramsay is an abberation to the norm...
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By my mohawk shall ye know me!
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Hmmm... I think we deffo need a Swedish/viking speaking server!
That way I can moan and rant without anyone getting heltossig!
And it's not colour or color, armour or armor... It's Färg and Barbröstad! Seriously!
And not lifts or elevators... It's actually Spiraltrappor!
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Didn't they also spell the original name wrong on the sign? Like a u was an o or something?
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Originally Posted by FatherXmas
Hey I live near that, sort of, but the locals shortened it to Webster Lake.
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Originally Posted by Myopic_Aardvark
Rubbish, it's a roll. Always has been, always will be...
(regional differences are fun though. Since we're at it, to all my colleagues and other people from Leeds - the word is THE, not T' ) |
It's not a bun OR a roll. It's a bap.
Eco.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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Wow!
Now we have cross-pond weekend threads!
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No, a bap is when you hit someone on the head with something relatively soft, like a foam bat.|
Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan_NA
It's not a bun OR a roll. It's a bap.
Eco. |
*bap*
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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Originally Posted by Fleeting_Whisper
No, a bap is when you hit someone on the head with something relatively soft, like a foam bat.
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....or a roll.
>.<
Wuith aull thouse extrau YOUUUUS in your wourds, you daumn Brits sound FRENCH!
And I KNOW how much you love THOSE guys.
Just figured I'd get that out there early before the merger and before DOOM!
I realize that the words "Colour" and "Armour" started out with "U's" in them. And you guys may wonder why we took the letter "U" out of them to make "Color" and "Armor".
You may even be under the impression that we did it as a time-saver or out of laziness.
That's not entirely the reason.
You see, we have a supply of children who are semi-illiterate and unable to communicate in a text-based medium. So we gave them little "starter words" to play with, much as you might toss a scrap of food to a dog under the table. They get to text things like "U R go home? OMG lol" and such until they learn full language skills later in life.
But we had to create these starter words from somewhere, so we plucked them out of the existing language, in places we thought that they wouldn't be to sorely missed.
Thank you.
Also, we kept the "U"s in "Velour" and "Thought" as spares, just in case we need them later.