Cultural Differences and Forum Moderation
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Alasdair,
Posted on: 2009-07-31 22:06 in The European Lounge
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It's your fault - you used them all up! |
Originally Posted by Golden_Girl_EU
Yes, we do
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Never!|
Originally Posted by Sugar_Rush
It's your fault - you used them all up!
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I rented them
@Golden Girl
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Rented....purchased, just sneakily used, it doesn't matter: there's only one left and it's rather appropriate: 
I don't wanna save my soul now,
I just wanna lose control,
And even if it takes a lifetime, to learn:
I'll learn!
I'm holding them hos... err... the smileys are my guests right.
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Some of them look like guests, some look like hostages |
Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
I'm holding them hos... err... the smileys are my guests right. |
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Maybe I should PM the link for the download site to Niv...
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I think TheOcho said it wasn't that easy for them to get more smilies for the forum.
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Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
Maybe I should PM the link for the download site to Niv... |
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O.O
But... it is... it's a free download from vBulletin that you attach as a package, but only an admin can do it...
I know, I admined a vBulletin site. I can't wear a watch for more than a couple of weeks without the battery dying and Hubby moved my pc away from me, on another side of a wall, so he wouldn't have to replace the power supply constantly, I've had entire computer systems crash just because I stood to near them and my eldest kid swears the FioS speed slows down when I get close to the router... and I admined a forum!
****
bugger
ponce
devo
stoked
chips
crap
mate
HOORAY!
Only one commonly used word in Australia didnt get through.
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Now I'm curious... Which one is it? I expect it's not We'regoingtolosetheAshesandthere'snothingPontingor anyonecandoaboutit?|
Originally Posted by ElysanWhyte
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bugger ponce devo stoked chips crap mate HOORAY! Only one commonly used word in Australia didnt get through. |
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True story, I used to play regularly about 4 years ago with an Aussie. His language was fairly ripe and I decided to see if I could make any sense of it with the profanity filter on. It was pretty tough and I soon turned the filter off again. There appeared to be only two or three commonly used words and they were all caught by the filter ...
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Originally Posted by ElysanWhyte
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bugger ponce devo stoked chips crap mate HOORAY! Only one commonly used word in Australia didnt get through. |
It's true. This game is NOT rocket surgery. - BillZBubba
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Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
Get a Dodge. Mine has a thingy that displays current fuel usage and overall usage in MPG (miles per gallon). The same thingy also shows temp (you can even change it to celsius
), how much gas is left, how many miles worth of gas is left (great for when your low and trying to figure which gas station to go to)... and I few others I don't remember cause I don't use 'em that much. |
A Dodge is absolutley no good to us whatsoever. You guys drive on the wrong side of the road!
Thelonious Monk
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Originally Posted by Bindweed
Now I'm curious... Which one is it? I expect it's not We'regoingtolosetheAshesandthere'snothingPontingor anyonecandoaboutit?
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Ya beat me to it!
Thelonious Monk
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As I noted earlier in the thread the word has an innocent meaning in US English (something along the lines of to be a *****/waste-of-space/timewaster iirc) and has appeared in several US sitcoms. (Hmm - tried the word meaning one who is idiotic there... stupid filter).|
Originally Posted by Bindweed
Just not entirely sure about a wanking one, though...
 EDIT: Oh, so that doesn't get censored, but idio t does? Talk about your cultural differences... |
The odd thing here is that the censor is very inconsistent. The noun for a single one-eyed Onanist is censored, but most other words using the 4-letter root are not. Even the plural noun isn't censored.
Censored:
****er (single noun)
Not Censored:
**** (4-letter root)
****s
****ered
****ing
****ers
By my mohawk shall ye know me!
my toons
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Serious: To Save A Single World (#83744) * Marketing Opportunity (#83747)
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I thought that with cheap fuel prices most US cars still used a GPM display? |
Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
Get a Dodge. Mine has a thingy that displays current fuel usage and overall usage in MPG (miles per gallon).
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Hey, AFAIK, the US does still have cheap compared to the UK.
And that's a 'I'm being cheeky' tongue-smiley.
By my mohawk shall ye know me!
my toons
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Serious: To Save A Single World (#83744) * Marketing Opportunity (#83747)
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Think the clue is in the sound: grin = green?
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Originally Posted by Bindweed
The grinning one I don't get - why is it green? Is that significant? It looks like "About to vomit, but don't know how to politely excuse myself from the conversation...oh no, here it comes..."
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I just hwled with laughter. Not at you but in sympathy with you. Had my own jinxing expereinces myself.
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Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
O.O
But... it is... it's a free download from vBulletin that you attach as a package, but only an admin can do it... I know, I admined a vBulletin site. I can't wear a watch for more than a couple of weeks without the battery dying and Hubby moved my pc away from me, on another side of a wall, so he wouldn't have to replace the power supply constantly, I've had entire computer systems crash just because I stood to near them and my eldest kid swears the FioS speed slows down when I get close to the router... and I admined a forum! |
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Originally Posted by Scarlet_Shocker
A Dodge is absolutley no good to us whatsoever. You guys drive on the wrong side of the road!
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Do not!
But I hear there's a company that'll put the steering wheel on the wrong side of the car for y'all.
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Originally Posted by Lodestar_1977
I just hwled with laughter. Not at you but in sympathy with you. Had my own jinxing expereinces myself.
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All I have to do is practice some more at directing it and then I'll be a true super villain!
Muahahahahahahahahaha!
We use litres and kilometres, you backward Yanks.
Seriously, the Metric System uses 2nd-grade level maths, just add zeroes and it all makes sense. What's so hard about it?
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Originally Posted by Prof_Backfire
We use litres and kilometres, you backward Yanks.
Seriously, the Metric System uses 2nd-grade level maths, just add zeroes and it all makes sense. What's so hard about it? |
Zero means nothing and if you stare at the nothingness it starts staring back at you, into you... past you...
Worse than the mouse, way worse.
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How about Roman Numerals?
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Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna
Zero means nothing and if you stare at the nothingness it starts staring back at you, into you... past you...
Worse than the mouse, way worse. |
<.<
>.>
I can neither confirm nor deny the intent of Roman Numerals at this time.
*adjusts tinfoil hat*
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Roman Numerals have no rules for fractions.|
Originally Posted by Prof_Backfire
How about Roman Numerals?
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"This car uses between V and VI litres of gasoline per C kilometres at XC KPH" is pretty damn vague when trying to compare fuel efficiency.
Then again, keep in mind that you're talking to people who think in dimensions such as 3/8 of an inch (which incidentally is roughly 1 cm or 10 mm).
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
@Golden Girl
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