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    The thread I didn't make

    Can I rule the world in this 'game' of yours?
    Posted August 12th, 2011 at 1:30 PM by Overlord Drakow Overlord Drakow is offline
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    Alternative's Avatar

    Trolleys, maths, Ebonics, and more stuff about language

    Why am I against Alternate? :P

    But as I'm Australian, and I know most of those british terms, I'm siding with them because it's what I know best.
    Posted July 26th, 2011 at 12:45 AM by Alternative Alternative is offline
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    Trolleys, maths, Ebonics, and more stuff about language

    Oh God I always cringe at these; both the weird Americanisations and the crazy British people that think they're in 1892.
    Although I never did see why America felt the need to bring the menstrual cycle into grammar.

    This list is confusing me, I'm not sure I'm looking at it right. But anyway...

    [spoiler]1. "Can I get a..."
    2. "least worst option"
    5. "deplane"
    7. "It is what it is"
    9. "touch base"
    19. "ridiculosity"
    23. "alphabetize it"
    27. "oftentimes"
    28. "eaterie"
    33. "deliverable"
    43. "winningest"[/spoiler]

    ^ I've never heard of those.

    Most of the time I hear people say, 24/7, wait for, transport, trolley, I'm good, fringe, takeaway, half an hour, normality, fortnightly (bi-weekly? is this a joke?), alternative, one and a half million, regular, maths, expiration, (Scots? Are we talking about Scottish people?) teach, where is it, full stop OF COURSE, issue and problem are used equally, zed. "I could care less" just doesn't make logical sense when you look at it's meaning.

    I'm told I talk like an American though. Probably because I spend more time watching films with American actors than actually talking to people in my own country.

    Okay just read the article. Why is some guy getting mad about Train Station? I've never heard anyone call it anything else. These are some weird people who clearly have no idea what they are whining about.

    It always reminds me of Moe in The Simpsons calling a garage a car hold.
    Posted July 25th, 2011 at 7:44 PM by Rogue planet Rogue planet is offline
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    Trolleys, maths, Ebonics, and more stuff about language

    Don't feel like editing so I'mma just going to add a few thoughts.

    Some of the grammar mistakes (if you want to call them that) we Americans make I think aren't so bad. Like saying "Where is it at?" Having the 'at' there makes it clear you're just asking for the location and not, I dunno, asking "Where is it going?"

    I'm also mystified why "train station" bothers anyone. Normally I can guess, but I'm lost over this.

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    That article made me giggle. Also, your co-worker seems a bit... oh how do I say it?... annoying, perhaps, is the closest I can come without being quite rude.
    Naw, be as rude as you want. She's not the nicest person and she'll never see this anyway. ;D
    Posted July 25th, 2011 at 2:55 PM by Esper Esper is offline
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    Trolleys, maths, Ebonics, and more stuff about language

    I've never heard someone say "least worst option," "deplane," "wait on," "ridiculsity (I can't even pronounce that!)," "eaterie," "hike," "deliverable," "Scotch," "learn," or "to medal." The people in the article must have met some truly stupid Americans.
    But it does annoy me when people say "a half hour," "alternate," and "I could care less." Especially "I could care less."
    Posted July 25th, 2011 at 2:51 PM by
    Updated July 25th, 2011 at 2:56 PM by Patchisou Yutohru
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    Aquacorde's Avatar

    Trolleys, maths, Ebonics, and more stuff about language

    That article made me giggle. Also, your co-worker seems a bit... oh how do I say it?... annoying, perhaps, is the closest I can come without being quite rude.
    Posted July 25th, 2011 at 2:20 PM by Aquacorde Aquacorde is offline
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    Trolleys, maths, Ebonics, and more stuff about language

    Best comment on that article:

    "Hwæt! Wé Gárdena in géardagum
    þéodcyninga þrym gefrúnon
    hú ðá æþelingas ellen fremedon.

    I trust everyone who has complained about Americanisms creeping in to the English language will have no trouble understanding the above. That's what English looked like around 1,300 years ago.

    Language evolves."



    Some of them are funny and oh-so-British, and some of them are just dumb. Alphabetize, really?
    Posted July 25th, 2011 at 2:17 PM by Oryx Oryx is offline
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    Trolleys, maths, Ebonics, and more stuff about language

    Some of those, I feel to be slightly legitimate, but most of them just feel like British people acting up for stupid reasons. There's a definite anti-American bias that certain age groups in the UK exhibit, which probably accounts for the stupid ones.

    The ones you mentioned, though, I do believe in. Maths; fortnights; full stops (every time I hear period used in a grammatical construct, my mind goes elsewhere for a split-second every time) and especially trolleys. They're DEFINITELY used in supermarkets!
    Posted July 25th, 2011 at 2:16 PM by Mr Cat Dog Mr Cat Dog is offline
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    Trolleys, maths, Ebonics, and more stuff about language

    ...but then again, I can totally understand the zee/zed one since it bothers me so much when my Canadian friends pronounce the letter Z the American way. It's one of the few things in Canadian English that you can actually differentiate in spoken word from American English so it stands out more than if a friend writes "colour" and forgets the U. XD;

    /too cool for edits
    Posted July 25th, 2011 at 2:14 PM by Cherrim Cherrim is online now
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    Trolleys, maths, Ebonics, and more stuff about language

    I just kind of blink at some of the list. I understand the ones where the meaning really does get lost (the1.5mil one, for example), or the grammatically incorrect ones that I never hear anyway ("winningest"?? who says that?) but why get so angry about "alphebetize"? o_O It makes more sense to use that to me since it takes less time to say and you get straight to the point with a verb for the action instead of having to describe it.

    And the ones where they whine about how North America has a different word for takeaway/fullstop/fringe just baffles me and makes me wonder if they feel their dialect (is that a dialect? I'm unfamiliar with exactly what to call the difference between Britain/American English) is in such danger that they have to lash out at the prevalent one in a lot of media. :x
    Posted July 25th, 2011 at 2:12 PM by Cherrim Cherrim is online now
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    Ponies... everywhere.

    Why does no one like Applejack... :(
    Posted July 21st, 2011 at 7:17 AM by TwilightBlade TwilightBlade is offline
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    Ponies... everywhere.

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
    Posted July 20th, 2011 at 9:17 AM by Overlord Drakow Overlord Drakow is offline
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    Esper's Avatar

    Muppets, Cars, and Torchwood

    Bad? Well, it's not touching like Up was. It's a summer movie. It's fun. Especially if you enjoy spy movies.

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    They pushing JackxGwen yet? That crap is so wrong. /opinionated
    I would tell you, but you should see it for yourself. But I agree. Jack/Gwen is wrong, whether it is in fact being pushed or not. ;)
    Posted July 11th, 2011 at 7:28 AM by Esper Esper is offline
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    Muppets, Cars, and Torchwood

    I KNEW IT WASN'T GOING TO WORK OUT
    /jealous
    /hasn't seen it yet
    /obvs talking about Torchwood

    They pushing JackxGwen yet? That crap is so wrong. /opinionated
    Posted July 10th, 2011 at 8:03 PM by Aquacorde Aquacorde is offline
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    Muppets, Cars, and Torchwood

    Muppets = all kinds of wonderful.

    But, yeah, I'm with Went on the Cars 2 assessment. You seem to be in the minority on that opinion, Scarfy; but, there's nothing wrong with being a little bit contrarian!
    Posted July 10th, 2011 at 2:37 PM by Mr Cat Dog Mr Cat Dog is offline
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    Muppets, Cars, and Torchwood

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    Cars 2 was the best thing I've seen this summer. It is 10 times better than Cars was, and that was still a great movie despite being one of the weakest Pixar movies. I love this movie so much I'm gushing. I haven't gushed about a movie so much since Black Swan and before that not since Wall-E. There was not a single thing bad in this movie, not a single thing that was okay and could have been better. The attention to detail, the subtle and not so subtle jokes and references made what would have been just a great and entertaining movie into a sugar raygun dialed up to 11 that just zapped my brain and turned it into a party.
    Coming from what has been declared "the only bad film Pixar ever made", that's a really positive review o_o Now you got me interested.
    Posted July 10th, 2011 at 1:43 PM by Ivysaur Ivysaur is offline
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    Ponies... everywhere.

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    I am quite saddened the pretty pony picture I sent you the other day didn't make the list.
    If it could be animated, it would have been. And I'd have insisted you use it.
    Posted July 6th, 2011 at 7:24 AM by Esper Esper is offline
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    Ponies... everywhere.

    I am so using Rainbow Dash Avatar #2! It's so awesome!
    Posted July 6th, 2011 at 5:48 AM by Sweet Candace Sweet Candace is offline
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    Ponies... everywhere.

    I am quite saddened the pretty pony picture I sent you the other day didn't make the list.
    Posted July 6th, 2011 at 3:21 AM by
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    Ponies... everywhere.

    Must...use...one...of...them....

    soooooo tempting... .__.

    TWILIGHT SPARKLE <333
    Posted July 5th, 2011 at 7:25 PM by Meganium Meganium is offline