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They're, their, there.
I guess they only polled fick people..?
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
I guess they only polled fick people..?
It would seem so.
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
I guess they only polled fick people..?
Either way, I'm so enraged I could cause a mischief right about now!
Originally Posted by Rawky-Roo:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
I guess they only polled fick people..?
Either way, I'm so enraged I could cause a mischief right about now!
Really? I just laughed at most of them, then i'm on vent (voice chat) with a bunch of Americans a few times a week so have heard it all before (in jest 
)
Originally Posted by Rawky-Roo:
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
I guess they only polled fick people..?
Either way, I'm so enraged I could cause a mischief right about now!
It made me laugh at them. 
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
10.
Come on, that's fair
16.
Although that level of stupid just gave me a headache 
If you are the sort of person who posts on FB you can't avoid them! I can't generalise Americans in the same way they can't generalise us, but I've met some beauts here and there. It's true that when backed into a corner they will mention our teeth! No sense of irony, some of 'em.
Actually I have noticed this one:
Don't complain. Try being Irish I've met Americans who seemed to think we lived in cottages and had no mod cons whatsoever...
I have some sympathy for this one. I know that spelling and pronunciation idiosyncrasies are often half the fun of English, but "schedule" has annoyed me ever since I read an Isaac Asimov short story which drew attention to the inconsistency in the British pronunciation of "school schedule".
Well, this guy clearly has an axe (or should that be "ax"? ) to grind, but like a few of these these quotes, it seems to be a matter of perspective and could easily be switched around. I wouldn't be surprised if the average Brit knows more about American politics than then average American knows about Brtish politics. This isn't a "dumb American" thing: it's just that American culture is all-pervasive in our society, and as a result most non-Americans know more about the States than they do about most other foreign countries.
Years ago I saw a Michael Moore programme where they tried a little test. They went out in the streets of a US city (NY, I think), and asked people basic questions about Canada, such as: Who's the Head of State? What's its capital city? What's its currency? They then went to Canada and asked Canadians the same questions about the USA. Guess which country score best? 
The thing is, if you were to ask a group of Brits, I suspect they'd be more likely to know how many states there are in the USA or what its capitol is, than how many Provinces and Territories there are in Canada or what its capital is...
You say tomato and I say, er.. tomato.
America is a hotch potch of nationalities. I'm sure most of them are aware of the subtle differences, be it the spelling, the way to write the date, etc.
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Obviously people may get confused when they see something they're used to done differently, but I've always considered the UK method more logical as it follows a natural progression: day, month, year...
Isn't that a idiosyncrasy of Americans? Most nations put the day first, it's the Americans who have it arse about face, as usual.
Christ the Americans are arseholes
Originally Posted by Jenstar:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Christ the Americans are arseholes
What all of them?
If it keeps you happy
Originally Posted by Cosmopolitan:
They're, their, there.
Me telling this bozo im English AND British would frazzle that person's "mind".
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
10.
Come on, that's fair
I do that....
Another vote for, "what all of 'em?"
None of 'em can spell arse, and to me a lot of their comments sound like some sort of Donkey abuse.
Originally Posted by jacksonb:
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
10.
Come on, that's fair
I do that....
Oh no. 
I don't even like American's saying "Y' ALL".
Anybody - and i mean anybody using the phrase,
"Ya darn tootin' "
. . . will be banished !!!
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
You say tomato and I say, er.. tomato.
We say swede, they say rutabaga
Originally Posted by Videostar:
Originally Posted by jacksonb:
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
10.
Come on, that's fair
I do that....
Oh no.
I don't even like American's saying "Y' ALL".
No me neither.
Originally Posted by Cinds:
Originally Posted by Garage Joe:
You say tomato and I say, er.. tomato.
We say swede, they say rutabaga
We say jumper they say sweater!
Originally Posted by Videostar:
Originally Posted by jacksonb:
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
10.
Come on, that's fair
I do that....
Oh no.
I don't even like American's saying "Y' ALL".
I actually type 'y'alls', plural, it's even worse than you thought.
Originally Posted by Saint:
Anybody - and i mean anybody using the phrase,
"Ya darn tootin' "
. . . will be banished !!!
I believe the proper term is "yer darn tootin'"
You say "cheque", I say "check". 
I was thinking more of the Eleanor Bron version
We say cockroach - they say 'roach
We say cockerel - they say rooster
They say bull crap - we say shyte!!
Bunch o chickens 'aint' they?
Originally Posted by Lori:
I believe the proper term is "yer darn tootin'"
You say "cheque", I say "check".
At least they sound the same, it was very confusing for me and all involved when I went to the USA in November and was looking for things like a car park, or a petrol station, or a till in a shop
Oh, but the way your petrol/gas stations work is better than ours, but I was SO confused the first time. I had to go and ask a member of staff for help, luckily it was quiet and she was very friendly and helpful
Saint: I beg your pardon. *I* and every American I know says "cockroach"....unless we are referring to drug paraphernelia.
Saz: I know! It's like a foreign country, isn't it!
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
Originally Posted by Lori:
I believe the proper term is "yer darn tootin'"
You say "cheque", I say "check".
At least they sound the same, it was very confusing for me and all involved when I went to the USA in November and was looking for things like a car park, or a petrol station, or a till in a shop
Oh, but the way your petrol/gas stations work is better than ours, but I was SO confused the first time. I had to go and ask a member of staff for help, luckily it was quiet and she was very friendly and helpful
Lol, there's loads of things that are just easier there... Gas stations definitely being one of them
The hands free public toilets are another, wave at the toilet as you finish and it flushes, wave under the taps (faucets Lori) and they turn on, wave in front of the paper towel dispenser and it gives you paper towels. I wish we had those things here!
Originally Posted by Lori:
Saint: I beg your pardon. *I* and every American I know says "cockroach"....unless we are referring to drug paraphernelia.
Saz: I know! It's like a foreign country, isn't it!
Is it regional then?
Might be regional.
Lucky me, I don't need a translator when I visit England because: 1) you guys have educated me properly, and 2) my brother-in-law is English British.
Originally Posted by Lori:
Might be regional.
Lucky me, I don't need a translator when I visit England because: 1) you guys have educated me properly, and 2) my brother-in-law is English British.
You don't like the "you guys"? That' another Americanism, I guess.
Oh it's not that - it's just as a Brit I reserve the right to roll my eyes at anyone who isn't a Brit
*chortle*
Ah, I see...
No comment. 
Originally Posted by Lori:
Ah, I see...
No comment.
Not like an American to be quiet - heh heh!!
Originally Posted by jacksonb:
Originally Posted by Videostar:
Originally Posted by jacksonb:
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
10.
Come on, that's fair
I do that....
Oh no.
I don't even like American's saying "Y' ALL".
I actually type 'y'alls', plural, it's even worse than you thought.
You'd be a hate figure with the 21 American's of doom.
Originally Posted by Saint:
Oh it's not that - it's just as a Brit I reserve the right to roll my eyes at anyone who isn't a Brit
*chortle*
I have dual nationality - British and Irish - what you gonna do, roll one eye?
American's are fine ones to talk about we Brits thinking we are better than everyone else, don't the American's refer to themselves as "exceptional"?
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Oh it's not that - it's just as a Brit I reserve the right to roll my eyes at anyone who isn't a Brit
*chortle*
I have dual nationality - British and Irish - what you gonna do, roll one eye?
Keep my distance
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Oh it's not that - it's just as a Brit I reserve the right to roll my eyes at anyone who isn't a Brit
*chortle*
I have dual nationality - British and Irish - what you gonna do, roll one eye?
I have a British passport but can also hold an Irish or a Polish one. [unless they changed the rules since I last checked] .
that's a lot of eye rolling I think
And just in case anyone wonders why you'd want more than one passport... if one was travelling all over the world as some of my mates managed to do years ago [to any Americans that's those places on the rest of that round ball we live on and not just America 
] It is handy to have different passports to enter certain countries as some will refuse entry if you have a stamp from another country that they don't like.
Originally Posted by Saint:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Oh it's not that - it's just as a Brit I reserve the right to roll my eyes at anyone who isn't a Brit
*chortle*
I have dual nationality - British and Irish - what you gonna do, roll one eye?
Keep my distance
A wise move
Olly > > > 
Originally Posted by Mount Olympus *Olly*:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Saint:
Oh it's not that - it's just as a Brit I reserve the right to roll my eyes at anyone who isn't a Brit
*chortle*
I have dual nationality - British and Irish - what you gonna do, roll one eye?
I have a British passport but can also hold an Irish or a Polish one. [unless they changed the rules since I last checked] .
that's a lot of eye rolling I think
And just in case anyone wonders why you'd want more than one passport... if one was travelling all over the world as some of my mates managed to do years ago [to any Americans that's those places on the rest of that round ball we live on and not just America ] It is handy to have different passports to enter certain countries as some will refuse entry if you have a stamp from another country that they don't like.
I chose a British one over an Irish passport as you have to apply for visas to enter certain counties whereas the Brit one gets you straight in. Too much hassle! I don't need a passport to feel Irish
I'm only half Irish, the other half is Polish and the third half is British cos I was born here so I went with that one
Originally Posted by Saint:
Olly > > >
to the twit who wrote No11
kiss my 
not butt
not ass
but
arse
Originally Posted by Mount Olympus *Olly*:
I'm only half Irish, the other half is Polish and the third half is British cos I was born here so I went with that one
That's the same reason i went for an Irish one, it's where i was born even though i have lived in England most of my life.
Originally Posted by Videostar:
American's are fine ones to talk about we Brits thinking we are better than everyone else, don't the American's refer to themselves as "exceptional"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism
Mind you, we've got Lori, and she is exceptional... 
Originally Posted by Eugene's Lair:
Originally Posted by Videostar:
American's are fine ones to talk about we Brits thinking we are better than everyone else, don't the American's refer to themselves as "exceptional"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_exceptionalism
Mind you, we've got Lori, and she is exceptional...
Originally Posted by Jenstar:
The hands free public toilets are another, wave at the toilet as you finish and it flushes, wave under the taps (faucets Lori) and they turn on, wave in front of the paper towel dispenser and it gives you paper towels. I wish we had those things here!
Oh yes, the hands free paper dispenser is genius!
Originally Posted by SazBomb:
Originally Posted by Jenstar:
The hands free public toilets are another, wave at the toilet as you finish and it flushes, wave under the taps (faucets Lori) and they turn on, wave in front of the paper towel dispenser and it gives you paper towels. I wish we had those things here!
Oh yes, the hands free paper dispenser is genius!
How do they wipe their bottoms?