i can answer that in the late 19th century there was a defined effort in america to differ themselves from Their British cousins and create they're own identity and so they intentionaly altered parts of the English language for there own use.
i can answer that in the late 19th century there was a defined effort in america to differ themselves from Their British cousins and create they're own identity and so they intentionaly altered parts of the English language for there own use.
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-The allways inspiring leeza
Some more questions for our American 'friends'
1. Why do you call chips 'fries'?
2. Why are you all so fat?
3. Why did you elect Bush...agian?
4. Why do say aluminium really strangly?
5. Why don't you like the Office?
Another question for the Americans:
Q. Why call an arse an ass? As an ass is a donkey...& an arse is your behind. & when you call someone an ass you're not calling them a donkey. So what is an ass? & what are you calling them?
BURNS THE HECTICS AND ALL THIS HECTICISM!War!!!! *charges* I can sense this is gunna be getting pretty hectic soon! *takes back seat with pop corn*
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well I love the americans!! You guys are great!! It it wern't for you we wouldnt have such talents as Britney Spears, Christina Agulara, winoda rider or bush!!........wait......bugga....why?WHY!!???*runs away*
Kagga
Here I am to save the day!
1. We call these chips:Originally Posted by tomamar04
2. Prosperity often leads to laziness.
3. The DNC made the wise decision ( :rolleyes2 ) of nominating John Kerry.
4. I don't know.
5.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/5.
Ring a bell?
i actually prefer American movies and i dont like James Bond
We are truly sorry for the spice girls, im sure if you talk to our government we can arrange compensation
not all of us are chavs but yes there are a lot of them around Britain
now thats completely uncalled for, have you seen the amount of deaths this country has each year that are linked with obesity
1. What is Root beer?
-Root Beer is a soft drink brewed from the Sasparilla root.
2. What is a Corn Dog
- A hot dog wrapped in cornmeal and fried
3. Which sport is more important American Football, basketball or baseball?
-They all suck. REALLY suck.
4. What sort of food does Wendys serve?
-Good food
5. What is the most popular department store?
-Macy's?
6. Do all people in the suburbs really have American flags outside their houses?
-Not my family. But you see it more often the further south, or closer to the midwest you go.
7.Is the BBC available on cable?
-Yes. We have our own "special" BBC channel called BBC America that never shows the programs I want to watch!
And these
1. Why do you call chips 'fries'?
-Because we got them from belgium where they were called "pomme frites." We just translated the name.
2. Why are you all so fat?
-Because Americans have ridiculously easy lives and we're all lazy.
3. Why did you elect Bush...agian?
-I didn't vote for him. I've washed my hands of the matter. Although the proper answer is that the 40-odd percent that DID vote for him are complete morons.
4. Why do say aluminium really strangly?
-This one I can't answer, as I have no idea.
5. Why don't you like the Office?
-*I* like the Office. I think the problem is the god awful port they did of it on NBC. The original BBC one is brilliant.
And this is mostly because of our extremely poorly thought out "War on Drugs"yeah and look where it's got you, highest crime rates and prison poulation in the world, great job.
Anyway, i'm going to bed, night everyone, English and Yank alike.
Most of our prisons are full of people who did nothing more than light up a joint and pass it (which counts as distribution here) and get caught. And if you do it within, I think it's, 500 feet of a school it's a class A felony.
The American idea of stopping crime seems to be to just arrest everyone involved instead of trying to stop the problem at it's source.
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k can we stop answering the first question now i think we all understand
also why do you people not like Canada?, Canada is cool
1. Perhaps about 40% of people here like them, I however find them a bore. You can only make the same thing so many times...
2. I didn't inflict them, the Pop industry did, so they're to blame.
3. Well, chavs cover about 15% of the population over here. they are the 'Scum of Society' & I very much indeed hate them / those types of people. All they do is cause mindless violence / vandalism. There is a 'craze' going around in this country in the Manchester area of 'Happy Slapping', which involves groups of teenagers (yes you guessed it, chavs) going up to someone with a camera phone. While the other lot hit the person(s) that they've gone up to the remainder films the incident. Not very funny at all. They're also to blame for the vast majority of loutish behaviour in our country. Drinking, doing drugs, having races with their cars in the streets, just general stupid things.
& in Scotland they're called neds. I'm not sure what they're called in Wales, but other names for them are pikey, townie, scally, & scouser.
Why do you people not like Canada?
I love Canada. The people tend to be nicer than the ones here, it's colder, and it's a hell of a lot cleaner.
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Fellow Americans, why do we emphasize shallowness on tv and then wonder why everyone else judges us with stereotypes? It's the impression we're giving off.
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i love the candians they're like a slightly dimmer and a lot lot smarter version of the brits and americans.
Your sig is too hilarious and witty, thus i have removed it to protect the minds of all forum goers
-The allways inspiring leeza
I do.
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