Why do brits say "aluminium" instead of...
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davefb said:london-boy said:
no,, you'd fuck a ram
why would i fuck a piece of silicon. it's cold. unless i use it straight from my PC.
sytaylor said:Scared of the cold? Makes things look not so long, dong boy
And whats with the speed increase all the time!! I don't want it to last less long everytime!! I'm stuck with EDO ram, these new DDRs are just too quick for me.
sytaylor said:
It overheats faster, you always need to blow on it or it goes down.
sytaylor said:
Still doesn't explain all the blowing.
Blitzkrieg
Newcomer
Umm is it just me or that link has some errors?
"In 1807, Davy proposed the name aluminum for the metal, undiscovered at that time, and later agreed to change it to aluminum"
So he agree to change it to the same spelling? WTF?
Shortly thereafter, the name aluminum was adopted to conform with the "ium" ending of most elements, and this spelling is now in use elsewhere in the world.
Conform with, would be the same would it not?
So the name aluminum, no i , is adopted to conform with the ium ending?
Id say the entire old British empire says Aluminium, and if China does too, then the Yanks should get in behind.
"In 1807, Davy proposed the name aluminum for the metal, undiscovered at that time, and later agreed to change it to aluminum"
So he agree to change it to the same spelling? WTF?
Shortly thereafter, the name aluminum was adopted to conform with the "ium" ending of most elements, and this spelling is now in use elsewhere in the world.
Conform with, would be the same would it not?
So the name aluminum, no i , is adopted to conform with the ium ending?
Id say the entire old British empire says Aluminium, and if China does too, then the Yanks should get in behind.
Blitzkrieg
Newcomer
Oh and on a side not of differences between USA english and english elsewhere.
My mother went to the world archery championships in Indonesia and made great friends with the american contigent.
One day one of the american ladies did not show up.
My mother asked why.
She was told " Because she has a sore fanny from rooting all day"
Which I am sure most americans, and probably British ppl know what they meant.
However in NZ, that translates as, "Because she has a sore cunt from fucking all day"
Needless to say the NZers had a good laugh and the Americans where a bit horrified to learn what it meant in NZ.
Also funny, Rubber in NZ = eraser, Rubber in USA = Condom
I am sure I have heard some other shockers as well.
I always found TV show "The Nanny" quite funny.
With the lyrics in the beginning saying how she was "kicked out on her fanny". Which I imagine if done the NZ way would have bloody hurt
My mother went to the world archery championships in Indonesia and made great friends with the american contigent.
One day one of the american ladies did not show up.
My mother asked why.
She was told " Because she has a sore fanny from rooting all day"
Which I am sure most americans, and probably British ppl know what they meant.
However in NZ, that translates as, "Because she has a sore cunt from fucking all day"
Needless to say the NZers had a good laugh and the Americans where a bit horrified to learn what it meant in NZ.
Also funny, Rubber in NZ = eraser, Rubber in USA = Condom
I am sure I have heard some other shockers as well.
I always found TV show "The Nanny" quite funny.
With the lyrics in the beginning saying how she was "kicked out on her fanny". Which I imagine if done the NZ way would have bloody hurt
What's a fanny for americans!?!?
On a side note, i have a colleague in Hong Kong whose name is Fanny Handy. Serious. Lovely girl, but really...
On a side note, i have a colleague in Hong Kong whose name is Fanny Handy. Serious. Lovely girl, but really...
It's an Australian (and Kiwi?) expression:davefb said:
From: http://www.dunway.com/html/aussie_slang.html
Thus the "panda/wombat" joke works better in Australia because a wombat "eats roots shoots and leaves".
PVR_Extremist
Newcomer
The one that gets foreigners is the town of:
Loughborough
I heard one poor Aussie pronounce it
Loo-ga-ba-roo-ga
ROFL !!!!
Go on you yanks....give us your pronunciation (without looking up a dictionary or using a search engine ) I need a good chortle
Loughborough
I heard one poor Aussie pronounce it
Loo-ga-ba-roo-ga
ROFL !!!!
Go on you yanks....give us your pronunciation (without looking up a dictionary or using a search engine
) I need a good chortle PVR_Extremist said:The one that gets foreigners is the town of:
Loughborough
I heard one poor Aussie pronounce it
Loo-ga-ba-roo-ga
ROFL !!!!
Go on you yanks....give us your pronunciation (without looking up a dictionary or using a search engine
I heard 2 japanese tourists on the tube trying to say Tottenham Court Road...Sounded a bit like this:
Tot-ten-ammo Cot-to Ro-addo
Then trying "West India Quay"... West India was ok, but the Quay just made me laugh, can't even remember how they were saying it...
But your Loogabarooga is teh beast!
sytaylor said:
EWWWWW It's Laugh-Boh-Roh
Really open... like, Essex open. 
