»Perfect country = NOT BRITAIN!!«
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 Quote: Do you think these pants make my Fanny look big hmm... i've never heard a american girl say this ever...i would laugh my ass off if they did...oh wait...arse off...we've adopted arse as well, but as a funny alternative for ass. Quote: I'd never resort to such language. Like calling people "man" or "dude". What ever happened the good old mate or chap. DAMN YOU AMERICANS, LEAVE OUR PEOPLE ALONE! YOU'VE DUMBED ENOUGH OF US AS IT IS!
Then comes America's reality tv shows and so called 'edgey' sitcoms which are quite literally loads of shit i'm in the usa and i believe most of this about the reality tv for sure. But how are we dumbing your people? i don't think anyone is forcing them to speak a certain way...oh well.. btw we think mate and chap sounds just as dumb as you think man or dude does... 
ps Quote: Seriously, this place sucks now it's full of kids with no morals, govornment that lies to us about EVERYTHING, obsession with celebrity and teaching youngsters it's all you should aspire to be.
don't COME TO ENGLAND, IT'S CRAP this sounds just like america to me... 
posted by The ONEder Man |
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| in-my-opinion.orgPoliticsPolitics and Crime (Assorted topics)Perfect country = NOT BRITAIN!! |
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 Quote: You should be proud of your heritage and language Yeah, we all should. Only problem is, Americans forget that our heritage and language (read it in plural, if you like) come from England, and other countries around the globe! The 'Melting Pot' we learned about in middle school (the grades we're in, in the US, from ages 11-13 or so) is taken for granted these days. Ah, yes... 'fanny' is particularly naughty in the UK, innit? Here in the US, it's just another word for butt, rump, arse, rear, etc. No one here would dream that it might mean something a woman might be less likely to show in public. Then again, we use 'pants' to mean trousers of any kind, even in commercials. 'Old Navy Cargo Pants' is fine in America; might sound dodgy in the UK! ...I remember the time a friend of mine told me, when he traveled to the UK, about the looks on the faces around him when he talked about his 'fanny pack.' 
I agree with ONEder Man here, wholeheartedly. I use 'dude' and 'man' quite a lot, but I think if I were immersed in a culture that used them, I'd used 'mate' or 'chap' or 'bloke' just as readily. It would be no different if I was immersed in a Black American culture (none of this wishy-washy 'African-American' stuff; most of the Black people I know just say 'Black') - I would just use words like 'nigga,' 'brotha,' 'sista,' et cetera. Quote: this sounds just like america to me... Yes, it does. Couldn't have said it better. 
As for Reality TV, I only wish the sheeple who watch this tripe would wake up and realize that there's nothing 'reality' about it! ...I mean, come on! It's like they think that the story is happening every week, just as they see it, when in fact, they film weeks, if not months in advance, and cull the shows from what's likely miles of footage, like a documentary filmmaker might. What a crock. I can't wait to get out of America. Here, in Iowa, at least, I can't find anyone who's remotely interested in anything but the most superficial topics. ...Why do you think I spend so much time on the forums with you chaps?  
posted by annaerullo |
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 Quote: I can't wait to get out of America. Here, in Iowa, at least, I can't find anyone who's remotely interested in anything but the most superficial topics So you want to get out of Iowa or out of America? posted by knn |
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Yes. 
I'd just as soon go expatriate, but in a pinch, I would settle for settling somewhere less, shall we say, backwoods? I was born in west-central Illinois, grew up there, and it's amazing what difference there is when you simply cross the Mississippi.  ...Swap? What do you mean? posted by annaerullo |
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 is that the same as a "bum bag". A little bag that you use to carry your money and important details in when you are on holiday, straps round your waist at the front so it's harder for people to pickpocket you? Bum, bollocks and shag are all british words that the americans do not generally use. Although shag is understood a lot more widely since the bloody awful Austin Powers movies. Do people realise in America that "shag" isn't seen as an offensive word? I heard that there was some fuss over that movie title... posted by fatpie42 |
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 hungarian kid: I'd never resort to such language. Like calling people "man" or "dude". What ever happened the good old mate or chap. DAMN YOU AMERICANS, LEAVE OUR PEOPLE ALONE! YOU'VE DUMBED ENOUGH OF US AS IT IS!
Then comes America's reality tv shows and so called 'edgey' sitcoms which are quite literally loads of shit. well...I normally don't use profanity anyways, I'm intelligent enough to win arguments without resorting to name-calling.  But once I said "Yea, in Troy, Helen's former husband basically kicks Orlando Bloom's arse" and my friends looked at me all weird  . People think arse is a really dumb word, some might not have even heard it before!
and DUDE is a cool word okay? so is DUDETTE (my own creation). dudette = me, yup yup
and i agree, reality tv shows are the dumbest things human minds have created. and so are dating shows. ARRRRGH 
posted by nocturnal_anonymous |
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 You might be surprised to learn that "dudette" has been around longer than you have.
classof1983.com... posted by Marl64 |
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fatpie42: is that the same as a "bum bag". A little bag that you use to carry your money and important details in when you are on holiday, straps round your waist at the front so it's harder for people to pickpocket you?... Yes, that's it. I couldn't remember what he told me the Brit equivalent was; cheers, Fatpie.fatpie42: Bum, bollocks and shag are all british words that the americans do not generally use. Although shag is understood a lot more widely since the bloody awful Austin Powers movies. Do people realise in America that "shag" isn't seen as an offensive word? I heard that there was some fuss over that movie title... No, in general, people in America are pretty dense when it comes to other cultures. I say this as an observer and as an American; I try to use what I might call 'cross-culture words' correctly, but I'm sure I sound like a stupid 'Amerkin' sometimes. ...Bollocks is one of my favourite British slang words. It rolls off the tongue easily. And, it's versatile - far more so than 'sh*t,' but not so much as 'f*ck.' And, here in America, those are the only two words, it seems, that you still can't say on television. Some Americans do say 'bum,' but it's usually in place of the more puerile 'butt' or the sort-of-still-taboo 'ass.' It is a silly attempt at not swearing, which I think comes from the Puritans. You Brits at least have that over on us; swearing comes fairly naturally to you. We have rules (both written and unwritten!) against that sort of thing. ...It's quite constrictive, and the usual result is some people swear more, especially comedians (George Carlin, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, many others)! That Puritanism that keeps us from doing and saying things that we might otherwise think are fun also makes innocent things seem bad... We don't like any word for the male genitalia, not even 'willie,' which I understand is pretty safe in the UK. We don't even talk about kissing. ...There's another Brit word I like: snog. Nobody uses that here. Maybe it would be easier for us to say than 'kiss.'
As for Austin Powers...I'm sorry. You should probably know that Mike Meyers is Canadian, though... Not that it's an excuse. (I'm sorry, but I've run out of smilies.)
posted by annaerullo |
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annaerullo: ...Bollocks is one of my favourite British slang words. It rolls off the tongue easily. Bollocks - rolls off the tongue..
That's brilliant!
(you know what it means right?) posted by Marl64 |
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Quote: Swap? What do you mean? Swap the place posted by knn |
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 how about we all agree that the world sucks right now in general! posted by Agent Zero |
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 The world seems to be coming apart at the seams and the powers that be are trying to distract us with fucking 'reality tv'! It's all leading up to something, i'm telling ya guys! posted by Crossfade |
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 People here (Australia) are just generally becoming more and more idiotic. Someone said to me about a month ago "You know ALL the Jews in the world were killed in WW2?" and I obviously went nuts at them but stuff like that occurs consistently here. There was a debate among a few people about some guy and his mental capacity, someone mentioned that maybe his mother smoked while he was in the woum and then this idiot blonde who has to be one of the stupidest people I know says in a you better believe I'm right or I'll sit on you way "excuse me, my mother smoked when she was pregnant with me and there's nothing wrong with me" which was pretty much supporting the guys argument. "There's nothing wrong with me," has to be one of her most obvious lies. Not as stupid as Americans I hear, a friend over there got asked where he came from, he said Australia and they said "oh, like that Governor of California." Can't Americans remember locations that were vital in WW2? Or even the location of their allies? Here in Australia we all get taught about your bloody civil war, what do you know about us? posted by hungarian kid |
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Quote: that occurs consistently here In Kashmir? posted by knn |
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Marl64: Bollocks - rolls off the tongue.. Ew! Yeah I hadn't thought about the fact that words like "willie" weren't American. "Willie" is generally a term used with young children to avoid using the biological term. Snog isn't rude but it is avoided in more polite conversation. Sometimes in less polite conversation people may decide to replace the term with "pull". Pull is basically like "score" and it is great cause no one is quite sure how far it means you got. If you say you pulled, you could easily mean snogged, shagged or simply 'started going out with'... posted by fatpie42 |
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