Alight, you Brits are just making stuff up now...

War · Post by **War** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:17 am

KittyKatBlack wrote:As for the 110/220 thing, why are they so proud of using MORE electricity to run the same products? I thought saving energy was the better way.

I'm not even going to answer this.

Because I'm too busy laughing.

RemusShepherd · Post by **RemusShepherd** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 10:45 am

Joel Fagin wrote:So... Egg Nog means "Enough egg already!"?

Yes. And in Australia, 'Egg Nishna' is something that cools your house.

Dburkhead · Post by **Dburkhead** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:40 am

Joel Fagin wrote:Everyone knows the Brittish have mastered the sublime skill of dimensional transcendentalism.

You should see the inside of their phone booths.

- Joel Fagin

Let's just say that I was very disappointed when I saw the inside of a police callbox in person.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:49 am

War wrote:
KittyKatBlack wrote:As for the 110/220 thing, why are they so proud of using MORE electricity to run the same products? I thought saving energy was the better way.
I'm not even going to answer this.

Because I'm too busy laughing.

All joking aside, what is the reason for using a higher tension anyways?

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:53 am

RPin wrote:
War wrote:
KittyKatBlack wrote:As for the 110/220 thing, why are they so proud of using MORE electricity to run the same products? I thought saving energy was the better way.
I'm not even going to answer this.

Because I'm too busy laughing.
All joking aside, what is the reason for using a higher tension anyways?

it's probably just the convention they started using and every generation since then is using it cause the one before did. changing the whole country would be quite and ordeal.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:04 pm

I don't think this is about convention... In Brazil we use both voltages, although 110 is for residences and 220 for industries. I know nothing about eletric engineering, so...

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:06 pm

RPin wrote:I don't think this is about convention... In Brazil we use both voltages, although 110 is for residences and 220 for industries.

well yeah, there are different plugs in the states too, you can get more powerful plugs if you need to in workshops and industrial places.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 1:36 pm

RemusShepherd wrote:
Joel Fagin wrote:So... Egg Nog means "Enough egg already!"?
Yes. And in Australia, 'Egg Nishna' is something that cools your house.

Wow. Someone else who understands 'Strine'!

EvilChihuahua · Post by **EvilChihuahua** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:08 pm

well, we use british spelling in canada, and my favorite immigrant-infuriating word is still "cheque"

Rickford · Post by **Rickford** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:29 pm

Well, My most infuriating word would have to be "Queue". I mean, just why do the extra u and e have to be there?

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:49 pm

Rickford wrote:Well, My most infuriating word would have to be "Queue". I mean, just why do the extra u and e have to be there?

it was part of the "Let's Fuck With Rickford's Head" Accord of 1843

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:51 pm

Rickford wrote:Well, My most infuriating word would have to be "Queue". I mean, just why do the extra u and e have to be there?

It's French, just one 'ue' and you get the hard K-like Quebec. I'm sure it makes sense in France somewhere. Oui.

[AlmightyPyro] · Post by **[AlmightyPyro]** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 8:07 pm

Rickford wrote:Well, My most infuriating word would have to be "Queue". I mean, just why do the extra u and e have to be there?

There's another damn thing! I didn't know what the word 'Queue' meant untill I was, like, 15! In England they can put it in every sentence if they need too! How? I don't know. But in my brief time in england I heard that one word 3 times more than I had my intire life in America.

And now that I've said that I'll say something nice. Y'all had the right idea when it came to:
A) Beer.
B) The phrase, "Mind the gap." I love it so much.
C) road signs. Instead of yield y'all have "Give way". (I think that's it) Give Way is much better than yield because It wasn't untill I took my license test that I found out that yield doesn't mean to slow down. It means to... wait for it... Give way!
D) The theatre district in England (what ever the name of that gardens place was.) I could live there!

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:18 pm

War couldn't understand how Americans get along without the word queue until I told him about "line". He still thinks it's crazy we do without, however.

They also overtake someone on the motorway instead of passing someone on the highway. CRAZY!

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:15 am

Bad Pyro, I bought beer for a minor...

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:36 am

Oh dear...so many places to start...

I'll just put this point across...one country is to blame for the bastardisation (note the s instead of the z like it's supposed to be (and that's pronounced 'zed', not 'zee' too) ) of the words 'like' and 'whatever'.

Cope · Post by **Cope** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:58 am

Like, whutEVAH.

Czar · Post by **Czar** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:17 am

ZÄTA!

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:54 am

ALUMINUM

ALUMINUM

ALUMINUM

NUCULAR

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 6:26 am

ALOOOOO-MINUM

ALLAH-MIN-UM... akbar.

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Alight, you Brits are just making stuff up now...

I guess "zee" at least makes the alphabet rhyme.