Baller. PhD
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1.) Knife in right hand, fork in left
2.) Cut bite
3.) Prop knife on plate
4.) Switch fork into right hand
5.) Eat bite
The true way.
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Weird Americanisms (UK vs USA thread)
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1.) Knife in right hand, fork in left
2.) Cut bite
3.) Prop knife on plate
4.) Switch fork into right hand
5.) Eat bite
The true way.
When I have heard people on US TV shows say "Gram crackers", is that actually "Graham crackers"? Wut?
Also, in general, do you have the same sort of variety of 'biscuits' that we do? Or do we have more because of tea? Cookies are a specific type of biscuit for us, and everybody knows their Bourbons, Custard Creams, Hobnobs, Digestives, Jaffa Cakes etc...
Also, in general, do you have the same sort of variety of 'biscuits' that we do? Or do we have more because of tea? Cookies are a specific type of biscuit for us, and everybody knows their Bourbons, Custard Creams, Hobnobs, Digestives, Jaffa Cakes etc...
Cerebral Assassin
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Baller. PhD
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Same thing, "Graham" is pronounced "gram" in the US. Alexander "Gram" Bell, etc.
You really think the UK beats the US in the variety of sugary sweets? Come on now!
Those are all cookies.
Hey, it's your language. Do what you want with it. "English" as a language is an utterly fubar Frankenstein's monster that half of the world has helped to create.
History of the English language in 10 minutes
ElectricBlue187
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You're both crazy. Knife in right eat with left is the way Jesus intended.
The Librarian
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My apologies, I made an assumption. However, it IS vit-a-min
Only if you're weird! More people pronounce it v-eye-tamin. So we win.
peanutbutterlatte
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Aaaah I hoped it was this video. My tutor showed us this, really quite funny. And yeah, the English spelling system is FUBAR. By all rights "ghoti" is an acceptable spelling of the word "fish".
Yes, that's how we pronounce the word. Don't act like you pronounce ever vowel or syllable.
.No one can top the variety of hard, flat, sweet discs that y'all have. You might be able to find some alternatives or equivalents here, but drop cookies rule the roost.
Red Liquorice
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American use the Italian, Brits use the French.
Yes.
We have tons of different types of cookies. They all have their own names, but we group them under the category of cookies. We reserve the term biscuits for a breakfast bread that you generally put butter or jam on like this:
Not to be confused with a scone, which is like this:
Guys guys - they call this a flapjack:
I don't even know what that is. Looks like some kind of dessert bar.
Guys guys - they call this a flapjack:
and they're fucking delicious, too
BertramCooper
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Yes, that's how we pronounce the word. Don't act like you pronounce ever vowel or syllable.
Worcesesesesesester = Woo-ster
If I say it like that out loud I fear the SAS (those are highly trained soldiers) will burst through my doors and windows and cart me off to eat a pot noodle.
I realise that is how it is supposed to sound.
Race to be King
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While I will definitely say that we are slightly more inclined to certain Britishisms up here in Canada, that shit is gross.
This my friend, is pudding.
Hmm, that looks like butterscotch Angel Delight.
Now this is a pudding!
My fiance made a steamed pudding with lard recently. It tasted okay, in a this-will-be-the-death-of-me sort of way, but the flat smelled like cooking beef for days afterwards. That was... sub-optimal.
Edit: Dammit, I meant suet!
I always picture this as the way children eat when their parents cut up food for them.
As someone below mentioned below the proper way is a knife in the left for in the right, cutting off bits of food as you go.
The Librarian
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Also, UK people mess up "series." Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a series. DS9 has seven seasons.
Electric heating pads serve the same purpose, broheim.
That's a lot. My old high school (1000 kids) spent a little over a million on a new turf field. Stadium needs an upgrade tho, not big enough to hold everyone for some of the big Friday night football games. There is a lot of standing room though, which is good. This is in Maine btw.
Cerebral Assassin
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Oops, you are right(well I doubt Jesus would have used cutlery, he would have used his hands) I read the other post incorrectly
Does the weather change over these "seasons"? Also DS9 is a programme with 7 series of programmes.
No, it's a programme.
I didn't believe it in my heart. Just thought that I would have heard more through TV shows, and on the internet etc... You can get into quite heated debates on Bourbons vs Custard Creams here.
Yes, that's how we pronounce the word. Don't act like you pronounce ever vowel or syllable.
No one can top the variety of hard, flat, sweet discs that y'all have. You might be able to find some alternatives or equivalents here, but drop cookies rule the roost.
I'm from Hull, we don't even pronounce the 'H' in the name of our City! Though, the Graham thing seems weird to me - I guess "Gray-ham" doesn't make too much more sense, what a stupid name.
Basically a very sweet granola bar with nothing but oats and sugar. I made them a few times but had to hunt down "golden syrup", which apparently isn't something you find on YouPorn.
At a guess all the people in India that speak English will say Vit.
I have started using the American way
I am shamed.frankie_baby
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we invented TV so we get to decide, DS9 has seven series
Ace Harding
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Program you? But I hardly know you!
Red Liquorice
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This really grates.
See also: Craig as "KREGG"
Most people I know call a US show "season" but a UK show "series" - I guess it makes sense since often American shows would run a lot longer - for a season? And UK shows might just be 6 or so episodes, a shorter 'series'. Not that it makes much difference these days, we have longer series and you have shorter seasons.
Shadow Hog
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I'm American and can't say as I've considered "fellow" to be a gender-specific term, honestly.
(Although to be fair, I almost never use "fellow" in that context. Adjective, like "my fellow gamers" or something, sure; noun, rarely.)
What is that, looks tasty.Guys guys - they call this a flapjack:
ElectricBlue187
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A flapjack, one would guess
I wouldn't go down this road. We pronounce "vita" like the latin: "veeta" but we pronounce "vital" like the Americans "vightal"...oh what a tangled web we weave!
Baller. PhD
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Last Thanksgiving my grandmother made chocolate chip cookies with entire Reese's peanut butter cups in them.
That is some American-ass shit right there.
An American biscuit is best described as a leavened, unsweetened hard biscuit. We added baking soda to their biscuit recipe (soda biscuit)
and made it better.
It's just a sweetened gronola bar thing. Probably most similar to what's marketed in the States as Nature Made bars.
Ace Harding
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Wait how to British people pronounce graham? Gray-ham? I say it slightly differently than gram. Something like Grayam. Rhymes with dayum.
And how do you pronounce Tottenham? I would say Totten-em. Or I suppose it would really be Tot'n 'em.
And how do you pronounce Tottenham? I would say Totten-em. Or I suppose it would really be Tot'n 'em.
Race to be King
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Oats, butter and syrup, all squashed together and baked. Lovely!
The Librarian
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Possibly, but give it a few more decades. The English will diverge.
Good man.I have started using the American way
But did you invent the TV show? Sorry, that logic doesn't follow, and our shows are broadcast more globally than yours. Ours makes more sense!
Exactly! That man is speaking crazy talk.
Red Liquorice
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Gray'um or Gray'am.
Tott'num or Tott'nam. It's not N-Ah-M like Vietnam, the 'a' is more like a 'uh' or short 'e.'
Also:
Leicester - Lester (Not LIE-SESS-STIR!)
The "shire "in Worcestershire, Yorkshire etc isn't Shy-Err, like The Shire in LOTR, it's Yorkshur' and Woostershur.
FUBAR McDangles
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Jag-w-eye-er? Or sometimes Jag-wahr.
And how are you supposed to say Tottenham? I'd say it Taht-in-ham.
How else would you say it?
peanutbutterlatte
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... okay, that's some American-ass shit I can get behind. I've voiced my previous concern about lack of Reeses products in England. It's very upsetting.
WHY NOT GUYS
frankie_baby
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It's just a sweetened gronola bar thing. Probably most similar to what's marketed in the States as Nature Made bars.[/QUOTE]
flapjacks are made from oats not granola
I've only noticed it with opening night crowds. Very excitable people.
Crayg.
Well, I was offering the more 'proper' way of pronouncing it.
I would actually say Graham - "Greyum".
Tottenham - "Totnum".
Baller. PhD
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... okay, that's some American-ass shit I can get behind. I've voiced my previous concern about lack of Reeses products in England. It's very upsetting.
WHY NOT GUYS
The market is too flooded with chocolate ricechesters and wibbly wom-boms.
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