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[ClassyPenguin]

This thread is giving me the impression that most Americans have only ever heard other Americans doing fake British accents.

Mostly posh actors and actresses, but yeah I've been watching a lot of british panel showd and the different accents are quite clear.

 

[TimeLike]

Why are they 'weird'? Because they don't look like the US one?


Yard sales?


This makes no sense whatsoever. The garden is the area of land itself, you can't have a garden in a garden.

So if the garden is the area of land itself, what do you call the patch that is cultivated and has vegetables growing out of it?

My wife is from England, and I've asked her this before. She calls it the vegetable garden, but if I ask where it is, she says in the garden. So it's a garden in the garden. She refuses to use the word yard.

 

[Cheech]

Mostly posh actors and actresses, but yeah I've been watching a lot of british panel showd and the different accents are quite clear.

I would love to know where Ozzy's and Dave Murray's (Iron Maiden) accents come from. They talk like they're in the English version of Sling Blade. If I didn't know otherwise, I would assume they were mentally handicapped.

 

[-PXG-]

People in the UK don't boil water in microwaves? Have fun living in the 19th century.

 

[shanshan310]

People in the UK don't boil water in microwaves? Have fun living in the 19th century.

My kettle boils the water way faster than the microwave does, and its not awkward as fuck to get in and out, and pour.

 

[pulsemyne]

I would love to know where Ozzy's and Dave Murray's (Iron Maiden) accents come from. They talk like they're in the English version of Sling Blade. If I didn't know otherwise, I would assume they were mentally handicapped.

Ozzy is from Birmingham. A life time of drugs and drink has caused his accent to become almost unintelligible. Even without the drink and drugs it still a very strong accent.

 

[mxgt]

People in the UK don't boil water in microwaves? Have fun living in the 19th century.

putting water in a kettle and pressing the on button is primitive shit indeed

 

[frankie_baby]

People in the UK don't boil water in microwaves? Have fun living in the 19th century.

Does a microwave switch it self off when in reaches boil?

 

[ClassyPenguin]

I don't know why so many people are using microwaves for boiling water. I get it for warming up milk or something but for tea I've always used a teapot or kettle. maybe it's because California is like its own country or something.

 

[NekoFever]

Except spaz and wanker.

Wanker's a weird one. It's not really hugely offensive here either but seems to have made it into American pop culture as a British swear word that's not offensive at all in the States and can therefore be thrown around with aplomb by British characters.

Can't remember the last time I heard anyone use spaz. It only seems to be an issue when an American cartoon or toy line comes out with a character called that.

I would love to know where Ozzy's and Dave Murray's (Iron Maiden) accents come from. They talk like they're in the English version of Sling Blade. If I didn't know otherwise, I would assume they were mentally handicapped.

I don't know about Dave Murray, but Ozzy is Birmingham + decades of drugs.

 

[Poona]

I've wondered why the 'h' is silent when saying herb in the US. Erbs. Erbal. Instead of just saying it like you do with peoples names such as Herbie or Herbert.

 

[ThankeeSai]

I'm guessing this may have already been posted, but I don't want to go back through 7 pages so I'll post it anyway.

Todays date? - 07/05/2013

NOT - 05/07/2013

So there

 

[Eight Diagram Bat Fighter]

My speakers. My alarm clock. My toaster. My microwave (I think). My coffee maker. My blender. My router. My modem. My Wii.

Everything except for consoles, PCs, and TVs/monitors really.

And all cell phone wall chargers are two pronged, not just Apple.

My sony 3d tv is 2 pronged.

 

[Inversive]

People in the UK don't boil water in microwaves? Have fun living in the 19th century.

Such a hilarious idea, just use a fucking kettle you backwards numpties, it's faster and more efficient.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Are we still doing this? Britain lost on carpeted garages (and their weird pronunciation of garage). It's over, give it up.

 

[sunnz]

I can boil water in a kettle in like 10 seconds WHILE I re heat food or something in the microwave.


I never seen a carpeted garage here in the UK...


Americans are weird, FACT.


Also, soccer? Really? then you call handegg FOOTBALL? So weird.

 

[Number45]

I don't know about Dave Murray, but Ozzy is Birmingham + decades of drugs.

Ozzy is from Birmingham. A life time of drugs and drink has caused his accent to become almost unintelligible. Even without the drink and drugs it still a very strong accent.

Dave Murray is from London. Ca't say I've ever heard him speak, but the chance that he sounds anything like Ozzy seems incredibly slim.

Are we still doing this? Britain lost on carpeted garages (and their weird pronunciation of garage). It's over, give it up.

Carpeted garridges you say? Only carpet in mine is on the walls.

 

[frankie_baby]

Are we still doing this? Britain lost on carpeted garages (and their weird pronunciation of garage). It's over, give it up.

i've never seen a carpeted garage

 

[iamaustrian]

you both have fucked up measurement units.
fahrenheit? pounds? stones? inches? oz?
lol

*knock knock* time to adapt to the future and the rest of the world.
even your scientists use the "normal" units(metric) because they are the right ones.

 

[frankie_baby]

you both have fucked up measurement units.
fahrenheit? pounds? stones? inches? oz?
lol

*knock knock* time to adapt to the future and the rest of the world.
even your scientists use the "normal" units(metric) because they are the right ones.

the press here is the worst offender, they use faranheight if its really hot, celcius if its really cold

 

[Number45]

the press here is the worst offender, they use faranheight if its really hot, celcius if its really cold

Got to make that weather sound exciting.

 

[snacknuts]

I'm guessing this may have already been posted, but I don't want to go back through 7 pages so I'll post it anyway.

Todays date? - 07/05/2013

NOT - 05/07/2013

So there

I'm an American and I would write today's date as 7 May 2013. Month/day/year is just stupid, but I realize I am in the minority over here.

Also, the last three books of the Dark Tower series have made me hate your username. I'm sorry.

 

[Dyno]

Whoa I had no idea so many people had microwaves. I thought they were a fad that died in the 90's.

Anything cooked in a microwave turns soggy or cold in the middle.

 

[snarge]

I don't think a kettle is as common in an American household as it is a British one, but microwaves are in every house.

 

[Half and half]

day/month/year or year/month/day make a lot of sense because it's straight forward to sort a list of dates in those formats.

 

[Blearth]

Whoa I had no idea so many people had microwaves. I thought they were a fad that died in the 90's.

Anything cooked in a microwave turns soggy or cold in the middle.

Defrosting/reheating

 

[ThankeeSai]

I'm an American and I would write today's date as 7 May 2013. Month/day/year is just stupid, but I realize I am in the minority over here.

Also, the last three books of the Dark Tower series have made me hate your username. I'm sorry.

Lets not talk about the last 3 and just remember the others

 

[iamaustrian]

the press here is the worst offender, they use faranheight if its really hot, celcius if its really cold

seriously? why?

 

[NekoFever]

you both have fucked up measurement units.
fahrenheit? pounds? stones? inches? oz?
lol

*knock knock* time to adapt to the future and the rest of the world.
even your scientists use the "normal" units(metric) because they are the right ones.

I do enjoy it when bodyweights come up and Americans act like UKers weighing in stone is some unbelievably archaic craziness. It is, but at least we use metric for a lot of our stuff. We'll get there eventually.

1,760 yards to the mile = perfect sense!
14 pounds to the stone = lolwut how ridiculous!

seriously? why?

Because -5 sounds colder than 23 but 100 sounds hotter than 38. Tabloids gonna tabloid.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Carpeted garridges you say? Only carpet in mine is on the walls.

Carpeted walls? This thread should have been over a long time ago.

 

[Number45]

seriously? why?

They use both. We favour centigrade Celsius, but usually give Fahrenheit as well (certainly to highlight how 'hot' it is).

 

[Number45]

Carpeted walls? This thread should have been over a long time ago.

I have a strip of carpet on my wall to protect the car from the concrete when I open the door. I'm guessing yours is big enough, but my garage isn't wide enough to open a door fully (or even half way) without contact. That and I can walk on the walls.

EDIT: Oops, thought I edited.

 

[RedShift]

To be honest I've never really heard Farenheit used much in the UK ever.

 

[iamaustrian]

They use both. We favour centigrade Celsius, but usually give Fahrenheit as well (certainly to highlight how 'hot' it is).

insanity
aren't they confusing the shit out of their viewers

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

To be honest I've never really heard Farenheit used much in the UK ever.

That's because we use Celsius.

 

[Number45]

insanity
aren't they confusing the shit out of their viewers

As long as they state the unit of measure along with the number, why would that be confusing?

 

[akira28]

Does a microwave switch it self off when in reaches boil?

4-5 minutes and you've got a boil goin

 

[NekoFever]

insanity
aren't they confusing the shit out of their viewers

People who read those newspapers are pretty confused anyway.

 

[fredrancour]

Whoa I had no idea so many people had microwaves. I thought they were a fad that died in the 90's.

Anything cooked in a microwave turns soggy or cold in the middle.

...What on earth. Absolutely everyone has a microwave. lazy frozen meals, leftovers, thawing.

 

[Felix Lighter]

I am all for adopting the metric system here in the US. We are all taught it in school at this point and all my peers at the very least are familiar with the length units and since soda is sold in 1, 2 and 3 liter bottles, volume units. The resistance in this country to using the more logical and easier to deal with measurement system is frustrating.

 

[kurisu_1974]

Whoa I had no idea so many people had microwaves. I thought they were a fad that died in the 90's.

Anything cooked in a microwave turns soggy or cold in the middle.

Yeah that's a big problem with a cup of water.

 

[RedQueensAce]

This is sort of relevant.

Why does this always remind me of Jim Sterling?

 

[Hari Seldon]

I can boil water in a kettle in like 10 seconds WHILE I re heat food or something in the microwave.

It is not so much boiling water as it is heating up water to an exact temperature. If I choose to have tea, it is easier for me to put a single mug in my microwave and heat it to exactly how hot I want it. 2:20 for me. My wife likes hers at 2:00. And for heating up my daughter's milk we use 1:20. Using the oven makes this process way less precise. For boiling a lot of water for cooking, obviously you use the oven.

 

[Magni]

You mean a garage sale?

A garage sale is different from a yard sale. A garage sale is when you stuff sell in your garage, a yard sale is when you sell stuff in your yard. (Usually you sell in both places, so you call it whatever the fuck you want/whatever has more stuff to sell).

Seeing "Garage sale" signs in front of yards always made my French parents laugh since it means "dirty garage" in French. Same with the "Peace on Earth" Christmas lights, "peace" is how you pronounce "piss" in French.

 

[Arjen]

For boiling a lot of water for cooking, obviously you use the oven.

0_o

You use an oven for boiling water?

 

[Hari Seldon]

0_o

You use an oven for boiling water?

Oven is a generic term I use for the entire oven unit lol. Usually you say put it "on" the oven or "in" the oven meaning the burners or the inside baking part.

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

What the fuck is a yard sale? I'm off down the car boot.

 

[ZZMitch]

What the fuck is a yard sale? I'm off down the car boot.

A sale in the yard. The fuck is a car boot?

 

[airborn]

Mobile phone users having to pay to receive texts and phone calls.

When abroad? Sure. But in the same country AND on the same network?

 

[frankie_baby]

4-5 minutes and you've got a boil goin

My kettle does it in less than half that time and shuts off automatic when it boils