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Weird Americanisms (UK vs USA thread)
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So it's true?
Spring-Loaded
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Yeah.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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I hope the other 19 pages aren't as bad as this.
Five or six? Christ on a bike you live life on the edge son. I wont risk more than three. Beyond that its like I am taunting god to have my choccy hob nob fall into my tea. I dare not go further.
You might think this is weird, but real estate agents advertise a room with only a toilet (and usually a sink) in the US as a powder room.
I've never understood it.
I have a question. Is it true that it is illegal to eat or drink in a car while driving? If so, does it piss you off when you get in a car with cup holders?
As long as that drink isn't alcoholic
Baconsammy
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I somehow managed to go through 20+ years of life without ever hearing/seeing "aluminium". It's always been "aluminum" to me. Even on the periodic table. Apparently most everywhere else it's aluminum. I noticed it because my Macbook was said to be made of it and I assumed it was a more elite version of aluminum.
Cuban Legend
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timcsavage
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I am under the impression aluminum was'discovered' and named so by an American and the Brits called it Aluminium to be consistent with other elements.
Rich teas are good for drinking but you have to get the right ones. I treat myself to marks and sparks ones every now and again.
Does America have scotch eggs, or are they absent like crumpets?
Rich teas are good for drinking but you have to get the right ones. I treat myself to marks and sparks ones every now and again.
Does America have scotch eggs, or are they absent like crumpets?
Silent_Bomber
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Only if their homeless and Tesco's bins have already been raided.
ElectricBlue187
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Not that I've seen. Closest thing we have is eggs benedict.
No, it was discovered by a British guy, Sir Humphry Davy, who started calling it Aluminum until everyone pointed out that was a stupid name, so he started calling it Aluminium instead.
frankie_baby
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I always thought powder room was a reference to sniffing coke
d'artagnan
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An electric kettle is considered such an essential part of life in the UK that if you're in prison they provide a kettle for your cell so you can make tea - despite the risk of prisoners attacking other prisoners by dissolving sugar in the water, boiling it in the kettle and throwing it over someone they want to attack [it results in particularly nasty burns].
Just about the only place where you're not allowed a kettle (and not provided one automatically) is in a locked psychiatric ward - there the staff make cups of tea for you.
Even if you're homeless and your local council puts you up in a cheapo Bed & Breakfast until you can be re-housed your room will have an electric kettle.
Just about the only place where you're not allowed a kettle (and not provided one automatically) is in a locked psychiatric ward - there the staff make cups of tea for you.
Even if you're homeless and your local council puts you up in a cheapo Bed & Breakfast until you can be re-housed your room will have an electric kettle.
People use kettles here too. Tea culture is becoming more in vogue than previously, as are brewing techniques.
Is it true women on England usually ask the guys out?
Hell no.
frankie_baby
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i stayed in an ultra cheap hotel in birmingham (the ibis budget) when i went out raving a few months ago, it didnt have a kettle in the room, fuck that never staying there again
*didnt help the place looked and felt like a prison, the beds were horrible and security threw out the dozen or so people we'd brought back for a room party, but could've coped with all that if it had just had a kettle
Shadow Ranger
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Why do American toilets have such high water levels? Don't saggy balls touch the water? How can you take a dump knowing it's just a few centimetres from your ass/balls/vagina? I was so baffled at first and thought every toilet was blocked by some cheeky person. Felt disgusted using a toilet with such high water levels. Asia does not have this problem and neither does UK.
What if you have the runs? The high water level turns completely brown/yellow/whatever special colour. Larger surface area of shit, basically. Please, America. Change your water levels. I beg you!
What if you have the runs? The high water level turns completely brown/yellow/whatever special colour. Larger surface area of shit, basically. Please, America. Change your water levels. I beg you!
Not sure I can confirm this. Most toilets are low flow toilets unless you stayed in "don't give a fuck no where" of America.
No-one finds the American accent irresistible.
Depends on where you are. Some places still have toilets from the 70s with incredibly high water levels. My grandmother's house still has ancient toilets, and my balls have gotten wet before while visiting her.
But most other places have switched or are switching to modern toilets, especially institutional places like universities or hospitals.
Not that I have noticed at all, no. Typically the French accent is one to get the ladies frothing.
Though my wife wants to do terrible terrible things to Nathan Fillion.
It is a more elite version, it's got the British spelling.
Are you saying this because your gf gets wet when Ryan Gosling?
more like when Ryan Reynolds
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Nope. You can still be arrested for not taking due care an attention when driving. A woman got arrested recently for eating an apple whilst driving.
QuicheFontaine
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frankie_baby
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you watching a squashed picture or something? british girls aint flat
Dis is my anecdotal evidence from SkySports News,
I guess Murdoch likes flat girls
Not nope actually. Yep. It's not a criminal offense to eat on the road, but it is a criminal offense to operate a mobile device.
And Brit boobs are pretty big, I think C or D is average.
frankie_baby
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the page after the second one in the sun suggests otherwise
That just means that people that buy the Sun like boobs. Murdoch likes money.
Though Page 3 will probably be gone in a few years.
frankie_baby
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despite all the hoo har the sun will close down before page 3 ever goes
Silent_Bomber
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I think people always find exotic accents interesting so yes.
British women tend to like confidence, brashness, and cockyness so I tend to think Americans would do pretty well (so long as they're not full-on loudmouths).
British women aren't flat, the average is higher here than in most of the rest of Europe and around par with the US I believe.
I.. er.. heard this somewhere at random.
shadyspace
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So how do British guys ever get laid
Dear UK people,
American power outlets deliver a maxium of 2.4kW, while many outlets in the UK are rated at 3kW. Americans have at least 20% less power to work with, which reduces the usefulness of an electric kettle. Boiling your water in the microwave gives you a little more control over water temperature because it allows you watch the water and stop it at an early boil, which can be useful in preparing teas that are ideally made with lower temperatures like herbal or green.
-Sincerely, an American who really likes tea
American power outlets deliver a maxium of 2.4kW, while many outlets in the UK are rated at 3kW. Americans have at least 20% less power to work with, which reduces the usefulness of an electric kettle. Boiling your water in the microwave gives you a little more control over water temperature because it allows you watch the water and stop it at an early boil, which can be useful in preparing teas that are ideally made with lower temperatures like herbal or green.
-Sincerely, an American who really likes tea
ThisWreckage
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Alcohol.
PJV3
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QuicheFontaine
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I'm afraid I don't follow.
Robot Pants
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Who the hell boils water in the microwave?
A lot of UK people based their arguments in favor of electric kettles on speed, but even the best possible electric kettle you could use in the US will heat water more slowly than one in the UK because it has a lower maximum wattage.
PJV3
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Our chaps in the colonies.
Robot Pants
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Also, good electric kettles aren't very common in the US. You can find an electric kettle at Target, Wal-Mart, etc. but it'll probably be of pretty poor quality and will boil water about as fast as a microwave, albeit in greater volume. They're a niche product here, so it's understandable that not as many people know about or use them.
Consider an electric water boiler. Most Asian households have them, and the more modern ones have custom temperature settings. The drawbacks are constant electricity usage, as well as sediment buildup depending on your city's water.
QuicheFontaine
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Oh, I see. The term "usefulness" threw me. Still, if speed is all you're after even a kettle at 2.2-2.4kW is going to be faster than most microwaves (I don't actually own a microwave, but aren't they typically around 700-800W?). Not as fast as our mighty 3kW British kettles, true, but still pretty fast.
Well, I'm glad to be set straight on this. I was about to declare it the USA's "bagged milk".
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