[CP5670]

I hate summer so much. It's hot, it's long and it's too cheerful. I'm going to recreate Sean Connery's weather machine thingy and plunge this fair and sceptered isle in to eternal winter. Well, all of it except West Yorkshire.

You know, that's exactly the same case with me. I can't stand this sunlight. At least this summer there have been one or two dark and rainy days every week so far; hopefully that will continue...

[Petrarch of the VBB]

We summer haters must stick together!
Form an anti-summer league!

[Mr Carrot]

Pool party in 20 mins

[ZylonBane]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
And Americans say "different than" instead of "different to", and it's just wrong.

The literate among us say "different from". Which, if you think about it, makes a lot more sense. Something moving "from" something else is getting farther away. Something moving "to" something else is getting closer. Hence, "different from" / "similar to" evoke figurative distance/closeness of commonality.

Don't feel too bad... at least you guys don't use commas as decimal points, and you're recovering nicely from your crazy definitions of million, billion, etc.

[Darkage]

Weed can be fun, ate spacecake once mae me do weird stuff. I do remember that i sprayed ketchup into my boxershorts.

[Dark_4ce]

Hmm, spacecake... *Remembers trip to Amsterdam*... I tried it and didn't like it. Didn't really see the point really. Or perhaps I did, but I don't remember anymore... I just remember going to the XXX porn museum afterwards and then waking up in my bed at the hotel. After that I stuck to alcohol. I perfer being sleazy and violent.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Originally posted by ZylonBane
The literate among us say "different from". Which, if you think about it, makes a lot more sense. Something moving "from" something else is getting farther away. Something moving "to" something else is getting closer. Hence, "different from" / "similar to" evoke figurative distance/closeness of commonality.

Don't feel too bad... at least you guys don't use commas as decimal points, and you're recovering nicely from your crazy definitions of million, billion, etc.

Well we use different from, as well, and it does sound better.
And do you mean that way that our billions are actually billions, and not thousands of millions?

[Darkage]

Originally posted by Dark_4ce
Hmm, spacecake... *Remembers trip to Amsterdam*... I tried it and didn't like it. Didn't really see the point really. Or perhaps I did, but I don't remember anymore... I just remember going to the XXX porn museum afterwards and then waking up in my bed at the hotel. After that I stuck to alcohol. I perfer being sleazy and violent.

i also didn't like it, the cake that is:D

I rather stay to alcohol. Altough a hangover sucks thats the drawback of it.

[Joey_21]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB


I though Americans tended to just say "math"

And Americans say "different than" instead of "different to", and it's just wrong.

Math is singular. "I have some homework in math tonight" can mean "I have some homework in algebra" or "trigonometry" or "calculus"  etc.

Mathematics represents more than one branch of math. "We have a Computer Science and Mathematics building at our university."

@ that second one. I don't believe I've even used either of those phrases in my sentences. (or at least, I've never needed them)

[CateranOverlord]

Isn't it kind of pointless to be discussing the "math" issue, because I've never heard an American say mathematics and I live here.

[LtNarol]

Americans don't look funny when they salute

[Mr Carrot]

No they look sloppy and uncooth.

Now British soldiers are saluting Her Royal Highness so they pwn saluting a flag.

[01010]

British people masturbate more.

Or maybe that's just me.

[neo_hermes]

PHEAR AMERICANS AND THE ENGLISH:D

[01010]

I read an interview with an American band the other week, I forget who but they were big drinkers, they were saying that what Americans would call an alcoholic, the British wouldn't even bat an eyelid at.

I can vouch for that, damn I had fun last night, me and a friend, a bag of weed, a big bottle of absinthe and some music. Cool. Until I fell in the river with my phone, wallet and keys. I was just glad that I left my minidisc player by the stereo we were using.

Had to walk home a good three or four miles naked from the waist down, whilst not recommended, it was incredibly funny.

[Razor]

Originally posted by neo_hermes
PHEAR AMERICANS AND THE ENGLISH:D

AAAAH shut up! We will kick your asses anytime, in anything, anywhere.

[Petrarch of the VBB]

Anyone can kick England's arse when it comes to cricket.

We can beat all the world in military square-bashing, though.

[vyper]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Anyone can kick England's arse when it comes to cricket.

We can beat all the world in military square-bashing, though.

IF PEOPLE DON'T STOP CALLING IT ENGLAND (in terms of things like military) AND START CALLING IT BRITAIN, I'M GOING TO BE VERY ****ING PISSED.

Edit:

Britain: Battle of,

[Petrarch of the VBB]

But it is the England cricket team, though, isn't it?

Does Scotland have a cricket team, btw?

[vyper]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
But it is the England cricket team, though, isn't it?

Does Scotland have a cricket team, btw?

Ye were also speaking in terms of military.

yes scotland does I've just never heard of them playing any big games. (not a cricket fan)