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Ok, so you know how you count time by going up to 24:00, or is it 23:59 and then you start over at 00:00? Well anyway, that's part of my question, the other half is when people ask for the time, do you reply: "The time is seventeen thirtyfour, or do you say "it's five thirtyfour"? I've just always kind of wondered about that. |
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why do you spell things like honour and colour with a U? isn't that just unneccessary typing? |
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british -> why do you call french fries "chips"? french -> if french fries are really french, why aren't you all as fat as americans? |
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why do you all continue to speak languages that AREN'T English when Hollywood has told us through cinema that English will be the only language left in the future? what's the deal with the netherlands? i mean, come on. do you hide your natural resources out of fear that we will bomb the fuck out of you if you have good ones? how does it feel to know you will be part of "REALLY east america" in the future? |
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duhh, they're FREEDOM FRIES! |
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No is the answer to your question Zephyr. i dont think people use 24hr clock more in europe. only on computers and digital clocks sometimes... obviously not on normal clocks. british -> why do you call french fries "chips"? chips and french fries arent the same, french fries are thin, chips are thicker and taste more like potatoe. |
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why do i post when i dont care about the thread. |
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the answer is points. delicious points. when i get 1000 im gonna trade them into phobia and get some novelty whistles and some plastic army men. |
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army man rules |
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chips ahoy are the bestest! |
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french fries are actually from belgium and we still use the 24h thing (like alarm clocks, but on digital watches too, tv, video,..), but we don't say seventeen when it's 5 o'clock in the evening. |
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Anyone who isn't in the army and says the time twenty four hour style is obviously a cunt. |
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Agreed, I use 24 hour clock on my watch/phone, but never say 17:34 it'd be 5:34, or almost twenty five to six. :) |
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yep, agreed |
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I never use 24hr is never used in spoken time, it is used on some bus timetables etc, but in areas of high unemployment and low education they do the time in AM and PM (this is no lie :D). I spell with a u in the words because they would have to be pronounced completely differently otherwise. I never call chips "french fries". I never even use the term french fries. I think most Europeans at the moment are sort of enjoying the US' slow realisation that their domination is slowely coming to an end. Next up to the plate CHINA :D |
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I apologise for poor grammar and spelling in my previous post. I had sex last night and it effects my ability to think properly for the following 24 hours :D |
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sometimes i say 17:34 instead of 5:34 |
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Sometimes people say seventeen fortyfive. Announcers on TV for example. Most people just say quarter to six, in everyday life. I thought UK used 12H clocks with the AM and PM crap. |
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Everyone hates us. We never wanted to dominate! That the brits' job. |
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tell that to bush and his mates! |
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Never wanted to dominate...hahaha... so Bush and friends are just pretending? |
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1. French fries and chips aren't the same thing. 2. Unlike the Americans, the French know when to stop eating. |
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You must be permenently fucking! |
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"2. Unlike the Americans, the French know when to stop eating." Bahahaha! |
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there is this "french paradox" thing, with red wine probably and stuff... also, i read the portions in usa are bigger than in france (sometimes a lot bigger), and in usa people eat faster than in france... according to what i've read anyway! (there must be other things too, maybe in usa people drink more coke? with the huge amount of sugar contained in coke it must have an influence...) i don't like french fries or chips a lot anyway and i don't know why they're called french fries (for us fries are mostly a belgian thing).... i don't remember seeing "24:00", it's always "00:00"... and as for am/pm 12hr or 24hr time, most people say it using 12hr "system"... i personally don't care, most of the time i use 12hr but sometimes i use 24hr for no reason. |
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Logically speaking colour is pronounced 'Kulhur' and color is pronounced 'Kul-ore' - which sounds dumb. Chips - Potatoe chippings oven chips over here have different types.... Original Beefeater Crinkled American style 'French fries' weird eh? oh, and another thing... AL-U-MIN-I-UM FOR FUCK SAKE!!!! |
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JA!! ALUMINIUM!!! ^^ as for american/english variations of some words (colour/color, elevator/lift)... i always forget which ones are english or american, so i use either one or the other, whatever i feel like =) i just know that when it's "ou" it's english and "o" american, i use "ou" in general because i think it looks better... |
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rebuttals: see there's an irish guy that i know and he always tells me it's pronounced aluminium but i check the box and it "ALUMINUM FOIL" only 1 i. you guys are wrong, or someone at your home products factory put a typo into the computer and you are all using the wrong word as a result. we pronounce color "kuller" do you pronounce it "kull-oar"? also "fave-er-it" (favorite) and "ahn-er" (honor) are the other correct pronunciations and spellings. the french need to be cool like us and get 3 orders of french fries with 2 triple cheeseburgers. that's the only way to maintain a healthy diet. the US will be the governing force in the new world order because we have JESUS on our side. |
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Just remember the ancestors of America sunshine! |
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but you have to understand how illogical that sounds to someone from the states.. does that mean you say "hey, that's your fault, not ers!" ? In america, our is pronounced "OWr" |
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when americans say al-u-min-um I feel like headbutting some cornflakes |
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well then start headbutting, cuz we say it "ROYT"! |
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What ever you heard about Americans is not true. We really are fat, loud and stupid. And we all have stock at Mcdonalds and eat there religiously. Every single one of us. |
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i knew it!!! |
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