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Seriously, don't try to outwit the Burroughs. You can't even begin to catch up. |
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I'm just glad to see two Bill Burroughs threads (albeit with some crossover) at the Top of XLT. |
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you're about as full of stereotypes and misconceptions as the redneck bush supporters i work with. |
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would you like me to complain about american grammar in a third thread? i could if you want me to, i'm that fucking hard. really. dare me to do it. go on. |
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seriously DUUUDE i wont. this is getting stupid. |
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please go on about american grammar |
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i'm not making any references to stereotypes at all, and this is no misconception. the proof is there for all to see: americans are habitually shit at speaking/typing english. |
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i just think thats stupid. ive come across just as many europeans who are "habitually shit" at english |
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The whole of Europe doesn't have english as its native tongue you thick bigot. |
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haha yeah hey thats a great point. those french and german etc should master english before speaking it!!!!! |
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Do it! MAKE IT SO! I'll give you some to go on with Saying "I guess.." before they say anything, DON'T THEY "KNOW" ANYTHING???? Putting "z" in words where an "s" was fine. And then refering to that "z" as a "zee"!!!! Saying "jelly" when they mean "jam"!!!!! Rebranding brutal occupation and violation of human rights as "democracy", CRAZY"!!!! "Punk Rock" when they mean "third rate school bands" Fanny when they mean Arse Bum when they mean Tramp Sounding stupid when they say "Bloody..." Having big hair and white teeth I've just lapsed into bashing Americans |
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BRAVO! |
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its okay really. its all true! |
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i actually wonder sometimes if some of the differences in spelling and grammar that americans use are deliberately instigated at some point in history by a nationalistic american who just 'wants america to do things its own way, not like those limey fucks'. |
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especially the big hair and big horsey white teeth. and fucking Barney. what the fucking cock-a-doodle-fuck is that all about? what saccharine, Christian, nicey-fucking-nicey safe tanned skin white-toothed polite scoutboy-shorts moralistic squeaky clean fucking FUCK is that fucking fuck fuck fuck fuckshit fuckhead fuckfist fuckfest? |
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clarkson is a cunt too. |
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YEAH MAN SMASH THE SYSTEM |
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Then stop acting like him. |
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hahaha |
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I'm not an expert but I think the root of it is dumb, obnoxious teenagers on the internet. fleetmouse: oh, I figured you had just typoed and I was searching for some deeper banality that the word might represent for you. Like when people say "indeed." That bothers me. |
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american ravers, no excuse |
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indeed. |
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Now that you mention it there's that too - people using intensifiers when they definately want to get a point across. |
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ONE THING I HATE SO MUCH IT MUST BE SAID IN CAPS LOCK: COMMA SPLICES. THEY HAVE BECOME SO UBIQUITOUS I HARDLY NOTICE THEM ANY MORE AND FIND MYSELF COMMITTING THEM. |
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There needs to be some internet shorthand for... dramatic pause. |
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i properly roflmao'd at that |
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true though isn't it |
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you don't know where this thread has been |
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Yes; They did actually do this. Read up on the Romantic period and it'll explain it. The popular belief is that America's spelling of certain words is the correct, old fashioned way (IE it would have been the same in Britain, had we not changed it). What they neglect to mention is that when America was first settled, these changes had already occured and they used British English spelling/grammar. Once they became interested in independence, they regressed their language (effectively adopting bits of old English) in an attempt to develop their own identity/culture (as was the "done thing" in the western world at the time). |
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Really now, every culture has some annoying traits. This second topic on the matter is a waste of time. |
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What I want to see is acknowledgement from each and every American that this phrase does, in fact, mean exactly the opposite of the use for which it is intended, and that it is a silly phrase and is only used because 'it's just a phrase they learned' without ever considereding its actual meaning. And I want them to do it here, in this thread. Before the weekend. |
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this phrase is a right good slap in the face of certain language philosophers |
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i could give a toss |
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*passes rockenjohnny from perth (Australia) a tissue* |
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fanks .. for getting me in! |
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anyone else remember that bit in deus ex where you pay the aussie girls' admission to the lucky money club? its always going to be with me. |
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Whilst we're on the subject, how about "it's the same difference" being used to mean, "it's the same"? "The same difference" is a really esoteric phrase and there are only a handful of occassions where it can be used correctly. For example, Question: "Which should we use, we've only got the 12mm or 0.47 inch shims?" Answer: "It's the same difference; they're both 1mm too large." Quite how it entered common usage (at all, let alone with its current bastardised meaning) is beyond me. |
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"i could give a toss" -very good rockenjohnny from perth (australia), that's another nice succinct way of illustrating the foolish burger-eaters' error. americans might like to look up the word "succinct" while we're here. and don't re-spell it "succenct" or something. |
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I'm more interested in the percent/per cent thing.. that isn't even a british/american thing, but seems rather to be applied randomly..? or is there some purpose to it? |
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Don't get me started on A-looooo-minum. |
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A good example, Ceri, and one I will ponder awhile in my smoking room today on the Indian couch beside the brass globe. |
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gotta make sure im still top of the class |
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Isn't it supposed to be "I counldn't care less." Meaning that you COULDN'T care. Because, if you COULD care less, then you are saying that you still do care. Riiiggghhhhtttt? |
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A gold star and an apple for you boy, and meet me at the end of class today for some extra tutelage in the teachers' lavatories. |
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SHITDAMMNIT! I made errors. Ban me now plz. |
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*slow... hand... clap... * |
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Brass globe spirits cabinets are the business. I am trying to convince my girlfriend that one would look good in our dining room. She wants a standard wooden cabinet instead. Do you have any advice on how I could convince her that the globe is the better choice? |
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you might find some more information |
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Another, mild, irritation is when someone types "of" instead of "have", as in "I could of guessed". |
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