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"U.S. English"? "International English"?
Well - with all those fan-boys in what is the self-describe Eurozone (although it doesn't encompass all of Europe) - it's easy to slap one another on the back and feel better about living in "The Old World".
I prefer this fine "New World" - and what we term as "Correct English"
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: : This was such fun - I couldn't help myself. : :
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I think you will find that the British spelling is more common worldwide than the American spelling. The commonwealth countries (including India) mostly use the British spelling, for example.
Until there is a clear leader (if ever), I suggest that we agree that - as George Bernard Shaw said - America and Great Britain are divided by a common language.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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OMG! Back in the long past days when I was in South Africa, we got English style fish & chips - heaven! The chips were thick and fried soft - not crisp and they were seasoned with vinegar and salt - not (horrors) ketchup!
Now my mouth is watering! What I would give right now for a serving of fried cod & chips! Served in a large white paper cone rolled from unused newspaper stock. OMG! OMG!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: not (horrors) ketchup!
Can't stand the stuff on my fries...I mean chips...I mean, potato things.
Salt, pepper, and rosemary is nice too!
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Cornelius Henning wrote: The chips were thick and fried soft - not crisp and they were seasoned with vinegar and salt
IMAO, the only way to eat chips!
(Preferably with good malt vinegar; none of this petrochemical industries cr@p).
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Tommy's Burgers is a great place. I used to eat there all the time, when I was younger. They are not on the East coast, that I am aware of.
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Is a local area network in Australia a LAN down under?
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OriginalGriff wrote: Is a local area network in Australia a LAN down under? Yes. And in a token ring network the token goes counter clockwise too.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Is the network admin called the Lord of the Rings?
/ravi
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The great eye will be watching your non-standard equipment VERY closely.
Once he sees some he'll send his wITch kings over to confiscate it
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That's what the Men at Work said.
Mongo: Mongo only pawn... in game of life.
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Yes
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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I've just received a leaflet from the local Green Party Candidate promising to work with other countries to ensure ...
"global temperatures do not rise beyond 2 degrees"
Can't see a new Ice Age being a vote winner myself!
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That is a pretty safe bet, it hasn't risen more than 1 degree C (average) in a hundred years.
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Think you kinda missed the point there. Read it literally!
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Perhaps they have access to the global thermostat?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Just seen this comment on a local story about the election;
Quote: By May 8 there will be more pandas in the world than there are Lib Dem politicians.
For my part I've spent most of the morning using Gimp to make mashups of the local UKIP party members and Last Of The Summer Wine. The Kippers are a bit older than the cast so it doesn't quite work.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Pictures or it didn't happen!
And as for UKIP, a vote for them is not wasted. Bloody stupid, but not wasted.
veni bibi saltavi
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They were all tweeted, the first few to the local Class War account.
I like Class War, their slogan is "Because all the other candidates are f***ing wankers".
They urge people not to vote too, although say if you have to then vote Green. But they are also making some noise and doing so with humour.
When Fabricant didn't turn up to the hustings last week they replaced him with a blonde wig on a stick.
I like this bit of reporting about the hustings;
Quote: ...candidate Paul Ray believes he was the only speaker to give honest answers to voters’ questions.
The lawyer...
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: They urge people not to vote
Then sir, I put it to you, they are complete and utter wock combles! If you don't vote then you'll be ignored. Anyone who says ot's the other way round should just compare the demographics of voters against who the MP's support and help. You vote and they listen.
veni bibi saltavi
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To be fair they do say not to vote but to go and organise a revolution instead. If you are going to revolt then you don't really need to vote.
Looking at the local effect they are engaging people (hustings, local media, social media), and I think their presence will increase the numbers of younger people who vote despite their official line being not to.
We are in a very safe Tory seat, their don't vote line is I think as much to do with raising awareness of the value of individual votes in different areas under the system we currently use.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Its gonna be a pretty cold period of their reign, do they claim the frozen throne?
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Greens should probably be more concerned about local issues before thinking global?
I guess there's nothing wrong with ambition!
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They can think global all they want; I fail to see how they're going to enforce this outside of their country.
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Not a problem: they won't get elected anyway!
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