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To the staff of MES (now a comparison of transatlantic slang!)
lazygamer:
WOO-HOO WE DID IT! CANADA! CANADA! CANADA!
Master of Reality:
We also invented basketball i believe. Canada r0x0r5
Refalm:
We invented ice skating :rolleyes:
You Canadians invented ice hockey, but we invented the basics...
Anyway, I can't ice skate, those "shoes" are really anoying
Calum:
deep fried battered mars bars originally came from Glasgow. Also
quote:I use the word "wee" all the time to describe small things (i am being serious).
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yeah, but you're from Canada, they do things differently there. I admire the way canadians can speak in french and english AT THE SAME TIME!!!
re: quite, it can mean either, but the cynical UK people default to the most pessimistic definition. Also, apparently the best speakers of English from a technically correct point of view are those from Inverness.
And while we are boasting about our countries' achievements, might i brag that without Scotland, the world would be without bicycles, tarmac roads, cricket, curling (although the french think they invented that), the telephone, television, fibre optics, and... the bay city rollers... amongst many other things! :D
oh yes, and i was going to say i prefer salt and sauce on my chips, (that's brown sauce, which is similar to houses of parliament sauce, but more vinegary and less sugary) although you would be hard pushed to get salt and sauce on your chips outside of Edinburgh or possibly Fife.
[ October 11, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]
pkd_lives:
quote:Originally posted by Calum:
deep fried battered mars bars originally came from Glasgow.
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I thought it was Aberdeen actually. But either way I consider it an insult (which was why I did not specifically say Scotland), as I did not want to lay the blame - those things are awful.
One for the UK - In America the saying 'Taking the Piss' does not exist (except for the enlightened). So when I was shucking some corn I made the natural pun. 'Oh your just taking the Pith.' Not a titter I tell you. Except for one person who knew the gag - and smiled indulgently. Oh well, all those years in Britain rubbed off on me one way or the other.
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