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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby jrsightes » Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:50 am

CatNamedRudy wrote::lol: I'm sure we have some sort of equivelent to that but I don't know what it is!


Here it is. I tried it, and it just tastes like regular chocolate. Sort of a gimmick, if you ask me.
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby CatNamedRudy » Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:53 am

jrsightes wrote:
CatNamedRudy wrote::lol: I'm sure we have some sort of equivelent to that but I don't know what it is!


Here it is. I tried it, and it just tastes like regular chocolate. Sort of a gimmick, if you ask me.


Nice to "see" you jr!

I have had that Hershey thing. Doesn't do a lot for me.
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby jrsightes » Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:56 am

CatNamedRudy wrote:
jrsightes wrote:
CatNamedRudy wrote::lol: I'm sure we have some sort of equivelent to that but I don't know what it is!


Here it is. I tried it, and it just tastes like regular chocolate. Sort of a gimmick, if you ask me.


Nice to "see" you jr!

I have had that Hershey thing. Doesn't do a lot for me.



:lol: Long time, no "see"
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Dorset Girl » Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:48 am

Hey jr! How are you?
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby jrsightes » Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:28 pm

Dorset Girl wrote:Hey jr! How are you?


Hey, DG! Never been better. How are things in your world?
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Dorset Girl » Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:37 pm

jrsightes wrote:
Dorset Girl wrote:Hey jr! How are you?


Hey, DG! Never been better. How are things in your world?


Glad to hear that! Yes, things good here too thank you. Some major life changes in the past year, but mostly for the better. :)

Now you're back, please stay around?! :D
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby kat » Tue Aug 16, 2011 9:53 pm

jrsightes wrote:
Dorset Girl wrote:Hey jr! How are you?


Hey, DG! Never been better. How are things in your world?


glad to hear you're good, nice to have you back
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Lil » Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:07 am

CatNamedRudy wrote:
jrsightes wrote:
CatNamedRudy wrote::lol: I'm sure we have some sort of equivelent to that but I don't know what it is!


Here it is. I tried it, and it just tastes like regular chocolate. Sort of a gimmick, if you ask me.


Nice to "see" you jr!

I have had that Hershey thing. Doesn't do a lot for me.


Never tried it but I don't think I will. Why would I want to eat something that looks like it has perforations?! The more chocolate, the better. Don't put holes in my damn chocolate!
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby jrsightes » Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:52 am

kat wrote:
jrsightes wrote:
Dorset Girl wrote:Hey jr! How are you?


Hey, DG! Never been better. How are things in your world?


glad to hear you're good, nice to have you back


Thanks, kat!
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby jrsightes » Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:55 am

Dorset Girl wrote:
jrsightes wrote:
Dorset Girl wrote:Hey jr! How are you?


Hey, DG! Never been better. How are things in your world?


Glad to hear that! Yes, things good here too thank you. Some major life changes in the past year, but mostly for the better. :)

Now you're back, please stay around?! :D



I'll try my best! I certainly have missed talking to you all.
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Lil » Wed Aug 17, 2011 3:34 am

Welcome back JR! Have missed ya!
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby jrsightes » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:40 am

Lil wrote:Welcome back JR! Have missed ya!


Thanks, Lil!
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby tenpercenter » Wed Aug 17, 2011 1:44 pm

british - riot!
amercian - apathy
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Dorset Girl » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:26 pm

Weird one, this - I noticed when we were talking about Lego the other day, Cat, you said 'Legos'. Is it a Brit / American thing I wonder, or is it just me that doesn't pluralise it?

So, would you say:

There are pieces of Lego all over the floor

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There are Legos all over the floor?
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby CatNamedRudy » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:40 pm

Dorset Girl wrote:Weird one, this - I noticed when we were talking about Lego the other day, Cat, you said 'Legos'. Is it a Brit / American thing I wonder, or is it just me that doesn't pluralise it?

So, would you say:

There are pieces of Lego all over the floor

or

There are Legos all over the floor?


This.

More than one Lego are Legos. :lol:
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby CatNamedRudy » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:42 pm

tenpercenter wrote:british - riot!
amercian - apathy


I don't even know what this means.

Is this implying that because American youths aren't out tearing apart our cities that we are somehow apathetic?
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Moon-Crane » Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:54 pm

CatNamedRudy wrote:
tenpercenter wrote:british - riot!
amercian - apathy


I don't even know what this means.

Is this implying that because American youths aren't out tearing apart our cities that we are somehow apathetic?


Heh, strange post. I guess there's a joke hidden in there somehwere (let me just make a quick call to Cornell to borrow their equipment and check). Anyone who can remember not too far back to the 1992 LA riots puts into perspective the scale of the recent London unrest. Anyone can be destructive for the sake of it.
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby CatNamedRudy » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:34 am

Moon-Crane wrote:
CatNamedRudy wrote:
tenpercenter wrote:british - riot!
amercian - apathy


I don't even know what this means.

Is this implying that because American youths aren't out tearing apart our cities that we are somehow apathetic?


Heh, strange post. I guess there's a joke hidden in there somehwere (let me just make a quick call to Cornell to borrow their equipment and check). Anyone who can remember not too far back to the 1992 LA riots puts into perspective the scale of the recent London unrest. Anyone can be destructive for the sake of it.


:lol:

Yep. The L.A. riots were another one of those things I kept looking at thinking "You're upset because a white guy got off scott free after beating the snot out of a black guy but you're tearing apart YOUR OWN neighborhoods?" This makes no sense at all. They should have been tearing up the snotty white rich areas like Brentwood and Malibu and not South Central LA!
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Moon-Crane » Mon Sep 12, 2011 12:53 am

CatNamedRudy wrote:Yep. The L.A. riots were another one of those things I kept looking at thinking "You're upset because a white guy got off scott free after beating the snot out of a black guy but you're tearing apart YOUR OWN neighborhoods?" This makes no sense at all. They should have been tearing up the snotty white rich areas like Brentwood and Malibu and not South Central LA!


It was crazy. And exactly the same in London. I didn't see too many parts of Chelsea, Knightsbridge, Oxford/Regent Street, etc, getting burned down. They were destroying the livelihoods of people from their own areas.

The LA riots always make me think of Bill Hicks's Arizona Bay cd. He got some good material out of that.
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby jrsightes » Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:41 am

CatNamedRudy wrote:
Dorset Girl wrote:Weird one, this - I noticed when we were talking about Lego the other day, Cat, you said 'Legos'. Is it a Brit / American thing I wonder, or is it just me that doesn't pluralise it?

So, would you say:

There are pieces of Lego all over the floor

or

There are Legos all over the floor?


This.

More than one Lego are Legos. :lol:


I remember from a report I did in elementary school that the plural of Lego is "Lego."

Here is the official company line on the matter
(skip down to the last page).
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Dorset Girl » Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:00 am

*Chuckle*

First of all, it's really cool that you did a report on Lego at school. Secondly, I love the fact you've provided a reference for your post! Cheers! :lol:
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby CatNamedRudy » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:45 pm

As far as I'm concerned if the plural isn't Legos then it should be Legi! :lol:
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Dorset Girl » Mon Sep 12, 2011 2:54 pm

CatNamedRudy wrote:As far as I'm concerned if the plural isn't Legos then it should be Legi! :lol:


:lol: Right, I'm going to use that from now on, love it!
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby Dorset Girl » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:20 pm

Americans - if you call 'conkers' 'acorns', what do you call 'acorns'?
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Re: British/American Translation Thread

Postby CatNamedRudy » Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:34 pm

Dorset Girl wrote:Americans - if you call 'conkers' 'acorns', what do you call 'acorns'?


I have no idea what a "conker" is. We call acorns, acorns! :lol:

Ahhh...Google images is my friend. It appears "Conkers" are chestnuts (though not the sweet type that you eat). They are not the same thing as acorns which are the "fruit" of the Oak tree.
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