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11.01pm
19 September 2010
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No, It's very aggravating for us when talking to Americans
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
11.04pm
25 November 2010
Offline mr. Sun king coming together said:
No, It's very aggravating for us when talking to Americans
I say “eh” sometimes just because, and I have a friend who always makes it a point to ask me if I'm Canadian now.
I'm sure you say house and about quite well, too. 🙂
4.48am
9 June 2010
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Your computer no longer thinks “Beatles” is a misspelling.
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
9.11am
14 December 2009
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lol, eh!
(Uh oh, I just said “eh” in front of the Americans…)
Paul: Yeah well… first of all, we’re bringing out a ‘Stamp Out Detroit’ campaign.
12.02pm
8 April 2010
Offline Don't worry, I can fix this.
BONZA! G'DAY, MATE! THROW ANOTHER SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE!
12.24pm
9 June 2010
Offline 1. You wish you had been born eight days later so you could share a birthday with Paul.
2. You're posting at 5:24 AM your time because you can't sleep, you think you're sick, and you have nothing else to do.
Von Bontee said:
lol, eh!
(Uh oh, I just said “eh” in front of the Americans…)
Paulrus said:
Don't worry, I can fix this.
BONZA! G'DAY, MATE! THROW ANOTHER SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE!
Guess what! I have a bomb-dropping revelation for you: (No, the walrus was NOT Paul. Quiet down.)
*drumroll*
Americans aren't as stupid as you think! Well, at least not the Americans I know.
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
12.34pm
8 April 2010
Offline Well, I have another shell-shocking revelation:
We actually call them prawns.
12.38pm
9 June 2010
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Maybe I should have put it as “Speaking of national stereotypes/myths that are getting busted, Americans aren't really just a bunch of stupid, lazy spoiled brats who eat too much, especially meat and sugar, and correct people who use British spelling online!”
I think I already knew about shrimp being called prawns. In my Chinese class last year, we used Chinese textbooks from Australia, and when we got to the food unit, half the class didn't know what prawns were.
OK, I think this sub-discussion can only withstand a couple of posts before it turns into a pre-derailment. (That's right. I'm categorizing off-topic posts/clusters of posts now!)
EDIT: I came up with another on-topic post, and am editing this one to avoid a double post. You know you're a hardcore Beatles fan when you wonder if the line in “While My Guitar Gently Weeps ” should be interpreted as “I look at the world and I notice its turning” or “I look at the world and I notice it's turning.” Both would be correct, but each would carry a different meaning. The first one would mean “I notice the turning of the world,” and the second one would mean “I notice that the world turns.” Yes. Being a Grammar Nazi can be fun.
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
1.00pm
8 April 2010
Offline We're very good at derailing threads, aren't we?
I was at a shopping centre the other day, and I saw a guy wearing the same Abbey Road shirt that I was wearing. He gave me the thumbs up as he walked past.
1.11pm
9 June 2010
Offline Oh, I love Beatles-shirt encounters! One time, I was at WestFest, which is a carnival thing that celebrates Granger, Hunter, Chesterfield, and Redwood being combined into West Valley City in 1980. (Yes, I told you my city. Please don't stalk me.) Anyways, I was wearing my Beatles shirt, which depicts them from 1964. There was a lady wearing an A Hard Day's Night (can I say “a Hard Day's Night” without anyone looking at me like I'm weird?) shirt. We gave each other the thumbs-up when we passed.
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
1.12pm
13 November 2009
Offline Paulrus said:
Well, I have another shell-shocking revelation:
We actually call them prawns.
But that doesn't have the same ring, now does it? Trust me, Hollywood knows better. 
And I should know – otherwise I wouldn't know that I'm supposed to have a 'Southern' accent. I've been doing it wrong for years.
On topic, topic, top…ic, tooooppppp…
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
1.14pm
9 June 2010
Offline To the “Incredibly Impossible to Derail this Thread” thread!
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
1.20pm
8 April 2010
Offline MeanMrs.Mustard said:
EDIT: I came up with another on-topic post, and am editing this one to avoid a double post. You know you're a hardcore Beatles fan when you wonder if the line in “While My Guitar Gently Weeps ” should be interpreted as “I look at the world and I notice its turning” or “I look at the world and I notice it's turning.” Both would be correct, but each would carry a different meaning. The first one would mean “I notice the turning of the world,” and the second one would mean “I notice that the world turns.” Yes. Being a Grammar Nazi can be fun.
Only you would be that pedantic. 
1.24pm
9 June 2010
Offline Correction: Only my mother or I would be that pedantic. Where do you think I learned my Grammar Nazi-ism?
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
12.05am
9 June 2010
Offline 1. You wish you had been born eight days later so you could share a birthday with Paul McCartney .
2. You're watching “Arthur” and there's a reference to a character in a movie named “Rita the meter maid.” And you spy the Beatles reference.
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
12.07am
19 September 2010
Offline MeanMrs.Mustard said:
2. You're watching “Arthur” and there's a reference to a character in a movie named “Rita the meter maid.” And you spy the Beatles reference.
Please tell me you're with you younger siblings
As if it matters how a man falls down.'
'When the fall's all that's left, it matters a great deal.
12.10am
9 June 2010
Offline Yes. But what's wrong with “Arthur?”
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind that is confusing things.
12.18am
13 November 2009
Offline Arthur the PBS show or Arthur the movie with Dudley Moore?
Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo! So little time! So much to know!
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