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[Jenson_Rules]

Again, autumn all I eat is the proper meat. I certainly dont eat Sh#t like black pudding etc. You have a very limited knowledge of british cuisine by the sounds of it. And McDonalds etc were just an example. But you guys tend to eat a lot of steak, burgers etc, very heavy food and you wonder why America has an obesity problem?

Anyway I prefer Italian and mediterranean food most of all, pasta's, salads etc.

[FantasticoKimi]

Jenson_Rules!!!, on Mar 1 2007, 08:11 AM, said:

Again, autumn all I eat is the proper meat. I certainly dont eat Sh#t like black pudding etc. You have a very limited knowledge of british cuisine by the sounds of it. And McDonalds etc were just an example. But you guys tend to eat a lot of steak, burgers etc, very heavy food and you wonder why America has an obesity problem?

Anyway I prefer Italian and mediterranean food most of all, pasta's, salads etc.

I know I am new at this, but did I stumble into the America is fat thread or the one about world politics.  I could have sworn I clicked on the RA107 thread....strange.

[Quiet One]

FantasticoKimi, on Mar 1 2007, 10:01 PM, said:

I know I am new at this, but did I stumble into the America is fat thread or the one about world politics.  I could have sworn I clicked on the RA107 thread....strange.

Yeah, don't you love this Forum?

[ecapdeville]

FantasticoKimi, on Mar 1 2007, 04:01 PM, said:

I know I am new at this, but did I stumble into the America is fat thread or the one about world politics.  I could have sworn I clicked on the RA107 thread....strange.

Dont worry, happens that you are a newbie...soon you will find is the Copyrighted way to handle threads in this forum...you´ll love it!

[FantasticoKimi]

ecapdeville, on Mar 1 2007, 05:35 PM, said:

Dont worry, happens that you are a newbie...soon you will find is the Copyrighted way to handle threads in this forum...you´ll love it!

I love it already.  I get lost in reading all of the off topic posts, and then I forget what I was reading in the first place!!

[jemstride]

america takes english words and then spells them wrong  

i found out recently that americans call croissants 'french donut' is that true? and they pronounce lingerie 'ling-er-ay' instead of actually pronouncing it as a french word. As someone outside american I can say that the rest of the world does view the american population in general as being quite dumb.
i must say this does not apply to our american TF1 members who come across as very intelligent

[FantasticoKimi]

jemstride, on Mar 2 2007, 08:50 AM, said:

america takes english words and then spells them wrong

i found out recently that americans call croissants 'french donut' is that true? and they pronounce lingerie 'ling-er-ay' instead of actually pronouncing it as a french word. As someone outside american I can say that the rest of the world does view the american population in general as being quite dumb.
i must say this does not apply to our american TF1 members who come across as very intelligent

I have never heard of someone calling it a french doughnut, or Ling-er-ay(maybe as a joke)

[jemstride]

FantasticoKimi, on Mar 2 2007, 02:21 PM, said:

I have never heard of someone calling it a french doughnut, or Ling-er-ay(maybe as a joke)

well thats good to hear

[Ferrariphile]

FantasticoKimi, on Mar 2 2007, 09:21 AM, said:

I have never heard of someone calling it a french doughnut, or Ling-er-ay(maybe as a joke)

Neither have I.  Are you sure "French doughnut" didn't refer to some sort of sexual position, like a Portuguese breakfast?
Americans speak American, we don't speak English.  If we still spoke English, you'd put your kit in the boot and mash the binders if a lorry cut you off in your saloon.  American translation: You'd put your sh!t in the trunk and whale on the brakes if a semi cut you off in your car.

[ykickamoocow]

jemstride, on Mar 3 2007, 02:10 AM, said:

well thats good to hear

There are many things differewnt between the English and American style of language. Spelling doesnt really annoy me though i do prefer the English way (centre, colour, tyre etc) as it is a more sophisticated way of writing. What does really annoy me is how some Americans pronounce words wrong. George W Bush's favourite one is the Nucular weapons (instead of Nuclear) but the one that annoys me most is how most Americans pronounce the word leisure which they always pronounce completely wrong. Other examples are mobile which is suppose to be pronounced as mo-bile but many Americans pronounce it as mo-bil

[ykickamoocow]

Ferrariphile, on Mar 3 2007, 02:49 AM, said:

Americans speak American, we don't speak English.  If we still spoke English, you'd put your kit in the boot and mash the binders if a lorry cut you off in your saloon.  American translation: You'd put your sh!t in the trunk and whale on the brakes if a semi cut you off in your car.

Lorries and Semitraiers are different vehicles i think.

This is a lorry


While this is a semitrailer

[shampion]

jemstride, on Mar 2 2007, 10:20 AM, said:

I can say that the rest of the world does view the american population in general as being quite dumb.
i must say this does not apply to our american TF1 members who come across as very intelligent

Personally I don't view the American public as you describe"quite dumb"...

I think a better word to describe my American friends ... and certainly not all ... would be ignorant.    
And I must explain ... I mean a lot of Americans are not concerned with things outside the United States that does not affect them.

But please do not refer to them as dumb.

[jemstride]

Ferrariphile, on Mar 2 2007, 03:49 PM, said:

Neither have I.  Are you sure "French doughnut" didn't refer to some sort of sexual position, like a Portuguese breakfast?
Americans speak American, we don't speak English.  If we still spoke English, you'd put your kit in the boot and mash the binders if a lorry cut you off in your saloon.  American translation: You'd put your sh!t in the trunk and whale on the brakes if a semi cut you off in your car.

mash the binders?? never heard that! anyway we all drive little hatchbacks in europe, not big saloons! in bristol we have our own words like 'gert' (meaning big or great), 'lush' (meaning attractive/delicious/generally nice) and others. To hear the ridiculous Bristol accent you would have to watch Vicky Pollard in 'Little Britain' or anything involving the comedian Justin Lee-Collins.
i'll see if i can find a clip to demonstrate

[jemstride]

ah here we are

funny thing is, people in bristol really do sound like this. My accent is only slight though!

[Jenson_Rules]

Bristol accents are funny!

''You'd put your sh!t in the trunk and whale on the brakes if a semi cut you off in your car.'' English translation...  You will put your things in the boot and slam on the the brakes if a lorry cut you off whilst driving your car! And brits dont just drive hatchbacks, we drive a lot of different cars, whether they are city cars, hatchbacks, saloons, estates etc etc etc.

[monza gorilla]

Black pudding!
On the off topic topic of language, I don't have a problem with the American, or Australian for that matter, versions of English. They're just variations on a theme, similar to local dialects and accents within one country. Incidentally, "mom" is not an Americanism. It's the original form of the word, still used in the Black country. We English are the ones who have changed it to "mum".

[Autumnpuma]

jemstride, on Mar 2 2007, 05:50 AM, said:

america takes english words and then spells them wrong  

i found out recently that americans call croissants 'french donut' is that true? and they pronounce lingerie 'ling-er-ay' instead of actually pronouncing it as a french word. As someone outside american I can say that the rest of the world does view the american population in general as being quite dumb.
i must say this does not apply to our american TF1 members who come across as very intelligent

shampion, on Mar 2 2007, 08:23 AM, said:

Personally I don't view the American public as you describe"quite dumb"...

I think a better word to describe my American friends ... and certainly not all ... would be ignorant.    
And I must explain ... I mean a lot of Americans are not concerned with things outside the United States that does not affect them.

But please do not refer to them as dumb.

Pumpdoc, Ferrariphile, AutoRacer5 and I represent most of the American public. Ignorance is not limited to geography, but rather education and social status. The majority of Americans are middle-class and those Americans are pretty similar to the middle-class in England and Oz. You certainly can find ignorant Americans if you look, but they are like bogans and chavs; the exception not the rule. You younger folk need to think a bit before describing a country with the lowest common denominator.

Ferrariphile, on Mar 2 2007, 07:49 AM, said:

Neither have I.  Are you sure "French doughnut" didn't refer to some sort of sexual position, like a Portuguese breakfast?
Americans speak American, we don't speak English.  If we still spoke English, you'd put your kit in the boot and mash the binders if a lorry cut you off in your saloon.  American translation: You'd put your sh!t in the trunk and whale on the brakes if a semi cut you off in your car.

Well said!

monza gorilla, on Mar 2 2007, 11:13 AM, said:

Black pudding!
On the off topic topic of language, I don't have a problem with the American, or Australian for that matter, versions of English. They're just variations on a theme, similar to local dialects and accents within one country. Incidentally, "mom" is not an Americanism. It's the original form of the word, still used in the Black country. We English are the ones who have changed it to "mum".

Black pudding??!?? What the hell is that?

[Quiet One]

I read some very low attacks on USA here combined with some jokes about stereotypes. I thought it might be funny to start a thread where we can make fun at all the stereotypes without making it cheap attacks to a country, but I thought better.  

[Ferrariphile]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 2 2007, 04:03 PM, said:

Pumpdoc, Ferrariphile, AutoRacer5 and I represent most of the American public. Ignorance is not limited to geography, but rather education and social status. The majority of Americans are middle-class and those Americans are pretty similar to the middle-class in England and Oz. You certainly can find ignorant Americans if you look, but they are like bogans and chavs; the exception not the rule. You younger folk need to think a bit before describing a country with the lowest common denominator.
Well said!
Black pudding??!?? What the hell is that?

BLACK PUDDING
With my little "Britishism" I was trying to use words 99.9% of a Americans would have no idea what they meant in that context.  To Americans, a saloon is a pub set in the Wild West and nothing else.  WTF is a lorry? "Boot"?  At least here people have an inkling (you have to be somewhat worldly to like F1, right?).  Americans don't even know American history, American geography, American literature, American law, et c...  They like to pay $18.99 for the three hour block of SPICE channel to see the bouncing jubblies on the tellie.  It wasn't always this way.  Times have changed.  Americans, on the whole, are dumb as sh!t.  Period, end of story.

And I'm not even in a bad mood, I just came home after attending Eucharistic Adoration, so I'm in a pretty good mood.  I just happen to have the intellect to support a realistic view of human nature and life in genera.

Edited by Ferrariphile, 03 March 2007 - 07:12 AM.

[shampion]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 2 2007, 05:33 PM, said:

Pumpdoc, Ferrariphile, AutoRacer5 and I represent most of the American public. Ignorance is not limited to geography, but rather education and social status. The majority of Americans are middle-class and those Americans are pretty similar to the middle-class in England and Oz. You certainly can find ignorant Americans if you look, but they are like bogans and chavs; the exception not the rule. You younger folk need to think a bit before describing a country with the lowest common denominator.

I agree whole-heartedly!

jemstride, on Mar 2 2007, 10:20 AM, said:

I can say that the rest of the world does view the american population in general as being quite dumb.

see... this statement shows ignorance exists everywhere .....

I am from another part of the world and I don't see americans as dumb.
Far from it!

[Autumnpuma]

Ferrariphile, on Mar 2 2007, 11:09 PM, said:

BLACK PUDDING
With my little "Britishism" I was trying to use words 99.9% of a Americans would have no idea what they meant in that context.  To Americans, a saloon is a pub set in the Wild West and nothing else.  WTF is a lorry? "Boot"?  At least here people have an inkling (you have to be somewhat worldly to like F1, right?).  Americans don't even know American history, American geography, American literature, American law, et c...  They like to pay $18.99 for the three hour block of SPICE channel to see the bouncing jubblies on the tellie.  It wasn't always this way.  Times have changed.  Americans, on the whole, are dumb as sh!t.  Period, end of story.

And I'm not even in a bad mood, I just came home after attending Eucharistic Adoration, so I'm in a pretty good mood.  I just happen to have the intellect to support a realistic view of human nature and life in genera.

You live in the South, my friend, and that no doubt colors you view on human nature. When I worked for several months in Stone Mountain, Georgia, I began to doubt the human race as well.....

[ykickamoocow]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 4 2007, 03:15 AM, said:

You live in the South, my friend, and that no doubt colors you view on human nature. When I worked for several months in Stone Mountain, Georgia, I began to doubt the human race as well.....

Is it that bad?

[Autumnpuma]

It's no coincidence that both AR5 and Ferrariphile are highy intelligent people living in the south....that both have a low opinion of their fellow Americans! They are surrounded by the worst of America in some ways.

EDIT: I clicked on Ferrariphile's link to 'black pudding'......I am now trying to locate the 'vomiting' smiley....

Edited by Autumnpuma, 03 March 2007 - 04:27 PM.

[ykickamoocow]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 4 2007, 03:26 AM, said:

It's no coincidence that both AR5 and Ferrariphile are highy intelligent people living in the south....that both have a low opinion of their fellow Americans! They are surrounded by the worst of America in some ways.

There are bad parts of every country in the world. If your ever in Australia dont go to a town called Bundaberg. A British comedian (who is black) said it was like travelling back in time to 1950's Alabama.

[Autumnpuma]

Ouch! That's bad.

[ykickamoocow]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 4 2007, 03:34 AM, said:

Ouch! That's bad.

Here's the video



This guy must be one of my favourite British comedians ive ever seen.

[Autumnpuma]

Holy Hell he is FUNNY!! Thanks for the vid!

[monza gorilla]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 3 2007, 04:26 PM, said:

EDIT: I clicked on Ferrariphile's link to 'black pudding'......I am now trying to locate the 'vomiting' smiley....

Try it, it's really tasty, despite the unappetising main ingredient. Unless you're Jewish I suppose.

[monza gorilla]

Oh, and every country in the world has it's share of stupid people. So, glass houses, stones, and so on.

[Ferrariphile]

Autumnpuma, on Mar 3 2007, 11:26 AM, said:

It's no coincidence that both AR5 and Ferrariphile are highy intelligent people living in the south....that both have a low opinion of their fellow Americans! They are surrounded by the worst of America in some ways.

EDIT: I clicked on Ferrariphile's link to 'black pudding'......I am now trying to locate the 'vomiting' smiley....

I got it off a firearms forum.
I think I'd have a dim view of American Intelligence no matter where I live.  Remind yourself of The Tonight Show's "Jay Walking" segments and The Man Show's segment on "End Women's Suffrage".  Those were the two came to mind when I made that first post.  Also, neither Al Gore nor Michael Moore came from the South, and since both they (and a lot of others before them) made it big they are proof that they must be representative of a much larger population of horses' arses.
Some proof:
"JayWalking"
Welsh Guy "JayWalking"
http://www.youtube.c...p;search=Search