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Pyro as Bill said:
Samus is Persian?

Would've been a good joke it her name was "Aryan" and not "Aran". Also Indo-European includes Persian, but isn't exclusive to it.



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Kantor said:
trashleg said:

lol quine = girl. but only the Aberdonians say that, really.

everywhere else says lassie or "burd".

 

i called Americans lazy! just like they call Scots people "funny weird and drunk all the time".. but it was all in good jest. i really like this thread.

No, the Irish are the ones who people say are drunk all the time. Scots are loud, violent and eat nothing but haggis.

Did you say you liked Black Pudding or Haggis? I can't remember.

i am not loud.. im not violent and i hate haggis, even though it is secretly tasty.

black pudding on the other hand. mmmmmmmmmm.

you know what everyone says about the english?

 

and yah the irish have some good craic. pretty country too :)



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sc94597 said:
Pyro as Bill said:
Samus is Persian?

Would've been a good joke it her name was "Aryan" and not "Aran". Also Indo-European includes Persian, but isn't exclusive to it.

Duh! I was using the non-american english spelling.



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trashleg said:
Kantor said:

No, the Irish are the ones who people say are drunk all the time. Scots are loud, violent and eat nothing but haggis.

Did you say you liked Black Pudding or Haggis? I can't remember.

i am not loud.. im not violent and i hate haggis, even though it is secretly tasty.

black pudding on the other hand. mmmmmmmmmm.

you know what everyone says about the english?

 

and yah the irish have some good craic. pretty country too :)

no, but I can imagine, lol



trashleg said:
Kantor said:
trashleg said:

lol quine = girl. but only the Aberdonians say that, really.

everywhere else says lassie or "burd".

 

i called Americans lazy! just like they call Scots people "funny weird and drunk all the time".. but it was all in good jest. i really like this thread.

No, the Irish are the ones who people say are drunk all the time. Scots are loud, violent and eat nothing but haggis.

Did you say you liked Black Pudding or Haggis? I can't remember.

i am not loud.. im not violent and i hate haggis, even though it is secretly tasty.

black pudding on the other hand. mmmmmmmmmm.

you know what everyone says about the english?

 

and yah the irish have some good craic. pretty country too :)

Bad dental hygiene, drink too much tea, like to sit down and have scones with the queen?

My dental hygiene isn't great, I don't like tea, and I would love to have scones in Buckingham, but I've never gotten around to it.



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Most people who live outside the US really don't have any idea what is normal in the US.

Then again, most people in the US don't really have any idea what's normal outside of their little area in the US.

I guess that kind of makes it like the rest of the world.



Kantor said:
trashleg said:
Kantor said:

No, the Irish are the ones who people say are drunk all the time. Scots are loud, violent and eat nothing but haggis.

Did you say you liked Black Pudding or Haggis? I can't remember.

i am not loud.. im not violent and i hate haggis, even though it is secretly tasty.

black pudding on the other hand. mmmmmmmmmm.

you know what everyone says about the english?

 

and yah the irish have some good craic. pretty country too :)

Bad dental hygiene, drink too much tea, like to sit down and have scones with the queen?

My dental hygiene isn't great, I don't like tea, and I would love to have scones in Buckingham, but I've never gotten around to it.

I like tea, nothing like a good cuppa in the morning

can't say im a fan of scones or the monarchy though, lol



Living in an area with a high concentration of British people and talking to them daily, there are a few things I've noticed which are very different between British and American people. I've always wondered why British men insist upon wearing capri pants? It looks silly and gay at that. I'm gay and it took me back a bit to find that all these people are not homosexuals but British tourists. Its also strange to me that British people call Sprite lemonade. I wonder if they don't have real lemonade in the UK? Its delicious and easy to make...

but the only thing that really bugs me about British tourists is that they don't seem to know how to tip correctly.. I mean, if the service is terrible then a bad tip is fine but an 5% tip on excellent service is insulting.

I'm sure British people could go on and on about the foibles of American tourists, too.. and the above post wasn't meant to insult anybody.



Words Of Wisdom said:

Most people who live outside the US really don't have any idea what is normal in the US.

Then again, most people in the US don't really have any idea what's normal outside of their little area in the US.

I guess that kind of makes it like the rest of the world.

My perception of the US comes from Archie comics, TV shows and a few friends who have lived there who say it's just like it looks in Archie comics and TV shows.

But I find it somewhat odd that in a real American (public) high school, there would be no drinking, no drugs, minimal smoking, and nobody wanting to go further in a relationship than kissing on a park bench. I'm sure the real America also has interracial relationships, and people's characters don't change every few days.

God, Archie is fucked up.



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damkira said:
Living in an area with a high concentration of British people and talking to them daily, there are a few things I've noticed which are very different between British and American people. I've always wondered why British men insist upon wearing capri pants? It looks silly and gay at that. I'm gay and it took me back a bit to find that all these people are not homosexuals but British tourists. Its also strange to me that British people call Sprite lemonade. I wonder if they don't have real lemonade in the UK? Its delicious and easy to make...

but the only thing that really bugs me about British tourists is that they don't seem to know how to tip correctly.. I mean, if the service is terrible then a bad tip is fine but an 5% tip on excellent service is insulting.

I'm sure British people could go on and on about the foibles of American tourists, too.. and the above post wasn't meant to insult anybody.

capri pants?

lemonade we have here...in most shops too

idk much about tipping people, rarely do I get to go to resturants where it would be the custom to do so