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I've a ponderance. Do any of us DO anytthing or do we skulk on boards and pick suggestions to bits?

Yes, we help mIRC users.

It's called freedom of speech. I don't think anyone who has posted on any board anywhere hasn't been scrutinised at some stage. BTW, It's spelt behaviour. Just thought I'd throw that in.

actually, "behavior" is correct by american english spelling. the queen's own has a tendancy to add unnecessary "u"'s.

No no, it's the americans who have a tendency to knock them out. Long live the Queen!

The thing is, Clockwerx is an Australian, like me, and as such Her Majesty's English is therefore the correct way to speak/spell. Unfortunately today's generation finds it 'cool' to Americanise everything.

At least when the Brittanic clans ripped every other language to form English they respected the source dialects and left the spelling pretty much intact.

Why wouldn't you want to Americanize things?

lol cuz we cool

If we did:

1. There'd be alot of car accidents (We drive on the left side of the road to avoid that)
2. Alot of dictionaries would have to be replaced. (There goes another rainforest)
3. There'd be more displacement of the natural beauty of the English Language.
4. We'd be driving Chevs and Buicks instead of Holdens - BTW Did you know that the next Pontiac GTO is a badge-engineered Aussie made Holden and all order books are full? We did actually bother to make the car left-hand-drive though so don't panic too much. :tongue:
5. We'd have no real hamburgers. (I can only stand mustard and gherkin so much. Long live beetroot and eggs)
6. We'd be calling chips french fries.
7. We'd be playing footy with a helmet on. (Be real men and play Rugby League/Union)
8. We'd have 500 more channels on the telly but still no improvement in programming.
9. All our banknotes would be the same colour. (How boring)
10. We'd need another 44 states. (Where would they go?)

Still... I'm not one to be a yank-basher. Alot of good things come out of America. Things like:

1. Jack Daniels (A good drop)
2. Wild Turkey (Another good drop)
3. Hoovers
4. Windows XP
5. ConferenceRoom

6. I thought they were now known as "Freedom fries".

Nope! US money is getting colorful (note color not colour) as of this year!

I was just gonna say that...when I finished reading the post I saw ya had already said it LOL...oh well time to cook me some "freedom toast" and "freedom kiss" my girlfriend while she's "freedom braiding" her nieces hair....hehehe

I don't know whether to find it amusing that we are discussing a "u" in a post about nitpicking, or wheter to cry silently.

Watchdog if your wondering, I do a lot of typing in MS Word (Too much), and you know what its like with handling australian english.
Also, have you ever heard me speak? People swear I have an american accent.
Its a testament to how stupid people are.

I think maybe I was brought up to act, speak, and more or less BE American, at the behest of TV & Mr Gates.

Anyway, whats wrong with it? Don't you remember our Prime Minister is an honourary Texan?

You can't blame Micro$oft or telly for "be[ing] American"

If I used that excuse then I would walk around talking like Maxwell Smart or Herman Munster.

As for M$ Office, you can modify the dictionary, as I do, from 'Micro$oft Australian English' to 'I'm a Bloody Australian Mate! English'. Takes some time but educating a programme is no different to educating people. Or maybe I own the only copy of Word that doesn't put that squiggly red line under words or phrases like: Dinky Di, G'day, Fairdinkum, Bloke, Sheila, Hard Yakka, Bonza, Cattledog, etc etc etc.

Perhaps I could educate Gatesy in eloquence? :tongue:

Disclaimer: Any spelling errors I do make anywhere are oversights, no-one's perfect.

*wonders if Watchdog has ever worked on a farm, lived in an area with no concrete or been bitten by a snake*


I know how to solve the "where would we put 44 more states" problem. Simply say we are going into a country for preemptive self defense, toss out the government and declare it a new state in the union!

I have actually, a horse stud in Scone, NSW and a cattle station in Tamworth, NSW.

Have I been bitten by a snake? No. I've been attacked seven times by dropbears though.

dropbears?! You mean you forgot the smarties and the vegemite? But... thats... basic Aussie survival!

Damn. I guess that gives you a right to use your stereotypical Aussie colloquialisms (hey, dictionary.com said I got it right first time! I feel special for using a big word!).

For those who don't know what a Dropbear is, it is a close cousin to the Koala. Reports of animal attacks on people aren't that common, not by this animal at least, and it doesn't get much in the way of media attention. Several tourists evey year however, fall victim to it. So next time your in the Australian bush, don't stand under trees for too long, take extra precautions when camping and make sure you are extra alert at night time.

Umm maybe I'm mistaken, but isn't the Dropbear a myth?

Tell that to all of the dropbear victims

I was nearly killed actually. I forgot the smarties and vegemite...

As this thread was mentioned here, I thought I might add something that I noticed:



A common mistake (and I think one you've since rectified in your mind since posting that), is thinking that a lot is one word. As demonstrated, it's two. :tongue:

As for the discussion of the 'u', being English and possibly the most pedantic person on Earth when it comes to the English language, I like the 'u' being there. It's kinda disheartening to see that mIRC uses the Americanised spelling of things (i.e. color), but I guess it's the more obvious choice.

Given that I do not intend to live in this horrible (getting-oh-so-worse-at-a-rapid-rate) country, I may have to get used to the American way when I emigrate! That said, Australia is another choice of where to escape to and until now I was unsure whether they were Americanised too. Yay for Australia!

Oh, an irrelevant note, but I despise those McDonald's signs that say "drive thru". Sheesh.

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Regards,

I'll blame the 'alot' issue on packet loss :tongue: haha.

On another note...

That said, Australia is another choice of where to escape to and until now I was unsure whether they were Americanised too. Yay for Australia!

It's kinda funny in a way, we generally have unique ways of doing things, just like any place though what you may be surprised to discover is that many things are the best of British and American added together with a dash of "she'll be right mate" - it's all good.

damn right watchdog... the brits stuffed up the first time but got it right by the time they landed here

lol. They made sure of that alright - anyone who put a foot out of place got hanged. I think there were more hangings here than in GB at the time lol. Bad luck if you were hungry/broke and needed a loaf of bread ay lol.

You guys have got to stop waking the dead...
I about freaked to see codemastr and Nimue posting again.

*The_Game yawns and stretches...*

Hey Hey Hey keep it down here LOL!

*The_Game goes back to sleep.*

Codemastr's post was probably the funniest one in this thread. He seemed to be genuinely concerned that dropbears could actually exist. HAHAHA

hehe..
we drive on the right side of the road cause it is the RIGHT side, as far as the "u" you know us americans its cause we were to lazy.. we make everything short so we can sit and get fatter. and wth is a dropbear?

we drive on the right side of the road cause it is the RIGHT side, as far as the "u" you know us americans its cause we were to lazy.. we make everything short so we can sit and get fatter.

The trip would only be shorter if all your turns were to the right? There's a big debate over the legitimacy of "Super Size" takeaway food at the moment. IE: Pay 50c extra for double the amount of fattening McDonalds, Kentucky Fried, etc. Obviously alot of us are getting fat, not just people from one particular country.

And...

This is a dropbear.

http://watchdog.iserv.com.au/pictures/zoo/koala.jpg

There's a legend (not myth!) that has been passed down through generations that the humble koala isn't the cuddly little animal that befits its reputation. Instead it is a dangerous nocturnal savage that dives on people walking under its tree at night.

The bottom line is that if any animal slips it will fall, just like a person would. One person, who obviously survived the ordeal, was able to tell the story the next morning.