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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Laurie on May 30, 2007, 06:03:14 PM
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Aces high in a mainsteam british newspaper! 'The Times'
heres what they said;
PC, free download, then $14.95 (£7.49) monthly subscription. All ages
This second world war flight simulator, where you battle it out in online dogfights with other real players, has been around for nearly seven years. This latest version boasts updated graphics, numerous new terrains and more than 70 different aircraft.
It is superbly realistic but novices will find the learning curve steep, and you’ll need a proper flight joystick to control the plane. But for those who persevere, this is as close as you’ll get to real air combat without joining the RAF.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/gadgets_and_gaming/article1776295.ece
pretty cool huh, amybe we'll see a nice influx of brits.
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Nice.
As the guy said though, would have been better if they'd included a link.
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Gotta love that exchange rate.
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added a comment with link and short review telling the guy about the trial, and to take a look at the site to see if he's interested :)
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Notice the AHII ad on the site? They better give a good review.:lol
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Wonder what would happen if someone took out an ad in the local paper for AHII?
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Originally posted by Meatwad
Wonder what would happen if someone took out an ad in the local paper for AHII?
thats not a bad idea....:aok :aok
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check out the parternship thingy on HTC's webpage. You can make some jack if you can get people to subscribe and stick around a while.
http://www.hitechcreations.com/affprog/affframe.html
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does squeaking sound any different with a british accent?
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Originally posted by jhookt
does squeaking sound any different with a british accent?
mmmmmm.. every squeaker I have heard in this game yet had an american accent... :noid
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numerous new terrains
:huh They must mean terrain TEXTURES, not maps.
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
check out the parternship thingy on HTC's webpage. You can make some jack if you can get people to subscribe and stick around a while.
http://www.hitechcreations.com/affprog/affframe.html
I dont know about you, but id rather make money then make jack
:D
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Originally posted by Lusche
mmmmmm.. every squeaker I have heard in this game yet had an american accent... :noid
oh please, its a well known fact that they are Canadians.:rolleyes:
:D
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Are British squeakers polite? :D
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They either sound and act like........
Lister from Red Dwarf
Rimmer from Red Dwarf
Or you may ge the occasional nutball whose name begins with "gumby"
(http://images.quizilla.com/M/montypythonrules/1042926772_uresgumbys.jpg)
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
check out the parternship thingy on HTC's webpage. You can make some jack if you can get people to subscribe and stick around a while.
http://www.hitechcreations.com/affprog/affframe.html
Cool... might hack a link into works website :D
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They either sound and act like........
Lister from Red Dwarf
Rimmer from Red Dwarf
Or you may ge the occasional nutball whose name begins with "gumby"
You've obviously never heard a Yorkshire accent then...
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Originally posted by Max
Are British squeakers polite? :D
They dont have as much of 'G.I. Joe' in them as most american newbies:D
And because of the British accent having more 'curves' in it, there is less unbearable squeak.
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Originally posted by Trikky
Gotta love that exchange rate.
Shame thats not whats it says on my CC bill lol.
More like £11 as i recall:cry
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Originally posted by Lusche
mmmmmm.. every squeaker I have heard in this game yet had an american accent... :noid
You know, I think British squeakers would actually be funny.
American squeakers are ****ing annoying, the American youth accent is boring!
There seems to be something about the American accent that is completely fine when spoken by an adult but painfully irritating when spoken by young people. :huh
I find the British accent to be hilariously amusing. (In a good way...no offence intended)
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There is no such thing as a British accent............
There are British accents
Yorkshire has many subtle sub dialects, as does Lancashire, not to be confused with Manchurian, or Scouse (Liverpuddlian).
As much as a Jordie will not thank you for confusuing his accent with folk South of the Tyne.
Cockneys are mythical creatures now morfed into EastEnders and there is no such thing as a London accent. It is basically a home counties drawl mixed with chav overtones derived from North Kent and the Essex Marshes.
The Midlands equally intone a corruption of Brummie which inturn is derived from the straight cut Black Country dialect. Not to be confused with the singsong version bespoke by folk from Walsall and its environs.
There are of course Welsh and Cornish accents but they are Celts and therefore of suspect lineage and dont count in the import of such things.
"West country" accents therefore are derived from the area of Bristol and the Somerset levels....unfortunately being somewhat "yokel" in nature and presenting the orator with the appearance of a less than average intelect.
Whilst "West Country" is particularly poor at enhancing the apparent IQ of those who may be so afflicted. But none of the a forsaid accents promote a higher IQ than that of "Queens English" which is now somewhat (thankfully) as popular as Latin as a spoken language.
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You're right Tilt - but we're just as guilty when we say "American accent". To my ears someone from Texas sounds completely different from a New Yorker.
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Originally posted by Laurie
Shame thats not whats it says on my CC bill lol.
More like £11 as i recall:cry
Is that with VAT included ?
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technically, the british don't have an accent. there are regional dialects, but BBC english is how it's meant to be spoken. it's those darn yankees with the accent! :D
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and you would be correct.
New Yorker: " I fell down the stay-yaz and my (moi) shoes fell orf"
Texan: " I fell down the stirs and mah boots styed own"
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Originally posted by SlapShot
Is that with VAT included ?
hmmm, might be seeing as tax is added on after sale in america. here all prices must include tax in them, so the price you see is the price you pay. perhaps we pay vat on american charges...
but i think my bill comes to around £8, could be wrong, never checked properly
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poo is right.
Usually between 7.50-8.00 recently.
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Originally posted by Whisky58
You're right Tilt - but we're just as guilty when we say "American accent". To my ears someone from Texas sounds completely different from a New Yorker.
Hee hee.
Reminds me of a time I was watching one of the "Sharpe's Rifles" episodes. There was a character that was supposed to be from the deep south, observing the British army against Napoleon. He sounded like an anchorman from Ohio!
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
technically, the british don't have an accent. there are regional dialects, but BBC english is how it's meant to be spoken. it's those darn yankees with the accent! :D
Who you callen a Yankee? :mad:
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Hul my last bill was £7.71. If you're being charged £11 you may want to consider another provider.
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bah... "steep learning curve" expression again in opposite meaning :mad:
If 10 billion flies eat **** it still does not make it delicious....
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Remember the Alliance and Leicester takes the PISS out of it's investor. Change banks if their charging for currency exchange.....cheeky bastardos.
seven an half to eight quid mate.
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Of course the greatest of all the 'British' dialects is Scots, just as the Scots themselves are the pinnacle of the British races.
Don't believe me? Well consider this: the current government is predominately Scottish, England itself was inherited by the Scottish Monarchy 350 odd year ago and we get to cross-dress and the chicks love it.
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Originally posted by Laurie
They dont have as much of 'G.I. Joe' in them as most american newbies:D
And because of the British accent having more 'curves' in it, there is less unbearable squeak.
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And I always thought it was because of the missing teeth,lol.
J/K
OZ
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lol, i have no idea why so many americans seem to think the brits have bad teeth. what started as a running joke has now turned to myth :lol
personally, i think i see a lot more americans with wonky and missing teeth than i do here
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I'd have to wear my tighty whiteies if I wore a kilt,package may hang below the kilt
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Originally posted by Tilt
There is no such thing as a British accent............
There are British accents
Yorkshire has many subtle sub dialects, as does Lancashire, not to be confused with Manchurian, or Scouse (Liverpuddlian).
How did the Chinese get involved? :huh
j/k :D
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Originally posted by Meatwad
Wonder what would happen if someone took out an ad in the local paper for AHII?
I have a better idea.. some of the undercover marketing Jedi mind trick stuff, where strangers try to sell you poop without you even knowing it.
HT gives me, free, a top of the line SLI wazoo notebook that makes AH look all purdy, and I'll agree to play AH in bars, and maybe the occasional coffee shop.
I'll even don an AH t shirt & hat, and pass out AH rubbers or something.. I do draw the line at WWII uniforms, no need to look like a nerd and a clown.
Of course I'll need a company credit card to buy chicks, who could become customers, beverages, and enough budget to hire two bikini clad young hotties of ill repute to accompany me (home).
Lonely drunk loser dudes at bars like nothing more than ubergeek gear, causing the digital demise of strangers on-line, and hot chicks (in that order)...
Just let me know where to sign up HT and I'm all over it.
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Originally posted by Trikky
Hul my last bill was £7.71. If you're being charged £11 you may want to consider another provider.
lol already started looking.
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
technically, the british don't have an accent. there are regional dialects, but BBC english is how it's meant to be spoken. it's those darn yankees with the accent! :D
Eh buddy! watch the Yankee cracks! lol
hey ,you know it just hit me, that i am the on;ly" DAMNED" Yankee in the game
Oh, but i won't be changeing to DMDyanksfan any time soon.
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Originally posted by wooley
England itself was inherited by the Scottish Monarchy 350 odd year ago and we get to cross-dress and the chicks love it.
And then by a Dutch Monarch (William of Orange) a hundred years later and a German Monarch (George 1st) after that.
The fact is that the original Norman "establishment" controls all...........
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Originally posted by Max
Are British squeakers polite? :D
Oh yes, very polite. They dress impeccably and have fantastic manners. they're called chavs.
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Do you have chavs in the US? I've been over a few times & never seen any - but that might be because my hoodie was tight around baseball cap looking thro tinted glass of XR2.
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Originally posted by wooley
Of course the greatest of all the 'British' dialects is Scots, just as the Scots themselves are the pinnacle of the British races.
Don't believe me? Well consider this: the current government is predominately Scottish, England itself was inherited by the Scottish Monarchy 350 odd year ago and we get to cross-dress and the chicks love it.
LOL. If England was inherited by Scottish monarchs, how come British monarch's numerals follow English line of succession not Scots? ie Elizabeth 2nd, all the Edwards from last centrury - even James 6th became James 1st. Robert Cecil realised Eliz 1st was dying without offspring & invited James to become king to avoid conflict that would result without an obvious heir. As it happens it was a pretty crap choice because James' absolutist views paved the way to the Civil War.
Other than that, I've got to agree about the tartan skirts & chics - but I am of part Scottish descent :)
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Originally posted by Whisky58
Do you have chavs in the US? I've been over a few times & never seen any - but that might be because my hoodie was tight around baseball cap looking thro tinted glass of XR2.
yeah, we call 'em teenagers ;)
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Originally posted by scottydawg
Oh yes, very polite. They dress impeccably and have fantastic manners. they're called chavs.
:lol
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Originally posted by Laurie
It is superbly realistic
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Im just happy the british have some new blood lines now that they have started to branch out.
Makes for less flipper kids.
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Stop looking at yer sister like that, not cool. :rofl
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"There is no such thing as a British accent"
Absolutely correct.
All this hogwash about Scot, Liverpudlian, Cockney is just silly.
Anybody who lives in this age knows that what we colloquially call a "British" accent is used by all them foreigners.
Ever see a movie with foreigners talking English?
It dosn't matter if their "German" or "Arab" or even "Chinese", they all have the same funny way of talkin. Even those guys from Lord of the Rings all had the same accent. Not one of them claimed to be British.
Hell they don't even speak English in England, try walking into a bar, excuse me "pub" in merry ole' and order a cheeseburger and a Bud. They look at you like you've got three heads.
But they do have compassion for their disadvantaged, if your out and about you'll often hear one of them remark "nice bum" to a round of general agreement. We hardly ever compliment our homeless like that here.
"If I were Brittania I'd waive the rules"
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What's the most popular beer in the U.K.?
Budweiser.
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Doubt it is Budweiser.
But like most countries we embrace imported beer. Not because it is any good but because it is beer and like all beers its meant to be drunk!
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one of the comments in the article sais:
"Its full over egotistical twits that routinely open their collective mouths and insert their feet. If you can ignore the idiocy of the general population, then you might actually enjoy yourself!
Looking, Irvine, Tx"
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British Squeekers should only be allowed on condition that they dont say "Like" "Cool" and "Sooooooooooo" more than 5 times each per sentence.
If you make that condition no one under 30 will be able to qualify.
Oh and the American word for Chav is "Trailor Trash" formerly "White trash" but now with the progress of civil rights open to any ethnic group. They can be obseved in there natural habitat on "The Jerry Springer show" or in the UK "Trisha" :D
As far as accents are concerned the only true English spoken is without an accent by me and people I approve of. My only experience of regional accents is provinciles staggering around London In urine soaked trousers muttering about how much better it is in Scotland or Liverpool etc which they have just fled :D
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And what about the Crazy Scotsman from up north Tilt? huh? We got an accent all of our own! Bah leaving us out! Actually, glaswegian Squekers could be reeeeeeeeeealy funny to listen to! 'Ye shot doon ma plane! Aam goona heedboot yer face in a minu!
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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Originally posted by Yarbles
can be obseved in there natural habitat on "The Jerry Springer show" or in the UK "Trisha" :D
you should see 'the jeremy kyle show' on ITV in the mornings, I dont know where they find the people that you see on there but bloody hell......
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Originally posted by scottydawg
What's the most popular beer in the U.K.?
Budweiser.
i think your incorrect, budwieser is seen as a bit of a cheap/out of date drink in the UK now.
Most popular larger is propbably one of these three, Beck's
Carlsberg
Kronenburg 1664
Cider is npow quickly gaining on larger in popularity, Due to Magner's irish Cider in particular. But there is still a pretty big margin.
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Originally posted by Laurie
i think your incorrect, budwieser is seen as a bit of a cheap/out of date drink in the UK now.
Most popular larger is propbably one of these three, Beck's
Carlsberg
Kronenburg 1664
Cider is npow quickly gaining on larger in popularity, Due to Magner's irish Cider in particular. But there is still a pretty big margin.
I just pulled that out of my butt to see if anyone called BS on it :)
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Originally posted by Laurie
you should see 'the jeremy kyle show' on ITV in the mornings, I dont know where they find the people that you see on there but bloody hell......
I understand invitations are included in bottles of Suuny Delight and night nurse, Packets of Microwave Chips as consolation prizes on scratch cards and anything promoted by the P/B eckams.
And I dont read the Daily Mail I find it far to Liberal :p
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My only experience of regional accents is provinciles staggering around London In urine soaked trousers muttering about how much better it is in Scotland or Liverpool etc which they have just fled
An Englishman in London? How did you end up there and how did the locals treat you? I hear their English is improving.
My first experience of London was exiting Kings Cross to see a tramp pissing his last Special Brew into an over-flowing litter bin. Looking back I think it was an interesting and rather accurate reflection of the city itself.
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The English are returning in droves now all the Cockeneys have faaaked off to Essex. Who do you think is paying £600,000 for 3 bed terraces in Hackney. ($1,200,000).
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Originally posted by Dowding
An Englishman in London? How did you end up there and how did the locals treat you? I hear their English is improving.
My first experience of London was exiting Kings Cross to see a tramp pissing his last Special Brew into an over-flowing litter bin. Looking back I think it was an interesting and rather accurate reflection of the city itself.
No taste for History, class, modesty, aristocracy and sucsess then?
I find it a complete joke that you judge a city by one of it's train stations.
If i followed suite on many of your nations cities, well that sais enough.
if what you BELIEVE where to be true.... where would that put New York. Considering primarily london, and many other cities blew new york out of the picture in the most recent olympic bid; i come to either of 2 conclusions;
1) What you encountered may well be true but youre are stupid for portraying a whole city this way.
2) As you say london is on par with tramps and rubbish, New york for example must be on par with the level of american cuisine.
and also your arrogance astounds me, they dont call the language you speak 'ENGLISH' for no reason, we devised the lanuage yet you think we talk it incorrectly?
Im so terribly 'dowding' the whole world isn't just like america; and doesnt want to be.
"Well y'all im damn gee sowry we anglish downt meed yow expactashowns of langggwige and standedds."
You have negatively hi-jacked the thread,
I bid you all Good day,
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I'm English, Laurie.
Proper English that is - Northern English.
Who's jumping to conclusions now? :aok
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:D
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most popular beer is dark ale of some kind
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Originally posted by Dowding
I'm English, Laurie.
Proper English that is - Northern English.
Who's jumping to conclusions now? :aok
my bad,
apologies
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Originally posted by scottydawg
Oh yes, very polite. They dress impeccably and have fantastic manners. they're called chavs.
Bahhaha, that's funny. America will have it's King Chav soon when Beckham moves to LA to join the LA Galaxies football club.
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Originally posted by B3YT
most popular beer is dark ale of some kind
Well in Scotland, has to be Tennents or Guiness. mmmmmmmmmmm, Tennents
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Originally posted by macleod01
Well in Scotland, has to be Tennents or Guiness. mmmmmmmmmmm, Tennents
Only beer that resides in my fridge is Guiness...brilliant!!!!
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Originally posted by cleve
Only beer that resides in my fridge is Guiness...brilliant!!!!
Then you choose well my friend
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No worries Laurie. You should learn to recognise when someone is pulling your leg. ;)
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Scottish taste buds are destroyed thru overdoses of Iron Bru by the age of 5.
After that every thing except near neat alcohol is wasted on a Scott.
Just as the Scots never recovered over the fact that the Stuarts were infact Norman/ English ............English Northerners harken back to the later Plantagenates and that the houses of York and Lancaster actually had something to do with rule whilst it was the houses of Warwick and finally Tudor which held power.
Of course the greatest Plantagenate (Edward 1st "Longshanks") had already brought both Scots, Welsh and a good deal of France to heal by the end of his reign.
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Originally posted by Tilt
Of course the greatest Plantagenate (Edward 1st "Longshanks") had already brought both Scots...to heal by the end of his reign.
Thankfully his son was not so tricky to get rid of.
And you're wrong about the Irn Bru. By the age of five, most of us had long since graduated onto Buckfast :D
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Hey Beckham isnt a chav.
He is a sporting hero no-one can deliver free kicks or crosses with the same perfection in the world!
Also he is probably one of the richest sportsman through media and advertisement putting the average footballer to shame in terms of $$$
Posh is the one that makes him look stupid.
Bruv
~S~
(jumps back in the closet for this public announcement)
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beckham is just a tallentted chav thats all . Any way football is a poofs game . RUGBY is where real men play . full contact down an dirty. what other sport apart from OZ rules and rugby to you have "BLOOD" substituions?
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Originally posted by wooley
Thankfully his son was not so tricky to get rid of.
LOL I do like the way he met his "end"...................;)
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Originally posted by Tilt
Scottish taste buds are destroyed thru overdoses of Iron Bru by the age of 5.
5? Blinkin heck, what Scots have you met? Their serious wimps! Crikey, by 5 we Highlanders are already on the Whisky!
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Funny story about about being English / Scottish / Welsh etc and living in the US.
I'm going through the process of applying for permanent residence. As part of that, I had to be fingerprinted and photgraphed.
I turn up at the USCIS office and fill out the form they gave me. One of the questions was 'Of what country are you a citizen?'. Another was 'In what country were you born>'. I answere 'UK' to both those questions.
When I get to the front of the queue, the woman takes my form and looks at my answers. She looks up at me and asks 'are you from the Ukraine?'. I replied 'no - I'm British'. She tells me she was just checking because 'UK' is the Ukraine in their system. SHe goes ahead and types my answers into the system and asks me to check them before submitting.
I notice that she's put 'EN' as my citizenship and country of birth. When I point out to her that I'm not English and wasn't born in England she starts looking at me with suspicion. 'But you said you were British'. 'I am, but I'm not English, I'm Scotish'.
Forty minutes, two levels of supervisors and a phone call to head office later, I finaly mange to convince them that it is indeed possible to be both Scottish and British without ever having been English.
Now, I accept the intracacies of our little island (or any part of the world other than North America and the Middle East) are of little interest to most Yanks, but you would have though some basic geographical knowledge might be important when working for the immigration service.
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Funny story about about being English / Scottish / Welsh /Northern Irish and living in the US.
I'm going through the process of applying for permanent residence. As part of that, I had to be fingerprinted and photgraphed.
I turn up at the USCIS office and fill out the form they gave me. One of the questions was 'Of what country are you a citizen?'. Another was 'In what country were you born?'. I answere 'UK' to both those questions.
When I get to the front of the queue, the woman takes my form and looks at my answers. She looks up at me and asks 'are you from the Ukraine?'. I replied 'no - I'm British'. She tells me she was just checking because 'UK' is the Ukraine in their system. She goes ahead and types my answers into the system and asks me to check them before submitting.
I notice that she's put 'EN' as my citizenship and country of birth. When I point out to her that I'm not English and wasn't born in England she starts looking at me with suspicion. 'But you said you were British'. 'I am, but I'm not English, I'm Scotish'.
Forty minutes, two levels of supervisors and a phone call to head office later, I finaly mange to convince them that it is indeed possible to be both Scottish and British without ever having been English.
Now, I accept the intracacies of our little island (or any part of the world other than North America and the Middle East) are of little interest to most Yanks, but you would have though some basic geographical knowledge might be important when working for the immigration service.
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Originally posted by scottydawg
What's the most popular beer in the U.K.?
Budweiser.
eeewww? you kidding? we hate american beer, it's horrible.
americans have a weaker palette since the depression, when they watered the beer down to make it go further. once the depression ended you guys seemed to stick to the weaker beer.
in england, by far the most popular on average is real british ale, dark and strong, without the disgusting fizz. some lagers are popular among the nancies though. stella artois, becks, grolsch, etc.
budweiser and coors light etc, are by far our least favourite beers, yuck, taste like messy water
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see how Scots "repeat" them selves.............:rofl
however I must admit (to Macleod) that the Kyle of Lochalsh and its environs are not only pretty but on a good day some of the best biking territory in the world...............
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Who do ya'll keep calling Yanks?:huh
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When I was going through my greencard process after marrying my American Wife, I went through the usual INS maze and confusion just like everyone else. About half way through I had to mail in some documents (which they lost) and subsequently they sent me what I now refer to as the "get out of the country letter". Basically, you missed a paperwork deadline, piss off kind of thing.
So, I resubmitted the paperwork through a lawyer and even sent it via a courier, DHL - and they even lost that and tried to deny they'd ever received it! Proper retards.
Anyway, $1000 bucks later all is well and I finally have my 2nd card with a picture of me wearing two days stubble and messed up hair from wearing a baseball cap. Can't wait to try and pass customs this Xmas on my trip back over the pond.
Apart from that, the process went ok.
Spiff::lol
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one yank asked if i had ever heard of new mexico . when i said i had (aswell as saying that it was were the manhatten project wa tested ) he said that most college "grads" in the US never a) know where new mexico is (or that it existed) and b) would reply "whay the **** in hell was the manhatten project dawg..*insert gangsta type pose*
just thought it was funny as i'm 25
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Originally posted by Tilt
see how Scots "repeat" them selves.............:rofl
however I must admit (to Macleod) that the Kyle of Lochalsh and its environs are not only pretty but on a good day some of the best biking territory in the world...............
Howd you know? You been there before? You familiar with it? Im quite shocked that youve heard of my sleepy little village
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Originally posted by Xargos
Who do ya'll keep calling Yanks?:huh
My mistake - I must have missed the 'W' key. :noid :noid
Only joking ;)
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Originally posted by Xargos
Who do ya'll keep calling Yanks?:huh
do americans see 'yank' as derogitory? over here it's a playful friendly word...
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Originally posted by wooley
Now, I accept the intracacies of our little island (or any part of the world other than North America and the Middle East) are of little interest to most Yanks, but you would have though some basic geographical knowledge might be important when working for the immigration service.
It's not the UK -- it's that a large number of Americans can't point out things like Florida, Italy, Australia, Japan, Russia, India, etc. either on an unlabelled map.
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
do americans see 'yank' as derogitory? over here it's a playful friendly word...
Americans are mostly fine with being called "Yanks" by those from other countries, especially the British and Australians. A person in the US, though, might call a person from the northern states (or more specifically, the states on the side of the Union in the US Civil War) a "Yankee" (as opposed to the Confederates of the southern states). In the US, northerners and southerners occasionally rib each other over this demarkation between the north and the south that stretches back to the Civil War, so my guess is that the people saying things like, "Who do ya'll keep calling Yanks?" are from the south and poking some fun at this.
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Regarding accents, here is an amusing site that seems quite good (based on about 10 simple questions, based on things like "Do 'cot' and 'caught' sound the same to you?") picking out where you are from in the US and classifying your accent.
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
It would be funny to see if someone from the UK took it where it thinks you are from in the US.
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says i'm from the north east. lol, i can't see myself as a new yorker :lol
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Originally posted by Brooke
Regarding accents, here is an amusing site that seems quite good (based on about 10 simple questions, based on things like "Do 'cot' and 'caught' sound the same to you?") picking out where you are from in the US and classifying your accent.
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
It would be funny to see if someone from the UK took it where it thinks you are from in the US.
I live less then 15 miles from Charleston, S.C. :lol
"You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
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Originally posted by Meatwad
Wonder what would happen if someone took out an ad in the local paper for AHII?
I printed a thing from AH site and put on my sk00l BB in the lobby :)
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Originally posted by Brooke
Regarding accents, here is an amusing site that seems quite good (based on about 10 simple questions, based on things like "Do 'cot' and 'caught' sound the same to you?") picking out where you are from in the US and classifying your accent.
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
It would be funny to see if someone from the UK took it where it thinks you are from in the US.
did the test :rofl I'm from the Inland north.
Here's what it said
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
Us Brits do indeed call carbonated drinks "pop".
Now wonders which side of the pond the word "pop" comes from :noid
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It correctly categorized me: The Inland North.
"You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop.""
I'm from Michigan (the Great Lakes), call carbonated drinks "pop", and do think I speak standard English (well, standard American-style English, to be precise) straight out of the dictionary. I take offense at the program's notion that it doesn't necessarily think so! :) After all, to get this result, you basically just say that all the different words sound different ("cot" and "caught", "don" and "dawn", etc.).
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Originally posted by Major Biggles
says i'm from the north east. lol, i can't see myself as a new yorker :lol
You could be from New Hampshire! :)
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Originally posted by LYNX
Us Brits do indeed call carbonated drinks "pop".
Now wonders which side of the pond the word "pop" comes from :noid
It is interesting. At least in the midwest US, people call soda pop "pop". In California (and I think out east), they call it "soda" (and make fun of people who call it "pop"). In some parts of the south, I hear that they call all soda pop (whether it is cola, rootbeer, orange, whatever) "Coke" -- which is really whacky.
I ask you though, for soda pop, which is the most-logical choice: "soda", which has two syllables, or the more-economical "pop" with only one? I say "pop" is provably best. :)
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Originally posted by Brooke
It is interesting. At least in the midwest US, people call soda pop "pop". In California (and I think out east), they call it "soda" (and make fun of people who call it "pop"). In some parts of the south, I hear that they call all soda pop (whether it is cola, rootbeer, orange, whatever) "Coke" -- which is really whacky.
I ask you though, for soda pop, which is the most-logical choice: "soda", which has two syllables, or the more-economical "pop" with only one? I say "pop" is provably best. :)
This is linky can shed some light on the Soda vs Pop debate. (http://popvssoda.com:2998/)
Second page from link on first page that could easily be missed. (http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html)
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Originally posted by wooley
Now, I accept the intracacies of our little island (or any part of the world other than North America and the Middle East) are of little interest to most Yanks, but you would have though some basic geographical knowledge might be important when working for the immigration service.
I honestly don't think "geographic knowledge" per se is the problem here. From the sounds of it, it was more confusion about what is considered a "nationality."
When we think of "nations" or "countries", England, Scotland etc. do not come to mind. Rather "the United Kingdom" or "Britain" seems to be the country to us, and England, Scotland et. al. seem more like what we would think of as "states." An American would not think to tell someone that their nationality was "Illinoisian", "Georgian", "Floridian" and so on. (Maybe the Texans and New Yorkers would, but I digress.) Thus the notion that your nation of origin is "Scotland" rather than "Britain" is a little odd to us.
After all, I can look at my globe in my living room, and although it has different colors for all the States of the Union and Provinces of Canada, The United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland) is all one color (a fairly disgusting shade of yellow, as a matter of fact).
To further complicate it, there is an annoying perception that "England" and "Britain" are synonyms rather than one being a "subset" of the other. After all, you all speak "English," not "British," right?
So please have a little patience . . . not that we deserve any, but please anyway. :aok
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Originally posted by Brooke
It correctly categorized me: The Inland North.
"You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop.""
I'm from Michigan (the Great Lakes), call carbonated drinks "pop", and do think I speak standard English (well, standard American-style English, to be precise) straight out of the dictionary. I take offense at the program's notion that it doesn't necessarily think so! :) After all, to get this result, you basically just say that all the different words sound different ("cot" and "caught", "don" and "dawn", etc.).
What will separate "inland north" from "midland" the two is the last two questions.
"Bag" does NOT rhyme with "vague" -- unless you are from Wisconsin.
And quit saying "aboot" instead of "about." :D
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Originally posted by E25280
This is linky can shed some light on the Soda vs Pop debate. (http://popvssoda.com:2998/)
Second page from link on first page that could easily be missed. (http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html)
Oh, man! This is awesome! Thanks for posting that. I find it hilarious that there is a map of The Great Soda vs. Pop Debate. :)
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Originally posted by E25280
What will separate "inland north" from "midland" the two is the last two questions.
"Bag" does NOT rhyme with "vague" -- unless you are from Wisconsin.
And quit saying "aboot" instead of "about." :D
Ah, but for Inland North, it is just as you say -- "bag" and "vague" are not the same ("bag" is like "hag", "nag", or the "ag" in "agriculture", whereas "vague" is more like "ate" or "spate"), and "about" and "out" are the same (like "ouch", "snout", or "lout"). Canadians have the "oot" in "aboot". The only question that I answered "they all sound the same" to is "Mary, merry, and marry". All the rest are different the way I say them -- and I came out as Inland North.
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Originally posted by Brooke
Ah, but for Inland North, it is just as you say -- "bag" and "vague" are not the same ("bag" is like "hag", "nag", or the "ag" in "agriculture", whereas "vague" is more like "ate" or "spate"), and "about" and "out" are the same (like "ouch", "snout", or "lout"). Canadians have the "oot" in "aboot". The only question that I answered "they all sound the same" to is "Mary, merry, and marry". All the rest are different the way I say them -- and I came out as Inland North.
When I did it the first time, it gave me a Midland result. I did it a second time changing only the last two answers, and got the Inland North result.
Makes me wonder about that first question -- I had no idea why they asked for an age range, but I can't figure out what else we may have answered differently. :huh
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Originally posted by E25280
To further complicate it, there is an annoying perception that "England" and "Britain" are synonyms rather than one being a "subset" of the other. After all, you all speak "English," not "British," right?
So please have a little patience . . . not that we deserve any, but please anyway. :aok
For what its worth , I gave my nationality as British (or more precisely, UK). The whole thing would never have come up, had the woman not chosen to change it to English - that England=Britain thing really winds me up.
By the way, on the great soda versus pop debate, you've all got it wrong. The correct term for any carbonated drink is, of course, 'ginger', as in:
"Gie us a swalley o' yer ginger big man", roughly translated as "May I have a sip of your delicious carbonated beverage my good man?".
This website is very enlightening for those of you unfamiliar with my home city.
awayanbileyerheid (http://www.glasgowsurvival.co.uk/)
It also makes it clear why I'm trying so hard to get a green-card for The States. :aok :D
This thread is soooo far from being in the right forum...
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In theory all you needed to do was to show your passport.
It would show you being a "national" of the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
Hence you/I may be English (or Scottish or Welsh), we may be British (unless we come from Northern Ireland) but our nationality is that of a member of the United Kingom.
This is clearly stated on the front of the so called "British" passport.
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These small, wet & cold islands in the NW Atlantic have a long and convoluted history. Great Britain, United Kingdom and The British Isles all describe different bits of geography and you can also proudly claim to come from Northern Ireland, Eire, Scotland, England or Wales - all distinct countries.
I hope this makes things clearer for our US friends & cousins.:D
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Originally posted by Brooke
Regarding accents, here is an amusing site that seems quite good (based on about 10 simple questions, based on things like "Do 'cot' and 'caught' sound the same to you?") picking out where you are from in the US and classifying your accent.
http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_american_accent_do_you_have
It would be funny to see if someone from the UK took it where it thinks you are from in the US.
Your Result: The Northeast
Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
It pinned me right on, with a full red bar to boot. The one thing that's missing from this is a tonal standpoint. As I pay close attention to pronunciation, people say I have a "very nasal" voice, and often ask if I'm from Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc... However, the way I form the words is distinctly Northeastern (Mary, Merry, and Marry being the key on this particular quiz).
I guess it comes from where I grew up, and the people I spent time with. Most of them were from New England and the upper Midwest (many from Michigan), and nobody ever even thinks that I'm from any part of the South, Southwest, or even California. And wouldn't you know it, I'm from Texas.
Port Aransas, the North of the South. If any of you guys ever go there, you'll understand. :D
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quiz results for a Brit who has just about lost all trace of his Walsall accent to be replaced by poorly vocalised middle England mumble.
So if I came from the states I apparantly would be from
Judging by how you talk you are probably from north Jersey, New York City, Connecticut or Rhode Island. Chances are, if you are from New York City (and not those other places) people would probably be able to tell if they actually heard you speak.
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When I hear a NY accent I can't fail to notice a strong Irish influence.
Scots say "aboot" much like the Canadians.... which is about the only way I can differentiate Americans from Canadians. You sound very similar on the whole. Scottish influence prevailing in Canada.
Aussies sound strongly influenced from Essex / Surrey / London areas as do the Kiwi's but the Kiwi is a softer accent...they do sound very similar.
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Just what we need.....An influx of bananas!!
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Originally posted by SEraider
Just what we need.....An influx of bananas!!
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Tissues any one ? :D