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Most of his corrections don't even have a place there either, unless American culture has dumbed down English universities so much since I got my degree (as an Englishman).
American culture has dumbed down everything. And before anyone tries to start xenophobic BS... I am an American, I see it first hand on a daily basis. You're correct on all accounts. It's a country with a majority population of idiots, run by greedy idiots, who all seem to think wholeheartedly they're better than everyone else, despite the fact that they're the laughing stock of the rest of the world, with the lone exception being the remarkable talent they have at killing people.
 

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I can't say I have any problems with Americans except 1 thing.

1 painful violation of the English Language.

It's not "aloominum" it's aluminium.................
personally I enjoy the views on "football" vs what most others call football. Always great for a laugh. Amd don't even get me started on the ridiculous measurement system, that made sense to someone at some point, but compared to the metric system... it's mind boggling

 
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It's not "aloominum" it's aluminium.................
Sir Davy (the guy who named it) originally called it Alumium, but later changed it to Aluminum. Aluminium emerged around the same time, as a change to bring the word more in line with elements like Sodium, but Davy was not the one that proposed the change. Both words have been used interchangeably since their inception in the 1800s and neither have ever been considered wrong.

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It's always mystified me that the Americans would use the term "football" to describe a game where the ball hardly ever gets touched by a foot.
Last one before we get the bonk for thread derailment! American football is called as such because it is a derivative of Rugby football (And association football), more commonly know as just Rugby! It's better to think of it as "On-foot ball" meaning a sport played on foot with a ball!
 

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Last one before we get the bonk for thread derailment! American football is called as such because it is a derivative of Rugby football (And association football), more commonly know as just Rugby! It's better to think of it as "On-foot ball" meaning a sport played on foot with a ball!
By that logic, you'd have to call both handball, tennis, and golf "football" as well
 
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I can't say I have any problems with Americans except 1 thing.

1 painful violation of the English Language.

It's not "aloominum" it's aluminium.................
"Aluminium" is just you Brits putting an extra syllable in an already cromulent word to make yourselves sound smarter. Just like "disorientated." Disoriented works just as well and shaves off valuable fractions of a second that could be better spent on more embiggening activities. :p
 

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"Aluminium" is just you Brits putting an extra syllable in an already cromulent word to make yourselves sound smarter. Just like "disorientated." Disoriented works just as well and shaves off valuable fractions of a second that could be better spent on more embiggening activities. :p
I guarantee you more languages use some form of aluminium than "aluminum". The US is the one spelled wrong :ROFLMAO:
 

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"Aluminium" is just you Brits putting an extra syllable in an already cromulent word to make yourselves sound smarter.
Hmm, I'm not a Brit and not a Murrican. In fact I'm not even an english native speaker. I just wanted to say "Aluminium" is the name in all languages because that's the name of it. Only in the US they decided to be special snowflakes again.
 

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All this discussion about English spelling and pronunciation, when everyone should known that English is just poorly pronounced French.
:ROFLMAO:

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1. Yeah! Let's talk football!
2. No, let's talk about aluminum!
3. I think let's talk about the Simpsons!

HanakoXVN forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing...
I think it's missing a cheese topic here.
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All this discussion about English spelling and pronunciation, when everyone should known that English is just poorly pronounced French.
:ROFLMAO:
Alexandre Dumas' opinion, which you're quoting, could be tempered, from a linguistic point of view. For instance, the pronunciation of the word "judge" is pretty close to the pronunciation of the French word "juge", as it was in the 12th century (ˈdʒydʒə) :D
 

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Alexandre Dumas' opinion, which you're quoting, could be tempered, from a linguistic point of view. For instance, the pronunciation of the word "judge" is pretty close to the pronunciation of the French word "juge", as it was in the 12th century (ˈdʒydʒə) :D

Interesting. But I wonder, what would be his opinion about lesbian harem games? I believe he would be fan
 
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Interesting. But I wonder, what would be his opinion about lesbian harem games? I believe he would be fan
I don't remember any lesbian harem in the works of both Alexandre Dumas, but what matters is that we like "Actual Roommates" :D Personally I particularly like the blonde girl who was straight before she met the MC (I forget her name) :love:
 
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