TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I think it is a bit dodgy to get definitions of words from sci fi because they often make up words based on current real words, or use them differently to sound futuristic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 SG:U Is set roughly now/a year ago. The time line is a bit off and it's been delayed a fair bit, but yeah I think it's from '09 onwards. So certainly nothing to do with trying to jazz up words. I'll grab the clips later n upload em (rendering at the moment, so most I can do is open notepad ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 is it the same stargate where they go through those ring shaped portals? was the original film set in the future or an alternate present day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I believe it was set in the near-future at the time, but we have since caught up with that future. Could be wrong though, I'm not a Stargate fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 It was set in current day. Generally going with the flow of current year it's aired in. Even have one of the guys playing a DS at one point. The Stargate is first activated in 1996 if that gives any timescale. Which was in the 1994 movie, and the only time the fictional world has been a fair distance ahead. Though the movie has no year, it's just the TV series started 1 year later and that was set and aired in '97. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Do Americans say fishes for the plural of fish or is that just Buffy being quirky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 One fish, two fish, a school of fish. Â "Fishes" is usually only said by small children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr W Phallus Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 I thought as much. Buffy's got some great 90s slang though. Did people ever really say 'jeepers'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 I thought as much. Buffy's got some great 90s slang though. Did people ever really say 'jeepers'? Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 31, 2011 Report Share Posted March 31, 2011 Yeah, "jeepers" is like a 50's sitcom thing. I'd expect to hear that watching old episodes of Leave it to Beaver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 So we just stumbled onto something. The two british mods mention the "midday rule" for april fools day. The two american mods are totally oblivious. So I assume that's a thing you don't have in the US? (only do fools upto 12pm midday) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I love that rule - I try not to leave the house before midday. April Fools is awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Yeah, never heard of the midday rule before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 Word in edgeways = Word in edgewise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 11, 2011 Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 I don't believe this one's an Americanism, but it was so hilariously dumb that I have to raise it here. Â When referring to someone who was doing something backwards, an American paralegal colleague of mine said "They're always putting the horse before the court." Â As opposed to "Putting the cart before the horse." Â To this day I have no idea what she was thinking as I couldn't bring myself to correct her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 From the same guy who did the Alternative Vote video.We live in a complicated country.Here it is in a still:He's working on a US version too: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted April 12, 2011 Report Share Posted April 12, 2011 That was a good explanation. One thing I would say is that I don't like the use of 'British Isles' to refer to the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.. Personally, I feel it's an outdated label that should be done away with and I'm sure many other Irish people feel the same. If I was referring to them, I'd call them 'The Islands of Great Britain and Ireland'. It's nitpicking but I seriously don't like that label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Small Print = Fine Print Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 Â Oh, I was watching Frasier and noticed a difference in pronunciation between Americans and Daphne's particular 'version' of English. Â I tend to say 'privacy' as 'prih-vacy' whereas Frasier says it like 'private' as in 'pry-vacy'. Obviously neither is wrong, just looking for other people's input as I'm not sure it's actually a regional thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 I use Priv as in Pringles. Instead of Priv as in Pry open. Â edit: Black Pudding = "22:43 - linklonk([k]): THE FUCK IS THAT BLACK SHIT?" (kinda via a roundabout way from reddit/steam) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 I've heard a few Americans pronounce it "prih-vacy", but the vast majority say "pry-vacy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 OK, Frasier's dad had a go at Daphne for calling an umbrella a 'bumbershoot'. Â And rightly so. I don't think I've heard anyone, English or not, refer to one by that name. I had to look it up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 (edited) Occurred to me while a friend was talking about the new Game of Thrones series. Â Over here, 'dire' also has a more informal meaning for something that is dreadful or terrible. Not sure if that's the same in the US. Edited April 21, 2011 by Hot Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgamemnonV2 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_rat    Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Over here, 'dire' also has a more informal meaning for something that is dreadful or terrible. Not sure if that's the same in the US. You say "also." Could you elaborate on the other meaning(s)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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