Battra92 Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 Interesting. I'd never have guessed it either. Evidently very different from a pink elephant party... You mean the anti-drunk segment of Dumbo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=944cPciN-kw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 I'm not sure that segment was aiming to discourage drinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 I'm not sure that segment was aiming to discourage drinking I dunno, as a kid I always got the impression of how scary alcohol was by that scene. Of course I was raised in a pretty anti-alcohol household. I do know the into scene to that Disney was taking a swipe at some animators who were organizing a union or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted December 17, 2011 Report Share Posted December 17, 2011 It must have backfired then because for me it was the coolest part of the movie... Actually now it makes me think, though this is veering off topic rapidly... I miss when Disney would play with animation for its own sake. That made some really memorable scenes, but I can't think of any in the movies I watched in the 90s. The newer stuff just stopped being interesting, and that may have been part of the reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2011 In the spirit of the other thread, it's not just "ask" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Which is British? Axe is American, right? I know Lynx is the branding in Ireland but then there's HB and Walls soooo, I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 So MadBass mentioned going to a "White Elephant party". I had to do some googling cos "I'm going to a carboot party" seemed a bit odd. http://en.wikipedia....e_elephant_sale vs http://en.wikipedia....t_gift_exchange Ah yes the ol' White Elephant game. Things can get pretty hilarious with 40-year-old men fighting over secondhand presents out of someone's garage. Another thing that's popular nowadays is the "ugly Christmas sweater party"; unsure if that's NA only too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 22, 2011 Report Share Posted December 22, 2011 Axe is the American brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Courtesy of my Grandad (I did say I'd "share with my penpals", only way to fit concept of forums into their heads) A for Horses B for Lamb C for Miles D for Dumb E for Adam F for Vescence G for Police H for Consent I for the Engine J for Cakes K for Sutherland L for Leather M for Sis N for Lope O for the Garden Wall P for Relief Q for Tickets R for Moo S for You T for Two U for Me V for La France W for Quits X for Breakfast Y for a Husband Z for Breezes (he only filled me in on the first few, I've a feeling the version my granddad knows doesn't have the same K) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Not sure if this has been mentioned, and a quick search yielded nothing, and I'm not manually looking at 44 pages: I have never heard anyone in the US refer to mail as post. We have post offices and postmen and postage stamps, but we say, "Mail's here" not "Post's here". "Going to check the mail" not "checking the post". Harry Potter indicates you people say post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicariousShaner Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 (edited) Not sure if this has been mentioned, and a quick search yielded nothing, and I'm not manually looking at 44 pages: I have never heard anyone in the US refer to mail as post. We have post offices and postmen and postage stamps, but we say, "Mail's here" not "Post's here". "Going to check the mail" not "checking the post". Harry Potter indicates you people say post. When my silly American brain hear's post I usually think of a kind of support that keeps things upright. Perhaps we didn't want to ever say "I just posted some post on the post."? Edited December 27, 2011 by VicariousShaner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 That'd be because you post the letter Shaner Yes we have post, The Post Office, and....Royal Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 We don't say mail here at all. We've got An Post (An Pust) as our national postal service that sends post. Once the post is through the door, we go look at our post. I imagine it's the blackrock/Trinity contingent that are the only ones that say mail here. Oh and we've got Royal Mail....postboxes that are painted green. Back in the day, the government couldn't really afford anymore than some green paint. But by golly! We made use of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 That'd be because you post the letter Shaner Yes we have post, The Post Office, and....Royal Mail. Ours is the Post Office (heck it's the United States Postal Service) but the guy who brings the letter to your mailbox is the mailman (or letter carrier if you're PC) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Or Postal Delivery Worker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Or Postal Delivery Worker. Yeah I have never once in my life heard that. It sounds so ... formal. When I was a kid we had a mailman. Then we had a mail-lady. I find it interesting that Amazon US says "Shipped within 24 hours" Where Amazon UK would say "Dispatched within 24 hours" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 I think Postal Delivery Worker is the technical name for the position within the USPS. Like how a Walmart checker is an "associate". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 I think Postal Delivery Worker is the technical name for the position within the USPS. Like how a Walmart checker is an "associate". That could be. Target calls its customers "guests." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Yeah we recognize the word Post but just would never use it in normal conversation was my point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Here, we use a "post office" and people understand things like "postal rates" and "postal service," but I've never heard someone call it the post, or post a letter or package. As I understand it, "post" as a verb is when you put up something publicly for a general audience - like a message board post... or a poster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 29, 2011 Report Share Posted December 29, 2011 Also, did America ever have TV shows based off professions, like the above? Because we had... ...and, more recently, I believe Bob the Builder made it over to the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Also, did America ever have TV shows based off professions, like the above? Because we had... ...and, more recently, I believe Bob the Builder made it over to the US. That reminds me, I almost bought a DVD set of Trumpton once. I don't know why but it looked groovy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 That reminds me, I almost bought a DVD set of Trumpton once. I don't know why but it looked groovy. Hmm, Trumpton was more my mum's generation so I don't know too much about it. I know people speak rather highly of anything Oliver Postgate did. That's considered real gold standard British kids' TV if you're looking for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 Yeah, we had Bob the Builder, but that was after my time. Other than that, nothing of that sort springs immediately to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 (edited) Thomas the Tank Engine... though that profession takes a rather rare skill set... (Not saying it's American, but it aired in the US) Edited December 30, 2011 by fuchikoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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