English vs English

[Thursday Next]

"ass over teakettle."

 

Prudish version of "arse over tit" perhaps? Like saying "sugar" instead of "shit".

[TheFlyingGerbil]

What do Americans use for the different eras of your history? Ours are generally related to the monarchy, usually the king/queen of the time. Table courtesy of Wikipedia (where else?)

 

Anglo-Saxon period (927–1066)

Norman period (1066–1154)

Plantagenet period (1154–1485)

Tudor period (1485–1603)

Elizabethan era (1558–1603)

Stuart period (1485–1714)

Jacobean era (1603–1660)

Caroline era (1625–1649)

The Interregnum (1649–1660)

Restoration era (1660–1800)

Georgian era (1714–1830)

Victorian era (1837–1901)

Edwardian era (1901–1910)

World War I (1914–1918)

Interwar Period (1918–1939)

World War II (1939–1945)

Modern Britain (1945–Present)

[Strangelove]

Wars mostly.

[TheRevanchist]

Plantagenet period (1154–1485)

We call this "The Dark Ages" in our schools, roughly.

[deanb]

It's not meant to be called that though because it wasn't the "dark ages". It's down there with teaching kids that folks used to think the world was flat and the idea of chastity belts. It's all modern(ish) bullcrap.

[TheMightyEthan]

Hey, they DID used to think the world was flat, just it was about 3000 years longer ago than they act like...

 

Edit - about the eras, what Strangelove said. The only times I can think of that aren't named after wars a the prohibition era, the great depression and the gilded age.

Edited January 10, 2012 by TheMightyEthan

[Battra92]

Wars mostly.

 

Heh, yes and no. Of course, we also use presidents and administrations

Pre-Columbian

Age of Exploration

Colonial America

French and Indian War

Age of Enlightenment

American Revolution / War for Independence (some scholars and even John Adams split these into two although most American history teaches these as one unit

Condeferation to Constitution (1783-1789)

Washington / Adams Federalist Era

Revolution of 1800 / Jeffersonian Era

War of 1812

Era of Good Feelings

Age of Reform / Second Great Awakening (these really went hand in hand)

Westward Expansion / Manifest Destiny Movement

Industrial Revolution

**In the South, this time period up to the Civil War is called the Antebellum period**

The Civil War / War Between the States (depending on who you ask)

and that's just from 1492 to 1865. A lot of these overlap as well! Basically American history isn't really divided into nice neat little eras.

Edited January 10, 2012 by Battra92

[Hot Heart]

You'll notice that British history has some overlaps, as well as gaps such as the small period before WWI broke out, where people were literally walking around, asking what era it was, to receive only shrugs.

[deanb]

[Battra92]

What's interesting is in history how WWI was known as "The Great War" or just "The War" until WW2. For my grandparents' generation WW2 was "The War." My dad's generation had Vietnam as "The War" and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are sometimes referred to by my generation as "The War(s)"

 

After the American Civil War there was quite a difference of opinion in what the Civil War would be called. People referred to it as "The recent hostilities," "The recent unpleasantness," "The War of Northern Aggression," "The Great Rebellion," " War for Southern Independence," "War of Secession," "War for the Union," "Second American Revolution" etc. The only two that the United States Government has ever recognized (though never formally on either) is "The Civil War" and "The War Between the States."

Edited January 10, 2012 by Battra92

[deanb]

MUHAHAHA. You're busted. You guys made a mistake.

 

 

So in UK land this is called a tap. In US land it's a faucet.

 

However that clear blue liquid coming out?

It's tap water in both.

 

 

 

I'm also informed this is a tap too.

 

 

If you're going to replace English words with your own at least have some kind of consistency

[Faiblesse Des Sens]

Being more specific is a bad thing? I think not.

[madbassman39]

MUHAHAHA. You're busted. You guys made a mistake.

 

 

So in UK land this is called a tap. In US land it's a faucet.

 

However that clear blue liquid coming out?

It's tap water in both.

 

 

 

I'm also informed this is a tap too.

 

 

If you're going to replace English words with your own at least have some kind of consistency

 

Some areas in America they still call a faucet a tap. But yea, its like we changed somethings to spite the Brits

[TheMightyEthan]

It's a tap on a keg too. Basically it's only a faucet if it's connected to running water, otherwise it's a tap.

[P4: Gritty Reboot]

I have sketched out for the Britons the average American's perception of our national history.

 

[TheMightyEthan]

Do the colors mean anything?

[P4: Gritty Reboot]

They are red and blue to be patriotic.

[deanb]

They are red and blue to be patriotic.

Never knew you cared.

 

[TheRevanchist]

I recall in grade school singing songs about King George, whichever George it was we kicked to the curb, losing. It was part of our country's history, yes, but telling us to be rebels from grade school doesn't exactly have a great impact on how we SHOULD behave as adults.

 

Anyway, was that King George regarded as a good king or another Richard The Third? I am curious, as I don't necessarily have a different viewpoint. Questioning the POV in grade school would seriously not be kosher.

[deanb]

http://www.addicting...es/50states.jsp

 

 

Now to find one for UK Counties!

 

(It's a shame the comment that came with this game came with the "Most states are as big as European countries." fallacy of why everyone else in the world should learn US states.)

[Battra92]

Anyway, was that King George regarded as a good king or another Richard The Third? I am curious, as I don't necessarily have a different viewpoint. Questioning the POV in grade school would seriously not be kosher.

 

It depends on which historian you ask. Some will swear that he was dedicated to the British Constitution and look at his popularity with the people as proof of his reign. Others look at his horrible handling of the American Revolution (when I say the Revolution I take Adams's interpretation of 1760-1775 before Lexington) and of his later madness. What I will give old fat George was that once the war was over and the Treaty of Paris was signed he did wish to get trade routes and diplomatic ties to the new nation. He was perhaps the last to realize it but The United States and Great Brittan were much better as two separate countries than they were as Mother and Colonies.

[deanb]

 

 

UK n US, open in new tabs n switch through to easily see the differences.

[TheMightyEthan]

Extremely minor difference, but another common US variant is this:

 

[deanb]

The fun thing is with games, cos folks will say to hit the tide key, the ~ key. UK keyboards hit the ¬ key, and I don't think it has a name. ¬_¬

[deanb]

Prisecolinensinenciousol, a parody by Adriano Celentano for the Italian TV programme Mileluci is sung entirely in gibberish designed to sound like American English.