TheMightyEthan Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 What do an Arkansas divorce and a tornado have in common? Somebody's losing a trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Stock Cube = Bouillon Cube Where does that name come from? sounds french. p.s just to check but it's not just a northern thing of Bovril as a drink? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 No, drinking Bovril is pretty normal, albeit among the older generations, here in Ireland too. Don't drink it myself but I have used it in place of proper gravy mix on occassion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Stock Cube = Bouillon Cube Where does that name come from? sounds french. p.s just to check but it's not just a northern thing of Bovril as a drink? Apparently it's a US/Canada thing, and it's French for "broth". I'm guessing that the Canadians got it from the French and then Americans got it from Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I use bouillon cubes to refer to the yellow coloured ones to make stock (for soup etc) and stock/oxo cubes for the brown coloured ones used to make gravy. I've definitely seen some of them called bouillon cubes in the shops here too so I don't think it's completely clear cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 So we know all about the whole high school/secondary school/college/not-college/uni/kingdergaten/nursery business. What I didn't know is the curriculum is rather different too. In steam chat one of the guys mentioned liking their government teacher, I probe to find out if I'm understanding this correct and yes it's the teacher that teaches the "Government" class, not a teacher put in place by the government or something (I guess like some kinda uber-ofsted thing). From what I gathered it's a all-through-high school kinda deal too, but they were a bit mixed on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) Where I am, elementary school was grade 1-6, junior high was 7-9, and high school was 10-12. As I went through it, it shifted so that elementary was 1-6, middle school was 7-8 (or maybe 6-8? 7-8 for me...) and high school was 9-12. Can anyone comment on the modern American way? Or does it vary by state? Also, in Canada, "college" can be part or full time education, but you would rarely get a degree from one - usually a certificate or diploma, and it's often possible to transfer into a university program that grants a full degree. There were also various ways to qualify for professional tickets and certifications through my college. I'm not really clear on the American distinction between college and university, but it seems that either one can grant an associate's degree? Here, we have "social studies" classes which cover things like government, history and politics. They tend to focus on a major topic every term, so for instance, I think around grade 8 or 9 we spent a semester learning about Brazilian government and economy. Is this like a "government" class, or is that something special? Edited January 22, 2012 by fuchikoma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 okay here's a new one I'd never thought to question Lemonade. Over here lemonade is a carbonated lemon drink. In US it's lemon squash with sugar in. Which probably explains why kids are making it on the roadside to sell for 5cents a glass. To think I used to be impressed of these kids making lemonade and all they're doing is selling lemon squash. So just to reinforce this: Sprite is lemonade, as is R.Whites, 7up, Tesco Lemonade, the stuff you add with beer to make shandy, and a few others. Also Burlglarize? Really? If a burlgarization goes wrong does the burglarizer murderize the home owner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 okay here's a new one I'd never thought to question Lemonade. Over here lemonade is a carbonated lemon drink. In US it's lemon squash with sugar in. Which probably explains why kids are making it on the roadside to sell for 5cents a glass. To think I used to be impressed of these kids making lemonade and all they're doing is selling lemon squash. So just to reinforce this: Sprite is lemonade, as is R.Whites, 7up, Tesco Lemonade, the stuff you add with beer to make shandy, and a few others. Lemonade dates back centuries and as far as my research goes, and it appears the word limonade dates back to at least 1676 in France. Homemade carbonated beverages didn't come about until Joseph Priestley (founder of the Unitarians FWIW) discovered a way to make it in 1767. Carbonated drinks can also be made from yeast but that ends up with something slightly alcoholic. The French were also well known for their love of carbonation from their naturally occouring springs (think Perrier) so it's not outside the realm of possibility that the French used carbonated spring water. Also, Sprite, 7up etc. all contain lime so calling them lemonade seems a bit odd. By the way, did you know 7up contained Lithium Citrate (a drug used to treat depression, bipolar disorder etc.) until 1948? o_O Also, in the UK Cider is usually fermented and alcoholic. In the US cider generally refers to Apple Cider which is an unfermented and unfiltered beverage made when you press apples in a cider press. In the UK, cider refers to the fermented alcoholic stuff we call "Hard cider." If you were to add more fruit to that and let it ferment again you'd get Apple Wine. The reason that American cider is unfermented most likely is due to the fact that alcoholic beverages have almost always been taxed in our nation's histories (in fact, prior to Woodrow Wilson it was pretty much the main source of Federal revenue IIRC.) Therefore people simply consumed the stuff unfermented to avoid the tax. Apple juice is something that is filtered, pasturized, homogonized, sweetened and is quite frankly unfit for human consumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Both words came from the original word, burglar, but burglarize is the more correct word as it is normal to 'ize' a noun to make a verb, burgle is just completely made up because it sounds more natural. PS, my spell check tried to correct burglarize to burglarious, which must be the most awesome word ever though I doubt burglaries are ever that hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 At my high school our government class was basically "this is how the government works, this is what the constitution says, etc". We only had it for one semester though, not all through high school. In grade school we had social studies which covered some of that in more general terms, but it was also mixed in with history and other humanities-type stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 At my high school our government class was basically "this is how the government works, this is what the constitution says, etc". We only had it for one semester though, not all through high school. In grade school we had social studies which covered some of that in more general terms, but it was also mixed in with history and other humanities-type stuff. For us that was called Civics class. For me, my class on the Constitution (at least the core and the Bill of Rights) was also combined with our post-Revolutionary War period studies. I have a coworker who is from Hungary and was asking me once about some stuff he saw on the news about a bill through Congress. I showed him this: Speaking of education, I am absolutely disappointed that most schools don't not include some sort of personal finance class. I guess that's why so many people can't manage money properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Oh god, I hated our personal finance class, but that wasn't so much because it wasn't useful as it was designed with retarded monkeys in mind. Fine, teach me how to balance a checkbook, that's useful, and then have me balance a couple fake ones in class, that makes sense too. You do not, however, need to give me homework that night to balance 10 more fucking checkbooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 http://www.spike.com/video-clips/skk850/amendment-to-be Obligitory response for the Just a Bill song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Apparently in Americaland the "Index Finger" is referred to as the "Pointer Finger". Most curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Obligatory response to "Just a Bill" and "Amendment to be." - Believe it or not, this was aired by NBC on Saturday Night Live, though now they try very hard to make sure it doesn't get out. (Also, they're largely owned by General Electric.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope V2 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Apparently in Americaland the "Index Finger" is referred to as the "Pointer Finger". Most curious. Yeah, probably because people say "don't point your finger at me" a lot or something similar. and because over here you never point at anything with your middle finger unless you really mean it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Thumb, Index, Middle, Ring, Little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battra92 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Thumb, Index, Middle, Ring, Little. Thumb, Index/Pointer (I've heard both but index more), Middle, Ring and Pinky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yeah, I hear "index" more than "pointer". "Pointer" is what little kids call it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 does anyone use forefinger for index finger? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 No I just use the one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) Yeah, I hear "index" more than "pointer". "Pointer" is what little kids call it. OBJECTION! Edited January 23, 2012 by excel_excel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuchikoma Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Shakespeare in the original pronunciation: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 I saw a production of Midsummer Night's Dream in the original pronunciation. Made it difficult to understand at first, until I got used to it, but it was cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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