deanb Posted November 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 So there was a thread on Reddit discussing dialogue choices and unexpected outcomes (stemming from Fallout 4 going with convo wheel like Mass Effect). Get usual responses like LA Noire with it's "doubt" and..well Mass Effect too. One brought up is Wolf Among Us as folks are complaining you pick an option "Glass Him" and you...well glass him. This lead to a lot of "well durr" responses, but became apparent it seems in the US you're not overly familiar with the term. I guess when you've got guns don't need to smash a glass on a bar n stab someone in the face. Apparently we have 87,000 glassing incidents in the UK (one of our more famous is Sean Bean, who got glassed then continued his date with a playboy bunny cos he's Sean Bean). (Also TIL that the reason I'm reading Fables and going "huh Bigby looks like that guy from Wolf Among Us" is cos they're the same character. Weird to not call it "Fables: The Wolf Among Us" or something that'd clue you in to the franchise it's in like "The Walking Dead" or "Tales From the Borderlands" or "Minecraft: Storymode"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 I didn't know what "glass him" meant. I picked it the first time through just to find out (then immediately reloaded my previous save). LA Noire was terrible about that, but apparently that's because they changed the system after all the scenes had been recorded. Originally you were supposed to be picking between options like "aggressive", "friendly" etc, which would have made a lot more sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 LA Noire was the worst with that. The latest Bioware games have been better at communicating the tone your character will take, but still be vague as to the actual content. I just finished the trespasser DA:I DLC, and there were a couple of responses the Inquisitor spoke that didn't line up with what I thought I had chosen, but nothing too major. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Is rota not a common word in the USA? It often comes up as misspelled word for me when I type it in various places and if I ask google to define it, it says it's British. Nto sure what alternative word you'd use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 ro·ta ˈrōdə/ noun noun: rota; plural noun: rotas; noun: Rota; noun: the Rota 1. BRITISH a list showing when each of a number of people has to do a particular job. We don't have any specific word for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 So say you had a bunch of flatmates trying to organise themselves and created a table saying who does dishes, vacuums, tidies etc. on which day you wouldn't be able to give that a title? We'd call it a cleaning rota, would you maybe use cleaning schedule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Yeah, cleaning schedule, cleaning chart, chore schedule, chore chart, something like that. I didn't mean that we couldn't describe it, just we don't have a specific name for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Wouldn't "roster" be the closest fit? Roster feels like an American word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Isn't "roster" more a list of people. Like an army roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Yeah, a roster is a list of the people who belong to a specific group. So like sports teams have a roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Fair dos, I always thought that "Duty Roster" was an American "rota". *shrug* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 This is why you get in trouble being all niggardly in your international meetings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Actually, now that you say that, I have heard "duty roster" in a military context, but that's the only context where I've heard it used like rota. Roster by itself definitely doesn't mean that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-english-so-weirdly-different-from-other-languages Bit of a look at the development and growth of English language. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 The rest of the world doesn't have to paint charts that look like they're trying to carry out alchemical transmutation when they're cooking. (I also like how the bottom has cups, as if all cups are born equal. It's why I hate googling for recipes cos you'll end up with one that's like "a cup of milk, a cup of flour" and you're like "they use different measures!!") 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 We got a cup with our bread maker that ahs "cup" measurements. Seems a cup is a half pint. That said, provided the recipe is all in cups, and you use the same cup ratios will all be the same so you will just have a larger / smaller thing depending on the size of cup you used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Oh I understand the concept of the whole ratio thing, but it causes issues when you are using a cup to measure both milk (a liquid with volume) and flour (a powder with weight). Flour especially so given its volume is super wide tolerance from fluffed up to compacted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I'm not sure what you mean by "they use different measures". A wet cup and a dry cup are still the same volume, it doesn't cause any issues. With flour specifically you're always supposed to measure it fluffed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Yeah, I would always assume non-compacted. As long as your measurement is correct, it doesn't really matter if you use weight or volume. Recipes could easily ask for 200g of water instead of 200ml. It would just be weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I'm not sure what you mean by "they use different measures". A wet cup and a dry cup are still the same volume, it doesn't cause any issues. With flour specifically you're always supposed to measure it fluffed. As covered above, when measuring out a recipe you'd use ml/l for liquids as it's a measure of volume, and you'd use grams for weights like flour, butter, etc. e.g: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1581636/james-martins-yorkshire-puds Even when we use imperial like if I'm going through my grans recipe book it's still fl, oz (for volume) and oz for weights. e.g http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/basicpancakeswithsuga_66226 Also sifting into a cup is likely to be highly PITA so I can't see most folks doing that n likely to just scoop it right out of the bag. Only ambiguous measurement we use on a regular basis is the tablespoon, and there's very little variance from one to the next compared to cup sizes and usually used on the "to-taste" things like spice, oils, herbs and similar. edit: Hmm Thursday's response wasn't there when I posted (tbh slowly since I'm at work). Water is the key one for the whole 1g = 1 ml = 1c = 1 atmospheres = 1 so on etc. So yes assuming you're not using frozen or boiling water you can likely measure that out in grams or litres as you see fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 You don't have to sift the flour, just fluff it. You can do that while scooping it out of the bag. It's really not difficult. Pretty much all US recipes use volume for everything. Also, do you guys not have standardized tablespoons? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Yes we have standardised spoon measurements. It's the only thing in most British recipes that's not grams or mililitres. I guess because they're too small to weigh accurately on home scales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Bangs = Fringe I thought it was maybe like side bits, like framing the face. (hair loopies, but down...err if you watch TLA.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) Fringe is UK for bangs? Madness. Edited December 11, 2015 by Mr. GOH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Well otherwise it would get confusing with bangers and mash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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