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For those that don't know "Twats" has been a British swear word for a long time. It's a milder version of the C-word.
P.S. I think all people who use Twitter are Twats!!;)
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For those that don't know "Twats" has been a British swear word for a long time. It's a milder version of the C-word.
P.S. I think all people who use Twitter are Twats!!;)
It's not just the fact there are differences between the butchered American version of English and the real one. It is the fact that 90% of American's all live in the big US of A bubble and don't know the world exists outside of their microcosm.
Americans are like children still learning how to speak and sometimes not getting words or meanings straight. At some point they surely must grow up?
I don't see anything wrong with calling Twitter users 'twats' regardless of language.
There is nothing wrong with calling all Twitter users twats, because they are! However what I was pointing out was that Americans didn't know that twat was already a swear word.
Exactly. A naive people living in a bubble.
Did anyone here about when David Cameron said that 'too many twits[twitter users] make a twat' on the radio? And then had to issue an apology.
All PMs put their foot in their mouth from time to time; but at least he didn't call someone a "bigoted women", now did he? ;)
Hmmmmm.. A bit of a broad generalization don't you think? I am American and would pit my grasp as well as utilization of the English language against pretty much anyone...Quote:
Originally Posted by Harrison
We aren't ALL linguistic children my friend... :tease:
Not referring to the whole American population mate, just the 90% who don't have passports, don't have any geographical knowledge other than when they have been involved in invading a country somewhere, and couldn't say who their President is.
I know there are a few in the USA with some common sense. ;)
The biggest thing that amazes me with any American's is that they expect you to know everything about where they come from, even the local game shows that are of no interest to anyone outside of the USA, but they have no clue about anything in the country they are currently visiting. And that is a fact for every American I've met, regardless of IQ. That is the bubble I refer to.
And before saying anything else. I fully admit that we have our fair share of idiots and twats in the UK too. But at least most of them know where France is!
I don't see why everyone has to make such a fuss about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harrison
It wouldn't surprise me if he had said worse when there weren't any television cameras around.
True, and a very good reason he didn't make a good PM.
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Originally Posted by Harrison
No problem, but I had to join in! I will say this though.. In all seriousness I think one of the main reasons for this is that the US is geographically a very large country with only 2 neighbors, so by definition we are kind of isolated from the rest of the world. This leads to the feeling that what we see and feel everyday (The US and little else) is all there is.. Also, with our media being so US-Centric... (And usually not in a good way) it can quickly lead to some cultural tunnel vision. This explanation in no way defends this behavior, but it may partially explain how we got here...
European countries on the other hand are generally geographically smaller and more tightly woven together. You folks can travel in multiple countries in a single day and it wouldn't be remarkable... Makes for a different point of view.. Definitely a more diverse and "Worldly" point of view I am sure..
I wonder if Australia may have a similar kind of cultural tunnel vision for the same reasons... ??
Any Aussies out there care to chime in?
I aint got no passport. Does that make me a twat or just a tard. I do know where paris is though.:thumbs:
@outlawal2. Some great points, and very true. It is definitely the US centric TV that doesn't help either.
@1980-20.. Have you never been out of the UK?
only three times and twice to the same place.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Harrison
Most Australians aren't narrow in their view of the world, many people travel out of the country on a regular basis. We receive news from all over the world, but sadly, a lot of our news (well the stuff I see anyway) is rubbish. I wish the media would realise that there are more important things to talk about most of the time - they don't because of the amount of idiots (or "bogans" as we call them) that seem to infest our country...Quote:
Originally Posted by outlawal2
I would really like to see what the curriculum is like, I have a feeling that's where it starts. I've heard some stories, (my Uncle was a teacher in the US for a few years) and it's not good. I think teachers need to stop being so patriotic ( which borders on egocentric) and actually expose students to the rest of the world. I wouldn't be able to see exactly what it is like unless I went there.
But I don't think the majority of Australians are as narrow minded.
GREAT !!! :lol:
:lol: :thumbs:
Sad truth is a lot of American's think that is true!
.. but I also have my doubts and think a lot of the teens in the UK these days would too. :unsure:
I have always wondered why America borrowed names like Boston, from Boston Park (and Boston Castle), which is 3 miles down the road from here, and names like New York, which is about 4 miles away.
some posts ago, you were talking about geografy,
i remember one time talking with an american when i was in Budapest, and i tell him i live in Portugal, and he ask me if Portugal was a province/part of Spain.... i had to control myself to not brake his face...
I know there are brilliant minds in USA, but also a lot of people that don't know anythnig about Europe.
I am sure we, europeans know much more about them, then they now about us.
Remember Steve, America was originally a British Colony, so a lot of the original English settlers came from the places they reused the same names for in the US. New York for example was not the thriving metropolis is now is back in those days, but instead a pretty small and fairly unsuccessful British colony until the last 1800's. And that was all before the whole French and Spanish thing with them ganging up on the UK happened and we lost the USA as a British Colony.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen Coates
Most Americans have never ventured outside of the USA, and I seem to remember only 10% even own a passport. And over 60% of New Yorkers never even leave New York at all, so you can kind of see why they are so insular. Also as we mentioned before, their news coverage is very localised and centred on the county they live in, let alone the US itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiago
It is quite sad how little a lot of people, not just Americans know about geography.
Yes, even I didn't think the Falklands being invaded meant that Scotland was in imminent danger and I get lost after about 100 yards from my back door...
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There was a great quote from a film I watch a while back, but I forget the film. It was something like "War teaches Americans where different countries are".
Unless you're Sarah Palin, of course. Does being a soccer mom mean you get hit in the head a lot?
And all of a sudden someone posts this on imgur, lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Harrison
http://i.imgur.com/933UY.jpg
That's the one! :thumbs:
OK, so it was Mark Twain who originally said it. :ninja: Probably should have known that, although not being American...
Anyway, now to try and work out what the film was I heard it being quoted in.
One of my all time favs still has to be Fanny Craddock making doughnuts, followed by the comment by the announcer, 'I hope all your doughnuts turn out like Fanny's.' I still wonder if he realised what he was saying at the time or whether he was enlightened by a third party afterwards. It's not like Autocad, you can't type OOPS and make it all go away.
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