Quarter past, m8.Mara wrote:
I am not sure if OT is the best place to post if you want serious discussion.
But damn, I still can't remember time in british english, 10 o'clock, 15 past something, aaaaaaaaaa.
And XX:45 is "quarter to"
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And XX:45 is "quarter to"
What about XX:20, XX:25, XX:40 and XX:35?
Might as well ask these so I will try to not fuck them up.
Might as well ask these so I will try to not fuck them up.
You don't really have to bother with those, you can just state the time. It's easier for me to say "nine forty five" rather than "quarter to ten".
After half past you just use xx to. DO YOU NOT HAVE GRADE SCHOOL IN FINLAND?
yeah except you never hear anyone say "twenty five to ten", that just sounds silly.
i heard in america they call a small ben a watch
No, we call them cell phones.
I think you meant they call cuff-link time johnnies watchessilmarilen wrote:
i heard in america they call a small ben a watch
Twenty past, twenty five past (X), twenty to (Y), XX:35 OR if you're in the mood "twenty five to". XX:35 is better thoughMara wrote:
What about XX:20, XX:25, XX:40 and XX:35?
Might as well ask these so I will try to not fuck them up.
And we call them mobile phones because they are phones that move as opposed to those "land-line" contraptions
That's what we do in Turkish grammar. British ftwKanye West wrote:
yeah except you never hear anyone say "twenty five to ten", that just sounds silly.
Spanish tooUnderminE wrote:
That's what we do in Turkish grammar. British ftwKanye West wrote:
yeah except you never hear anyone say "twenty five to ten", that just sounds silly.
Except it's more like "ten minus twenty five"
in dutch its five over half ten
i guess i learnt british english in school.....
..."forcey fun time"Natteke wrote:
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british english master race
how dare you betray your american rootsHika wrote:
british english master race
A little irony lol. I learn Brit english since I live in Singapore but I'm sure MOST of the people living here uses "Can" and not "Tin" especially if you're trying to buy a 'can' of coke here.
I ALMOST always use slowpoke(I NEVER even knew there was such a word called SlowCOACH) & tire for some reason but I don't mistake Colour & Favourite
Also, I have never heard of crackerjack until now..
Well I would say timetable is right though... looking at my 'school timetable'
I ALMOST always use slowpoke(I NEVER even knew there was such a word called SlowCOACH) & tire for some reason but I don't mistake Colour & Favourite
Also, I have never heard of crackerjack until now..
Well I would say timetable is right though... looking at my 'school timetable'
When I go to yonchan all the Americans refer to themselves as "Americans", "'Murricans", or "Master Race", whatever that means.The Brits call them "Amerifats", "Clapericans", or "Murrcunts."Quiz-chan wrote:
Now you, post some more terminology inconsistencies like these! I am keen on reading them!
Does that count
Americans talking about betraying their heritageSync wrote:
how dare you betray your american rootsHika wrote:
british english master race
ah ha ah ha ah ha
What if I told you that you already betrayed them a long time ago?Sync wrote:
how dare you betray your american rootsHika wrote:
british english master race
Hika wrote:
british english master race
Well the britons have the best accent obviously, so yeah, kind of master race.
I always felt Russians have the best English accent, but maybe that's just me.Powersocke wrote:
Well the britons have the best accent obviously, so yeah, kind of master race.
And I've never heard the term "Crackerjack" before...I just tend to say the person is a pro. And I spell judgement with an 'e'.
Setsuen wrote:
A little irony lol. I learn Brit english since I live in Singapore but I'm sure MOST of the people living here uses "Can" and not "Tin" especially if you're trying to buy a 'can' of coke here.
I ALMOST always use slowpoke(I NEVER even knew there was such a word called SlowCOACH) & tire for some reason but I don't mistake Colour & Favourite
Also, I have never heard of crackerjack until now..
Well I would say timetable is right though... looking at my 'school timetable'
Can is correct when you're talking about drinks, actually.
I've read somewhere that Amerifags say drapes while Brits say curtains
Who in the living fuck says drapes?
Who in the living fuck says drapes?
No. People say curtains.
That's what I thought, til I noticed a majority of my irl friends say drapesDulcet wrote:
No. People say curtains.
Well, maybe because we live in different states, but I literally never heard someone say "drapes" in California.
Where I live, people use words that I have no idea what they mean...
Like for example, I have no idea what a buggie is
Like for example, I have no idea what a buggie is
I think "chips" sound way better than "fries", js
I agreemathexpert wrote:
I think "chips" sound way better than "fries", js
I always assumed "buggie" to be a British thing. When we use it, it's a pushchair or pram.Kyonko Hizara wrote:
Where I live, people use words that I have no idea what they mean...
Like for example, I have no idea what a buggie is
That's what I thought a buggie was....but apparently here a "buggie" is a shopping cartD33d wrote:
I always assumed "buggie" to be a British thing. When we use it, it's a pushchair or pram.Kyonko Hizara wrote:
Where I live, people use words that I have no idea what they mean...
Like for example, I have no idea what a buggie is
man that's unamerican as fuckmathexpert wrote:
I think "chips" sound way better than "fries", js
how dare you insult our FREEDOM FRIES