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*sigh* This'll get me in trouble, but what the hell...
Hi, I'm Bob. I'm an Arkansasian. It's kinda like being a Kentuckist or a Oklahomite, only...not. Different culture, religion, language, currency and gastronomy. In fact, we immerse our pan-pizzas(TM) in ketchup before we eat them, in one bite. A cultural legacy our neighbours, whom I resent being associated with by the way, do not uphold. So there! (actually no one's ever pulled it off in one bite but that's a challenge we embrace!)
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So how does this dictionary you speak of pronounce "aluminium"?
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Well, since it's spelled "aluminium", they're going for "al-yoo-MIN-ee-um", as opposed to the less goofy-sounding "uh-LOO-mih-num", spelled "aluminum".
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First of all, you are absolutly right on the "Americans" thing. Unfortunatly, there isn't a, well, natural way of saying it otherwise. "US-citizens" sounds a bit forced. But I'll try from now on to seperate the US and Canada.
But, for whoever said that saying Europeans is the same as saying Americans, (I can't be arsed to check), I hate to point it out to you, but in Europe, we are actually different countries. With different languages, and everything. Yes, it's true. North US-ers might be different to South US-ers, but I dare say Geordies (Newcastle residents) are different to Cockneys. In fact, I know they are. Most of them are mad. But I'm not gonna start demanding I be called a "Greater London resident", because I'm different from Orion Syndicate, and his Mancunnian ways.
Oh, and please don't say stuff like "we have one of the best countries in the world". It tends to make other countries want to vomit.
"Al-lew-min-nium"
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*blinks* You're Irish? Don't you live in Michigan? Why would you want to move to Michigan if you're Irish. It makes no sense in the logic of sensibleness.
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Liam: Yes, in Europe, you have different countries. And, in America, we have different countries. Canada, the US, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina... Just to name some of the big ones...
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Actually there are about as many brunettes as there are blondes here, but it's all good, man! AND meust of them are smart, too! Meustly. The one mentioned in "Californication" is just a member of the usual percentage of girls that want to be rich-and-famous. That doesn't spoil the whole group.
In fact, "bimbo" is a seriously overused word. Just like "nimrod"... Check'em out in the back-issues of www.word-detective.com. Full o'good stuff.
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