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Obviously, because America invents everything first. Including language. We all just copied and bastardised yours.
You do seem to be getting quite worked up over this. Try and relax. Listen, other people call things by different names in different countries. Yes, they do. In this case, you'll find that what you call chips, the British call "crisps". And the Candians. And the Australians. And all English-speaking languages apart from yours.
I wouldn't leave your house if I were you Jacob. Other people saying things in different voices might make your head explode.
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you do realize that i'm joking, rightPsyLiam? i hope that i won't have to resort to emoticons , or have a big capital letter title reading WARNING HUMOR AHEAD WARNING
--jacob
p.s. no, we americans didn't event everything first, but i want to know where the hell brits got the u in "humour" since the original latin is "humor" (among lots of other words that the british add useless letters to. maybe that webster guy was right about the english language needing simplification, i mean symplifikashun). brits, always trying to make it hard on everybody. oh, whoops, i forgot the WARNING HUMOR AHEAD WARNING , sorry 'bout that.
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"...i want to know where the hell brits got the u in 'humour'..."
From the French.
Now, if I might ask a similar question, where did you get your keyboard, and why don't the Shift keys seem to function properly?
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Jesus, this thread is giving me cravings I haven't had in a while. I just realised how long it's been since I had vinegar on chips (French Fries), and it is IMO far and away the best way to have chips. How I yearn for the days back in McDonagh's Fish Shop (Galway, Ireland). I'd murder a plate of cod and chips right now.
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I'd murder a plate of cod and chips right now.
You MONSTER!
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i use the shift key sparingly on the internet. it keeps the thought police away (if you must know, my keyboard is a 1989 switch type keyboard made by lexmark and it is very very very good and i got it off e-bay).
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It's funny, in many places in our language we swedish are more faithful to the french/latin heritage than english languages. Has much to do with a couple of our kings that were very close to the french royalties, I think.
For instance, the common name for chips/fries in Sweden is Pommes Frites, or Pommes Strips. Potato wedges we either call the exact translation (potatis-klyftor) or Pommes Chateau. How they are associated with french castles I don't know. :-)
Why americanos don't like ketchup on hot dogs (Dirty Harry III) or fries I don't get, it's right THERE!! You put it on your burgers, your turnips and your pasta for crying out fuck.
In swedish MacDonaldses or Burger Kingsas there's always a ketchup siphon with cute little paper cups (like those used to serve anaesthetics in popular asylums) on the serving-table that carries napkins, straws salt and pepper.
I also long for a cod, come to think of it. The last proper one I got was in Brighton in December 2000. And the vinegar is indeed indispensable in that particular dish.
But british sausages are weird sometimes... I believe the worst, sickly pale-white look comes from your using pork instead of beef in your sausages, right? In Sweden most sausages are made from beef, resulting in more firm and juicy things.
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"Catsup" is just an etymologically questionable spelling of "ketchup". Same stuff.
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most americans i know like ketchup on hot dogs and french fries, and i don't know anyone here who puts ketchup on turnips or pasta (actually, turnips aren't a real big food here, and are you sure you aren't confusing ketchup with tomato sauce? i mean, i have never heard of anyone putting ketchup on pasta *yuck*). i wouldn't use dirty harry III as a cultural guide. actually, i wouldn't use ANY movie as a cultural guide, at least not anything from hollywood. mcdonalds here (in america) have ketchup dispensers with little paper cups in the center of the restaurant. you swedes are not unique in that regard. in fact, most fast food restaurants here have a ketchup dispenser on the serving table.
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Liam, I have the unfortunate task of pointing out to you that Canada has long since fallen to the American conspiracy stating that a chip = flattish thing served at room temperature from a bag and fry = longer more obviously potato-containing strip fried (but not always) in oil and served hot.
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