Chat thread

44R0NM10 · Post by **44R0NM10** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:26 pm

You raise a good point Brawler...I just forgot American football uses hands often so there is a good chance of it being literal.

Do you guys call our footy (short for football) English football or just call it soccer?

FlintTheSquirrel · Post by **FlintTheSquirrel** » Wed May 05, 2010 5:28 pm

Teh Brawler wrote: Football: Soccer, my guess. It makes more sense if you use the American version, since that involves more hand work, though.

This leads me to the topic of how America has a severely poor naming choice.

Soccer: Would make more since than American Football since sock means to punch someone, which is sort of equivalent to tackling.
Football: Would make more since than American Soccer because of obvious reasons, you can only use your feet. (And head if you choose to)

metaecho · Post by **metaecho** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:01 pm

I totaly have a picture to go with this... STAY ON THIS TOPIC!! dont look at meh weird when i have time to post it later...

The Game · Post by **The Game** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:07 pm

to be honest (most of my fam is Nigerian where it's called football) I think America is just trying to be different. Why else would the have their own measurement system too??
...
no offense America...different is cool...

44R0NM10 · Post by **44R0NM10** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:08 pm

they have their own measurement system? Wow, I need to do some research...

Post by **Sleet** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:11 pm

To be fair, I don't think we made up our measurement system. We just resisted the change to the metric system. Those of us in the science field are trying to fix that, but if there's anything I've learned, it's that the public is more powerful than scientists when it comes to things like this. Personally I think we should just skip the metric system and embrace the Planck revolution, but that might be pushing it.

Also, my post was just something that would make perfect sense to an American, but would cause a British person to think twice. When we hear "torch," we think "fire on a stick," which is a perfectly reasonable thing to burn yourself with. When we hear "football," we think that one sport where you primarily hold the ball with your hands, which is a perfectly reasonable sport to perform poorly at with a hand injury. Whereas burning your hand with a flashlight is silly, as is not being able to play soccer with an injured hand.

I will agree that your use of "football," makes more sense, but "flashlight" is better than "torch." Also, "colour" makes more sense than "color," but "theater" totally beats "theatre."

44R0NM10 · Post by **44R0NM10** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:14 pm

...I need an English-to-american dictionary badly...

On the other hand you are very right, as I stated before, I didn't even think of the possibility of american football so I made no sence out of your sentance before.

EchoFireant · Post by **EchoFireant** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:18 pm

did someone say Football? (no, not the American type though I do enjoy watching it.)

ArgentFlame · Post by **ArgentFlame** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:34 pm

Is it bad that I live in Illinois and thought of a flashlight when Brawler said "torch"?

metaecho · Post by **metaecho** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:37 pm

ah hah! here it is...

I remembered this as soon as you started talking about football and soccer...

Post by **Sleet** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:38 pm

Turns out trying to make a digitigrade animal play soccer looks kind of awkward.

The Game · Post by **The Game** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:39 pm

Nice pic. And sorry but...
*facepalms 44RONM10*
we do have our own measurement system thank you. Jeezum, you Brits

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:49 pm

Why do I think it would be horrendously difficult to play soccer while standing digitigrade? Something about balancing while kicking on your toes doesn't work all that well...

And the Metric system not only makes a ton more sense (all converting by tens), any scientist worth his salt uses it for calculations, since nearly every formula we have uses them. Particularly in physics, kilograms and (regular) meters are usually used for calculations...for...anything, really.

The only reason I still use the English measuring system is for visual reasons, since I grew up with it, and still see it everywhere. I know what an inch, foot, or yard looks like, and how long it is without looking at a ruler, but I can't for metric. And everything else is "miles per hour" or "a gallon of milk." It's annoying to have an extra step in a science problem where you look up a conversion factor (because most people don't memorize them) to get from 5 meters to whatever amount of yards. And then it's going to be some nasty decimal.

Why this confusion is necessary with measurements, I don't know.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:53 pm

All the inbreeding we do leads to birth defects, so we use units that are divided into denominations that aren't multiples of 10, to be sensitive to people who don't have 10 fingers.

Buckdida wrote:And the Metric system not only makes a ton more sense

*PHRK*

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:55 pm

Sleet wrote:All the inbreeding we do leads to birth defects, so we use units that are divided into denominations that aren't multiples of 10, to be sensitive to people who don't have 10 fingers.
Buckdida wrote:And the Metric system not only makes a ton more sense
*PHRK*

That is hilarious.

FlintTheSquirrel · Post by **FlintTheSquirrel** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:57 pm

America's terrible measurement system includes:

Inches
Foot = 12 inches
Yard = 3 feet
Mile = 5,280 feet or 1,760 Yards

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:58 pm

Let's not even get into Troy and Avoirdupois measurements....

Post by **Sleet** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:59 pm

3 teaspoons to a tablespoon
2 tablespoons to an ounce
8 ounces to a cup
2 cups to a pint
2 pints to a quart
4 quarts to a gallon

16 ounces to a pound
2000 pounds to a ton

Yep, two ounces, and they measure different things.

The Game · Post by **The Game** » Wed May 05, 2010 7:00 pm

Sleet wrote:3 teaspoons to a tablespoon
2 tablespoons to an ounce
8 ounces to a cup
2 cups to a pint
2 pints to a quart
4 quarts to a gallon

16 ounces to a pound
2000 pounds to a ton

Yep, two ounces, and they measure different things.

The ounces thing is kinda confusing.

FlintTheSquirrel wrote:America's terrible measurement system includes:

Inches
Foot = 12 inches
Yard = 3 feet
Mile = 5,280 feet or 1,760 Yards

Okay dude, don't use terrible. Terrible is mean word. Let's go with...um...could be improved...?

metaecho · Post by **metaecho** » Wed May 05, 2010 7:05 pm

why did you have to use terrible?

I try REALY hard to understand the system... It dosent help if its discouraged.

Flamboyant-Pencil · Post by **Flamboyant-Pencil** » Wed May 05, 2010 7:26 pm

I've devised my own measuring system. In it, a pound is equivalent to a sterple. 8 sterples equal a qualt, 19 qualts equal a flebbin, and three flebbins equal a pokemon of your choosing.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed May 05, 2010 7:29 pm

Rayquaza weighs approximately one Rayquaza.

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Wed May 05, 2010 7:52 pm

Sleet wrote:Rayquaza weighs approximately one Rayquaza.

These shnozberries taste like shnozberries.

The Game · Post by **The Game** » Wed May 05, 2010 8:21 pm

if a shnozberries taste like a shnozberrie, then why do the gerbensnaws taste like dopples?

Vadiant · Post by **Vadiant** » Wed May 05, 2010 8:53 pm

Flamboyant-Pencil wrote:I've devised my own measuring system. In it, a pound is equivalent to a sterple. 8 sterples equal a qualt, 19 qualts equal a flebbin, and three flebbins equal a pokemon of your choosing.

... So, if you weight 456 pounds, you roughly equal one pokemon?...

Post by **Sleet** » Wed May 05, 2010 8:58 pm

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/ ... 3%A9mon%29

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Wed May 05, 2010 9:58 pm

Sleet wrote:I will agree that your use of "football," makes more sense, but "flashlight" is better than "torch." Also, "colour" makes more sense than "color," but "theater" totally beats "theatre."

Theater and theatre are both American words as well. Theater is the building for watching plays and movies, while theatre is the basic principles behind acting and stage development.

Buckdida wrote:
Sleet wrote:Rayquaza weighs approximately one Rayquaza.
These shnozberries taste like shnozberries.

Buck, you make me laugh so hard sometimes.

Flamboyant-Pencil · Post by **Flamboyant-Pencil** » Wed May 05, 2010 10:37 pm

Sleet wrote:Rayquaza weighs approximately one Rayquaza.

Lol'd

ReCreate · Post by **ReCreate** » Thu May 06, 2010 1:50 am

We need metric time too.

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Thu May 06, 2010 1:55 am

ReCreate wrote:We need metric time too.

In that case I propose making a second 1/100,000 of a day instead of 1/86,400 of a day. That being the case, a minute would be 1/1000 of a day and an hour would be 1/10 of a day.

Kyderra · Post by **Kyderra** » Thu May 06, 2010 3:53 am

Who eats pancakes in the morning..
honestly

ArgentFlame · Post by **ArgentFlame** » Thu May 06, 2010 4:25 am

I love pancakes, but I'd much rather have them for lunch or supper than breakfast. I normally can't stand sweet food just after I wake up.

Post by **Sleet** » Thu May 06, 2010 8:41 am

ReCreate wrote:We need metric time too.

Shouldn't we just be grateful that there's one unit that stupid system users can understand from the metric system?

Post by **Dissension** » Thu May 06, 2010 8:53 am

Guys, I use the English System, please stop calling it the 'stupid system.' Oh, and the current measurement of the second is based on oscillations of a cesium atom, so it's obviously the same for both SI and English Systems.

Post by **Sleet** » Thu May 06, 2010 9:08 am

I'm an American, so I'm allowed to call it that without any regional bias whatsoever. :3

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Thu May 06, 2010 12:37 pm

Sleet wrote:I'm an American, so I'm allowed to call it that without any regional bias whatsoever. :3

O RLY?

44R0NM10 · Post by **44R0NM10** » Thu May 06, 2010 3:27 pm

My entire post was deleted thanks to a slip of the mouse...

So americans use yards, feet e.t.c. No offence, but I find that oh so complicated...

Your pancakes for breakfast is one of the few things I am jealous about in America...

It is rare to even eat pancakes for me, and USA seem to show these pancakes stacks all the time in cartoons. I swear, it is showing off to me...

Also, I'd rather not see any argument about the small differance in culture.
How could there be an argument anyway? I seem to be one of the few brits here, and I wouldn't touch that subject. Even through I don't understand...imperial measurements, I'm not about to say they are inferior or anything...

FlintTheSquirrel · Post by **FlintTheSquirrel** » Thu May 06, 2010 3:55 pm

I don't eat pancakes to often, but when I see stacks like that on TV, it makes my mouth water. And yea, complaining about our "could be improved" American system (which I started) ain't all that fun, lets try and go for a subject change shall we?

Post by **Sleet** » Thu May 06, 2010 4:49 pm

The typical stack of pancakes here is 3 high, and rarely strays from 2-5. Nonetheless, they are a pretty popular breakfast food here, assuming one has time/money to cook or go somewhere for breakfast.

ReCreate · Post by **ReCreate** » Thu May 06, 2010 5:28 pm

America's terrible measurement system includes:

Inches
Foot = 12 inches
Yard = 3 feet
Mile = 5,280 feet or 1,760 Yards

The world's terrible time measurement system includes:
Seconds
Minutes = 60 seconds
Hour = 60 minutes
Day = 24 hours
Week = 7 days
Month = 28-32 days
Year = 12 months or 365 days

...