Re: Re: Does Australia suck?
quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
I like this thread. It shows that I got under your skin.
You've listed several admirable and amusing points there, but even if Australia was reduced to a radioactive wasteland where nothing could survive, I'd be content with the fact that it wouldn't be full of puritan-descended, ignorant, paranoid, arrogant, brash, rude, uncouth, loud-mouthed, big jawed, poor humoured Americans. |
This thread was purely for humor's sake, I think the fact that YOU posted here shows that I got under YOUR skin
That said, I'm kind of insulted that you're assuming I'm of Puritan descent. I moved to America when I was 2 budday.
quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
when yanks call vacuum cleaners "hoovers", or tissues "kleenex" or painkillers "tylenol" they just show how brainwashed by corporatism they are |
Kleenex and Tylenol I'll give you. Along with dozens of other examples...but Hoovers? I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to a vacuum cleaner as a Hoover
Paracetamol vs. Acetaminophen I'll give you. I don't think that's referred to as Acetaminophen outside the US...but that's in the same vein as the metric system. That's a whole new can of worms.
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