He may not have a TV, he may not understand English humour, but I think that Mendhak should watch Have I Got News For You!!!!

What do you think? :wave:

I liked it when Angus Deaton was the host!

Bring him back, I mean, most people these days sleep with hookers and take drugs, why cant he?!

Wait, other people understand English humor?

Btw, it's HUMOR

btw, ftw, tbh,cba roflcopter!1!11one

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Wait, other people understand English humor?

Btw, it's HUMOR

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Sorry kasracer, the correct spelling of Humour is Humour.

The americans have the most attrocious spelling because a man called
Webster decided that normal spelling was to difficult for the poor benighted
Americans, so he published a dictionary in a series of editions, where he
gradually and stealthily change the spelling of various words.

Thing is who decides how things in the English language are spelt, us, the bloody English!

If the Americans decide to use our language use it as we intend! Or (with reference to OOP), you may have to extend it..


tee hee

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Originally Posted by Torc

Sorry kasracer, the correct spelling of Humour is Humour.

The americans have the most attrocious spelling because a man called
Webster decided that normal spelling was to dificult for the poor benighted
Americans, so he published a dictionary in a series of editions, where he
gradually and stealthily change the spelling of various words.

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It's called evolution. :afrog:

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It's called evolution. :afrog:

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If it happens naturally then it would be evolution.

As it was imposed by one man it is the literary equivalent of GM agriculture.

But that's how linguistic evolution occurs. It's not something gradual, it's something that is used and that then catches on. If you compare Old and Middle English with English used today, a lot of the spelling and grammatical usage has changed to make it more efficient and in-line with modern views of phonetic symbolism in letters... which is what Webster and others may have done.

Similarly, there have been changes in recent times which have come to be acceptable as well; the most popular example is the usage of the split infinitive at the beginning of a sentence which was popularized by Star Trek.

It's only a few hundred years ago that English became more standardized so this was bound to occur at some point.

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Originally Posted by Torc

Sorry kasracer, the correct spelling of Humour is Humour.

The americans have the most attrocious spelling because a man called
Webster decided that normal spelling was to difficult for the poor benighted
Americans, so he published a dictionary in a series of editions, where he
gradually and stealthily change the spelling of various words.

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Translated to american english:

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Originally Posted by Torc

Sorry kasracer, the correct spelling of Humor is Humor.

The americans have the most atrocious spelling because a man called
Webster decided that normal spelling was too difficult for the poor beknighted
Americans, so he published a dictionary in a series of editions, where he
gradually and stealthily changed the spelling of various words.

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:)

If thou art of splendour, then I shall love thee.

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the split infinitive at the beginning of a sentence which was popularized by Star Trek

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They had to split the infinitive. It was the only way they could achieve faster than light travel.

I do understand English humor. I watched Monty Python's Life of Brian. There was a spaceship in there, that was really funny. The aliens had weird faces. Ha ha.

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They had to split the infinitive. It was the only way they could achieve faster than light travel.

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To infinitive, and beyond?

Other programmes I'd recommend:

QI
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Mock the Week
Top Gear

Some episodes available on www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

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Other programmes I'd recommend:

QI
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Mock the Week
Top Gear

Some episodes available on www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

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We should meet up to discuss our similar interests in TV, I am only down in Taunton...

...all fantastic programs!

Taunton... :eek2:

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Originally Posted by Torc

Sorry kasracer, the correct spelling of Humour is Humour.

The americans have the most attrocious spelling because a man called
Webster decided that normal spelling was to difficult for the poor benighted
Americans, so he published a dictionary in a series of editions, where he
gradually and stealthily change the spelling of various words.

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so we got the latin rooted spellings, and you got the french rooted spellings. I think you are just jealous...

I also don't think webster was alone in thinking the u was totally useless in the words we have or and our spelling differences on. He might be credited with publishing the dictionary, but he certainly wasn't alone.

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Taunton... :eek2:

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Si, can I go on a date with you too?

Taunton is like, near London, which is the capital. Totally.

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Si, can I go on a date with you too?

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Are you also going to mention a town that I have repeatedly been delayed in?
(I travel past Taunton a few times a year, and seem to get delayed/diverted there regularly, no matter what form of transport I take)

americans don't speak english

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Originally Posted by si_the_geek

Are you also going to mention a town that I have repeatedly been delayed in?
(I travel past Taunton a few times a year, and seem to get delayed/diverted there regularly, no matter what form of transport I take)

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Meet me in Piccadilly.

You live in Bristol and you say Taunton's bad for traffic, I was going up to ikea the other day, it took 3 weeks to get over the Avonmouth bridge...

Oh, sorry, 2 hours, I was converting to overinflated Zimbabwe time.

That doesn't sound good.. but I didn't say Taunton is bad for traffic, just that I seem to end up getting delayed there (but nowhere else on the journey) whatever form of transport I take, eg: train -> unscheduled track maintenance, or de-railed freight train on the line; car -> motorway closure, ...

Plane -> Flying pigs over the airport.

Have you tried using the underground tunnel through taunton?

I wasn't aware there was one... but I'm not willing to take the risk of also getting stuck under Taunton!