I Could Care Less - Page 2

**wrench97** · 06-15-2009, 05:05 PM

But petroleum is unrefined black stuff that is found under ground, where as gasoline is refined stuff you use to power your car

Indoril Nerevar · 06-15-2009, 05:11 PM

From Wikipedia:

Most current or former Commonwealth countries use the term "petrol", abbreviated from petroleum spirit.

**wrench97** · 06-15-2009, 05:12 PM

But Diesel is still Diesel right?

Indoril Nerevar · 06-15-2009, 05:21 PM

Yeah, diesel is still diesel.

Zealex · 06-15-2009, 07:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Indoril Nerevar

Englishmen speak English. Australians speak English with an accent. Americans speak American.

In English: I couldn't care less.
In American: I could care less.

English: Hand me that torch.
American: Hand me that flashlight.

English: My car needs petrol.
American: My car needs gas.

English: Hand me that spanner.
American: Hand me that wrench.

English: Nuclear bomb.
American: Nucular bomb. (Except you still spell it "nuclear".

)

English: He just spat on the ground.
American: He just spit on the ground.

English: End the sentence with a full stop.
American: End the sentence with a period.

English: The last letter of the alphabet is zed.
American: The last letter of the alphabet is zee.

English: Put the nappy on the baby.
American: Put the diaper on the baby.

English: Pass me the tomato sauce.
American: Pass me the ketchup.

Flashlight is torch in English @_@? that's confusing >_>.Torch in American English is a wooden stick with a fire at the end :D....Guess my English teacher was right about British English being different, In "American" we refer to our language English and England's English British English...not sure on Australian English, guess we call that, that...I'll stop hijacking this thread

Are you sure its nucular? I have always spelt it nuclear and everything I have seen on them have been nuclear
Hey...what about Canadian English :X?

**40sondacurb** · 06-15-2009, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Indoril Nerevar

@ 40sondacurb: since when does speaking correctly mean you care about what you're discussing? You should speak correctly at all times regardless of topic. Also, "I hate you" is easier to say than "I don't hate you", but as you can see, they mean totally different things, and you wouldn't say one when you meant the other...

@ 40sondacurb again: like Done_Fishin said, if you go to The Hospital, you're visiting, not staying. It works for jail/prison, so why not for hospital?
- If you go to the prison, you're there to see someone.
- If you go to prison, you're there to stay.

I am no match for the queens English. My only hope is that Hollywood will continue to dilute British culture

.

**Done_Fishin** · 06-16-2009, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrench97

But petroleum is unrefined black stuff that is found under ground, where as gasoline is refined stuff you use to power your car

That "black stuff" as you call it is unrefined oil .. once refined it has many uses, one of which is petroleum spirit or petrol which powers petrol driven cars, another is Diesel .. others are the refined lubricating oils and greases

Mcninjaguy · 06-17-2009, 10:17 AM

Englishmen speak English. Australians speak English with an accent. Americans speak American.
And Canadian mix up the two!

In English: I couldn't care less.
In American: I could care less.
In Canadian: I couldn't care less - English score!

English: Hand me that torch.
American: Hand me that flashlight.
In Canadian: Pass me that Flaslight Americans Score!

English: My car needs petrol.
American: My car needs gas.
In Canadian: My car needs gas Americans Score!

English: Hand me that spanner.
American: Hand me that wrench.
In Canadian: Hand me that rench Americans Score!

English: Nuclear bomb.
American: Nucular bomb. (Except you still spell it "nuclear". )
In Canadian: Nuclear Bomb English Score!

English: He just spat on the ground.
American: He just spit on the ground.
In Canadian: He just spat on the ground English Score!

English: End the sentence with a full stop.
American: End the sentence with a period.
In Canadian: End the sentence with a period Americans Score!

English: The last letter of the alphabet is zed.
American: The last letter of the alphabet is zee.
In Canadian: The last letter of the alphabet is zed English Score!

English: Put the nappy on the baby.
American: Put the diaper on the baby.
In Canadian: Put the Diaper on the baby Americans Score!

English: Pass me the tomato sauce.
American: Pass me the ketchup.
In Canadian: Pass me the ketchup Americans Score!

English 4
Americans 6

So its almost half and half for us Canadians.

**40sondacurb** · 06-17-2009, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcninjaguy

English 4
Americans 6

So its almost half and half for us Canadians.

Parlez-vous francais?

Mcninjaguy · 06-17-2009, 11:27 AM

After what 9 years or so of French I can still barely read it.

In Quebec its not proper French its more like a mixture of English and French.
I can't give an example though. I live in Ottawa so Gatineau, Quebec is just a 5 10 minute drive over the Ottawa river. There is a lot of people who live in Quebec but speak English and they work in Ottawa.

Zealex · 06-17-2009, 02:45 PM

Doesn't Quebec want to be its own country?

Mcninjaguy · 06-17-2009, 05:22 PM

Well that the separatists political party which 95% of country view as total fools.

Ok, now to keep with this subject of odd country/language differences I want to exemplify my Country CANADA!

On the east coast Newfoundland they have a whole different accent than me and other Ontarian's. From Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI, News Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba I think French is mandatory in school up to grade 9. That was east to west and then Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C don't have it I think they have French in school.

The country is very different over the length of it, which makes it an amazing country, just like the US we are all very different. You couldn't imagine a New York accented Mississippi town and all their small mannerisms. I love all the different ways people talk.

My girlfriend hates this but I prefer to the letter "H" as Haghe not aghe. If you talked to me in person you'd know how different people are from each other. I like using funny insults from Britain and I call people anything I kind of pick up from British Comedy. I love Monty Python and they have been a kind of inspiration for my randomness.

**WereBo** · 06-17-2009, 05:45 PM

We recently had a brilliantly excellent 'travelogue' with Billy Connolly (yes, THAT one

) travelling across Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. I can't remember exactly where he started his journey, other than it was the most Eastern point, but he was taking in all the various communities and 'oddities' he met on his journey.

The only thing wrong mcninja's list of examples above, is that the English and Canadians tend to add 'please' somewhere in a request:

English: Please hand me that torch.
American: Hand me that flashlight.
In Canadian: Please pass me that Flashligh

English: Hand me that spanner please.
American: Hand me that wrench.
In Canadian: Hand me that wrench please

**wrench97** · 06-17-2009, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WereBo

English: Hand me that spanner please.
American: Hand me that wrench.
In Canadian: Hand me that wrench please

Leave me out of this and get your hands off me

**WereBo** · 06-17-2009, 06:05 PM

See, us English call a spanner a spanner, a wrench is totally different

Zealex · 06-17-2009, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wrench97

Leave me out of this and get your hands off me

that cracked me up

**Done_Fishin** · 06-18-2009, 11:26 AM

A wrench is an adjustable spanner used frequently in plumbing and well known for rounding off ones' nuts ...

Mcninjaguy · 06-18-2009, 01:59 PM

I don't call a wrench a wrench.
There are torque wrenches, crescent wrenches, adjustable crescent wrenches, etc.

**Done_Fishin** · 06-18-2009, 02:49 PM

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrench

Quote:

wrench
6 entries found.

1. wrench (verb)
2. wrench (noun)
3. Allen wrench
4. monkey wrench
5. pipe wrench
6. socket wrench

Main Entry:

Pronunciation:
\ˈrench\
Function:
verb
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old English wrencan; akin to Old High German renken to twist and perhaps to Latin vergere to bend, incline
Date:
before 12th century

intransitive verb
1: to move with a violent twist ; also : to undergo twisting
2: to pull or strain at something with violent twisting

transitive verb
1: to twist violently
2: to injure or disable by a violent twisting or straining <wrenched her back
3: change ; especially : distort, pervert
4 a: to pull or tighten by violent twisting or with violence b: to snatch forcibly : wrest
5: to cause to suffer mental anguish : rack

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wrenched away from it's original topic and bearing

**wrench97** · 06-18-2009, 03:35 PM

Oh the mental anguish I need a beer........

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: I Could Care Less Englishmen speak English. Australians speak English with an accent. Americans speak American. And Canadian mix up the two! In English: I couldn't care less. In American: I could care less. In Canadian: I couldn't care less - English score! English: Hand me that torch. American: Hand me that flashlight. In Canadian: Pass me that Flaslight Americans Score! English: My car needs petrol. American: My car needs gas. In Canadian: My car needs gas Americans Score! English: Hand me that spanner. American: Hand me that wrench. In Canadian: Hand me that rench Americans Score! English: Nuclear bomb. American: Nucular bomb. (Except you still spell it "nuclear". ) In Canadian: Nuclear Bomb English Score! English: He just spat on the ground. American: He just spit on the ground. In Canadian: He just spat on the ground English Score! English: End the sentence with a full stop. American: End the sentence with a period. In Canadian: End the sentence with a period Americans Score! English: The last letter of the alphabet is zed. American: The last letter of the alphabet is zee. In Canadian: The last letter of the alphabet is zed English Score! English: Put the nappy on the baby. American: Put the diaper on the baby. In Canadian: Put the Diaper on the baby Americans Score! English: Pass me the tomato sauce. American: Pass me the ketchup. In Canadian: Pass me the ketchup Americans Score! English 4 Americans 6 So its almost half and half for us Canadians.

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: I Could Care Less After what 9 years or so of French I can still barely read it. In Quebec its not proper French its more like a mixture of English and French. I can't give an example though. I live in Ottawa so Gatineau, Quebec is just a 5 10 minute drive over the Ottawa river. There is a lot of people who live in Quebec but speak English and they work in Ottawa.

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: I Could Care Less Well that the separatists political party which 95% of country view as total fools. Ok, now to keep with this subject of odd country/language differences I want to exemplify my Country CANADA! On the east coast Newfoundland they have a whole different accent than me and other Ontarian's. From Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, PEI, News Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba I think French is mandatory in school up to grade 9. That was east to west and then Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C don't have it I think they have French in school. The country is very different over the length of it, which makes it an amazing country, just like the US we are all very different. You couldn't imagine a New York accented Mississippi town and all their small mannerisms. I love all the different ways people talk. My girlfriend hates this but I prefer to the letter "H" as Haghe not aghe. If you talked to me in person you'd know how different people are from each other. I like using funny insults from Britain and I call people anything I kind of pick up from British Comedy. I love Monty Python and they have been a kind of inspiration for my randomness. Last edited by Indoril Nerevar; 06-17-2009 at 07:06 PM.

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WereBo Resident Village Idiot Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 14,537 OS: Win-7, XP-Pro SP3 My System	Re: I Could Care Less We recently had a brilliantly excellent 'travelogue' with Billy Connolly (yes, THAT one ) travelling across Canada from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. I can't remember exactly where he started his journey, other than it was the most Eastern point, but he was taking in all the various communities and 'oddities' he met on his journey. The only thing wrong mcninja's list of examples above, is that the English and Canadians tend to add 'please' somewhere in a request: English: Please hand me that torch. American: Hand me that flashlight. In Canadian: Please pass me that Flashligh English: Hand me that spanner please. American: Hand me that wrench. In Canadian: Hand me that wrench please __________________ I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

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Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: I Could Care Less I don't call a wrench a wrench. There are torque wrenches, crescent wrenches, adjustable crescent wrenches, etc.

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