(19)46. Donald John Trump
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (eight years ago)
Just sayin some of these things aren't exclusively American. They're everybody's!
― pplains, Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:45 (eight years ago)
47. Superhero movies for "grownups"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:46 (eight years ago)
48. jack kirby
― i gotta be a gazpacho man (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (eight years ago)
49. jack ruby
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (eight years ago)
27 mayonnaise
27 "ranch"
― Number None, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:16 (eight years ago)
ranch-style houses
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:19 (eight years ago)
Ranch might be the most american word there is. The sound of it, the meaning, the house style, the dressing. It's 100% American.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:23 (eight years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/IOlj6Lw.jpg
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:28 (eight years ago)
51. Saturday Night Live and dozens of comedy series and comedians no-one's ever heard of.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:33 (eight years ago)
... no-one else, that is.
Every nation seems to have its b-list comedy that doesn't escape its borders though
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:45 (eight years ago)
I mean there are all these british comedians called "Jimmy Pram" or "Tolliver Whelk" or whatever that the britishers on the board seem to reference a lot.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:47 (eight years ago)
52. happy endings53. late night shows54. hyper-capitalism55. "football"56. "soccer"
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:50 (eight years ago)
ItaliansIrish
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (eight years ago)
57. Barack Hussein Obama58. Velveeta
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (eight years ago)
Misuse of the collective clause when referring to sports teams
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:52 (eight years ago)
Saturday Night Live is b-list?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:09 (eight years ago)
'Math'
American comedy is painfully unfunny. There's no real bite, no real cynicism, it always has to be nicey nicey in the end. A or B list, SNL fits that bill surely.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:11 (eight years ago)
today, sure. I think SNL at its best (maybe 80s-early 90s) was good exactly because it captured and spoofed that wide-eyed lack of cynicism. Kevin Nealon comes to mind, and all of the fake commercials. Since at least Will Ferrell and maybe going back to Chris Farley and Adam Sandler though the style of comedy has been very "I AM BEING FUNNY RIGHT NOW! DO YOU SEE ME BEING FUNNY!"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:15 (eight years ago)
(kind of a dumb comment I guess since Nealon overlapped with Farley and Sandler)
snl national lampoon and mad magazine none funny none ever funny
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:17 (eight years ago)
A or B list, SNL fits that bill surely.
I wouldn't know, I've never seen it.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:18 (eight years ago)
Clips I've seen look dire though.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:19 (eight years ago)
'Mr. President'
59. gunz
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:23 (eight years ago)
60. Patriotism
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:26 (eight years ago)
61. "GET IN THE HOLE!"
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:28 (eight years ago)
'Math'perfect
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:41 (eight years ago)
62. sports63. the hospital64. vacation
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:47 (eight years ago)
The hospital?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:51 (eight years ago)
65. institutional racism perfected66. bumper stickers67. trailer parks
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:53 (eight years ago)
ItaliansIrish-darraghmac
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:54 (eight years ago)
68. 'erbs
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:57 (eight years ago)
69. Missing out u's from words and -er endings instead of -re.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:58 (eight years ago)
70. hispanics
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:59 (eight years ago)
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, February 4, 2018 6:51 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well if we're contrasting U.S. and UK usage, only we (always) use the definite article
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Monday, 5 February 2018 00:01 (eight years ago)
71. Mexico, central america, south america
― infinity (∞), Monday, 5 February 2018 00:02 (eight years ago)
72. Porches & yards.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 5 February 2018 00:06 (eight years ago)
73. Bros74. Dudes75. Broads
― calstars, Monday, 5 February 2018 00:17 (eight years ago)
76, Fraternities, sororities.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 5 February 2018 00:19 (eight years ago)
Terror of the word cunt
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Monday, 5 February 2018 00:57 (eight years ago)
ItaliansIrishi’ve never understood this
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:10 (eight years ago)
Well
U wouldn't
Your lot are all British like proper British the hooligan ones like
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:16 (eight years ago)
Never mind the Irish and the Italians, the real American thing is Germans.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:20 (eight years ago)
xp yeah but i wouldn’t take my heritage to wales and say “hi the welsh! i’m also welsh!” along with assuming all the special powers conferred by being genetically welsh
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:20 (eight years ago)
and citizenship rights
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:21 (eight years ago)
anyway i intended this thread to be light so79. hoagie
Wait do the yanks to that or do we do that
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:22 (eight years ago)
Do Americans have to talk so loudly?
― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 December 2024 16:38 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
Hate to return to this subject but I'm sitting in the company canteen just and there's one American woman having a conversation with someone else and she is drowning out people who are sitting much nearer to me. I can't make out a word the person she is with is saying, she's like ten times as loud as him
― Wearing red lipstick and maintaining a neutral expression (Tom D.), Wednesday, 14 January 2026 10:34 (four months ago)
Monty Python
― Jonk Raven (dog latin), Wednesday, 14 January 2026 11:06 (four months ago)
Monny PY-THON
― Jonk Raven (dog latin), Wednesday, 14 January 2026 11:07 (four months ago)
The Beadles
― Jonk Raven (dog latin), Wednesday, 14 January 2026 11:09 (four months ago)
Llamasthe Atacama DesertBuilding a new capital city in the wilderness
― ICE = Tonton Macoute (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 14 January 2026 12:59 (four months ago)
Building a new capital city in the wilderness― ICE = Tonton Macoute (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, January 14, 2026 12:59 PM (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglinkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
― ICE = Tonton Macoute (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, January 14, 2026 12:59 PM (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglinkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
to be fair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra
― Bellend Sebastian (S-), Monday, 9 February 2026 00:12 (four months ago)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 February 2026 00:15 (four months ago)
i was indeed thinking of Brasilia. Forgot about Canberra though
― Gentler Death Squads Please (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 9 February 2026 00:46 (four months ago)
wire fraud
― ledge, Sunday, 22 March 2026 09:01 (two months ago)
"No fair" instead of "not fair"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QySzwJvw9Qs
― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Monday, 8 June 2026 21:57 (two days ago)
it’s a weird construction that’s so ingrained that i’ve never realized that it’s weird!
― spandex polka (Hunt3r), Monday, 8 June 2026 23:40 (two days ago)
i'd only use it as exclamation, never in a real sentence, but it is weird
― circles, Tuesday, 9 June 2026 05:03 (yesterday)
On a similar note, saying "on accident" instead "by accident".
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 9 June 2026 06:10 (yesterday)
In the West of Scotland "no" means "not" (and, just for the record, "naw" means "no" (adverb) and "nae" means "no" (adjective)) so that Association song has always sounded quite amusing to me.
― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 June 2026 07:16 (yesterday)
isn't 'no fair' kind of the same thing as 'no fun'?
― silverfish, Tuesday, 9 June 2026 12:22 (yesterday)
That kind of annoys me too but I get why people say it to mirror “on purpose”
― The Immortal Bird of Avon (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 9 June 2026 12:24 (yesterday)
(xp) Fair is not a noun though, unless you mean a county fair or sumthin'
― Tom D, focussed with getting on with the job (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 June 2026 12:29 (yesterday)
Some good discussion here, including the observation that "no fair," especially when used in its own as an interjection, is often associated with children.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 9 June 2026 13:03 (yesterday)
when I saw the initial post my brain went straight to inventing an etymology that came from "nae fair"
― mh, Tuesday, 9 June 2026 13:57 (yesterday)
Yeah, “NO FAIR” immediately makes me think of Our Gang style kids arguing about marbles or whatever.
― Cow_Art, Wednesday, 10 June 2026 10:59 (twelve hours ago)
It makes me think of the kid in pet sematary
― unclear apocalypse (wins), Wednesday, 10 June 2026 11:02 (twelve hours ago)