49. jack ruby
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
27 mayonnaise
27 "ranch"
― Number None, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:16 (six years ago) link
ranch-style houses
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/IOlj6Lw.jpg
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:28 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
... 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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
52. happy endings53. late night shows54. hyper-capitalism55. "football"56. "soccer"
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:50 (six years ago) link
ItaliansIrish
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
57. Barack Hussein Obama58. Velveeta
― droit au butt (Euler), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
Misuse of the collective clause when referring to sports teams
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 22:52 (six years ago) link
Saturday Night Live is b-list?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:09 (six years ago) link
'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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
(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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
Clips I've seen look dire though.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:19 (six years ago) link
'Mr. President'
59. gunz
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:23 (six years ago) link
60. Patriotism
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:26 (six years ago) link
61. "GET IN THE HOLE!"
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link
'Math'perfect
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:41 (six years ago) link
62. sports63. the hospital64. vacation
― trife's rich padgett (rip van wanko), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
The hospital?
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
65. institutional racism perfected66. bumper stickers67. trailer parks
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
ItaliansIrish-darraghmac
― infinity (∞), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:54 (six years ago) link
68. 'erbs
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:57 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
70. hispanics
― Le Bateau Ivre, Sunday, 4 February 2018 23:59 (six years ago) link
― 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 (six years ago) link
71. Mexico, central america, south america
― infinity (∞), Monday, 5 February 2018 00:02 (six years ago) link
72. Porches & yards.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 5 February 2018 00:06 (six years ago) link
73. Bros74. Dudes75. Broads
― calstars, Monday, 5 February 2018 00:17 (six years ago) link
76, Fraternities, sororities.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 5 February 2018 00:19 (six years ago) link
Terror of the word cunt
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Monday, 5 February 2018 00:57 (six years ago) link
ItaliansIrishi’ve never understood this
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:10 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
and citizenship rights
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:21 (six years ago) link
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 (six years ago) link
p sure you don’t do that
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
SNL at its best (maybe 80s-early 90s) was good
80. Arguments about when, precisely, SNL was good
― this machine inconveniences fascists (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:27 (six years ago) link
If ever u mean
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:28 (six years ago) link
Mispronouncing monty python with the confidence of a nation that will eventually decide how to pronounce monty python whatever the fuck anyone thinks
― Alderweireld Horses (darraghmac), Monday, 5 February 2018 01:29 (six years ago) link
what about fruit in the fridge? most fruit tastes better cold, imo
― brimstead, Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:13 (three months ago) link
This is just to say
I have eaten brimstead's plums
Forgive me
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:19 (three months ago) link
a cold apple can be pretty good. soft fruit should be room temp though imo, sorry billkinda prefer grapefruit room temp too
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:25 (three months ago) link
tbf, expat hypercritical of american family is an american thing
― Sufjan Grafton, Sunday, 14 January 2024 04:23 (three months ago) link
lol yes
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 January 2024 04:24 (three months ago) link
it’s because they do everything wrong
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, January 13, 2024 10:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
somebody had to say it
― budo jeru, Sunday, 14 January 2024 16:32 (three months ago) link
Rx is a common abbreviation for medical prescriptions derived from the Latin verb recipere, "take / receive".
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:09 (two months ago) link
Not used in the UK. I mean, I have seen it before but I'm not sure in what context?
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:13 (two months ago) link
I got to thinking about this while waiting for some antibiotics today. Over here it's a given that Rx = precription and you'll see it printed everywhere at the pharmacy. But until today I didn't know why.
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:20 (two months ago) link
*prescription
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:21 (two months ago) link
Because Americans originally spoke classical Latin, duh
― fleetwood macrame (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:29 (two months ago) link
exactly, just as Jesus did before discovering America
― budo jeru, Friday, 16 February 2024 20:38 (two months ago) link
Jesus bought America, excuse me
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Friday, 16 February 2024 20:39 (two months ago) link
It's probably some relic from 18th century English apothecaries.
― The British Boy of Film Classification (Tom D.), Friday, 16 February 2024 21:08 (two months ago) link
This is the only place I've seen Rx in the UK:
https://i.imgur.com/YaH6h6p.jpg
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 16 February 2024 21:16 (two months ago) link
Indeed... I was gonna say that the Royal Trux logo makes less sense to those unfamilar with the comman usage of Rx in the US.
― Kim Kimberly, Friday, 16 February 2024 21:18 (two months ago) link