let's get with the program(me) Brits! It's ZEEEE.

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Zee's dead.

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FFS!!

It has always been Zed.

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My damn Capetown counterparts always say zed on our conf calls. Zed's dead.

And it's ROUT-er, not ROOT-er. Kthxbai.

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[video=youtube;y7Yp2L6c2KM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Yp2L6c2KM[/video]

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[QUOTE=res0nat0r;1046164]And it's ROUT-er, not ROOT-er. Kthxbai.[/QUOTE]

:lol:

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And he sp(a)t the chewing gum out, not sp(i)t the chewing gum out

And it has alway been zed and rooter

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[QUOTE=res0nat0r;1046164]And it's ROUT-er, not ROOT-er. Kthxbai.[/QUOTE]

Back home, I get chuckled at each time I say "this road looks like it's going to take hours to get home, let's take a different ROUT" and I get told, "you mean ROOT".

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Also, how about they start driving on the right side of the road? I mean, we Americans do this because, well, after all, we won.

Zee. Zee. Zee.

Oh wait, in povertyball, it's NIL. [I]NIL???[/I] (WTF?) What happened to Zero. Or is that also [I]Zed??[/I] I understand inferior societies need different words for the same concept.

Indeed.

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1046216]Also, how about they start driving on the right side of the road? I mean, we Americans do this because, well, after all, we won.[/QUOTE]

iirc, except Japan, all of the former UK colonies drive on the left of the road.

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whenever i come home, the american accent grates on my ears like nothing else...

I godda wa'er boddle.

Joo eat? No, di joo?

never heard router/rooter, but I might root her later ;)

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[QUOTE=tiddles;1046230] I godda wa'er boddle.

Joo eat? No, di joo? [/QUOTE]

^Louisiana?

What are you guys talking [U][B]aboot[/B][/U]? (says runningman) :roflmao:

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[video=youtube;YVHKg7QlV_w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVHKg7QlV_w[/video]

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Whilst were on it, aluminium not aloominum ;)

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I caaaaaan't wait to go sledging, when winta arrives, I quite enjoy playing snow balls, to my mind I do hope my sledge fits in the lift, would be a bloody shame I have got a smaller, one, but now I I will have a shower, to wash the grime of me face. I will reward myself with some sweets afterwords. I pak the ca in havad yad.

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[IMG]http://gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs2/1074266_o.gif[/IMG]

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[QUOTE=srbbnd;1046437]I caaaaaan't wait to go sledging, when winta arrives, I quite enjoy playing snow balls, to my mind I do hope my sledge fits in the lift, would be a bloody shame I have got a smaller, one, but now I I will have a shower, to wash the grime of me face. I will reward myself with some sweets afterwords. I pak the ca in havad yad.[/QUOTE]

Look.

I'm only addressing the outdated use of the word "zed"

If you want to discuss accents, then there should be a new thread awaiting me to comment how the british accent is like a redneck accent.

in fact, now that i think about it, brits are a lot like rednecks, with the difference being they don't get enough sun (and therefore cannot, in fact, have reddened necks)

does this mean i am "one cheeky cooont"?

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nah, it means you're just a stupid Yank.

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[QUOTE=tiddles;1046446]nah, it means you're just a stupid Yank.[/QUOTE]

Hmm.

By chance, is your favo(u)rite povertyball team called "Mad. U"?

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nah, not a fan of sports. i'm more into delicate morning teas with hints of jasmine and lavender. they go especially well with my boat shoes and polos with little alligators on them.

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[QUOTE=88Mariner;1046441] If you want to discuss accents, then there should be a new thread awaiting me to comment how the british accent is like a redneck accent.

[/QUOTE]

Which British accent?

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[QUOTE=tiddles;1046453] they go especially well with my boat shoes and polos with little alligators on them.[/QUOTE]

Now that basically sums up middle class America, that seems to be the uniform of choice whenever I am outside of New York. :lol:

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[QUOTE=gizze;1046522]Which British accent?[/QUOTE]

the ones in the south half of britain

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Haha, excellent.

That is like saying that the Californian accent is like Texas accent, or the New York accent is the same as the Dakota accent.

In the southern half you have Birminhgham, Leicester, Norfolk, Suffolk, London, Essex, Gloustershire, Deven, Cornwall that are all so different from each other that is is unreal.

Same up North, you have Liverpool and Manc for a start, 30 mins away and like different languages, then you have Leeds and Bradford, Newcastle and Sunderland, it goes on and on.

Interesting perception, I am the same with most US accents though, most of them make me think the person sounds a bit...well, stupid. I know this is just a perception, but I guess it is what you are saying too. Interesting.