Miss Caphat
I want it that way
Hmm?
Americans: why don't you use kettles?
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Hmm?
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Omaha is a beach in France.
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
People do seem to love Tide! I don't buy it cause it seems pricey to me. I kind of feel the same way about British goods, that we have more brands to choose from but maybe it just seems that way when you're a foreigner and just keep seeing or hearing about a few of the same brands?
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Are we allowed to say that anymore? Or is it more a friendly colloquialism in the US than it is in the UK? Kraut would seem a bit un-pc in the UK I reckon but maybe not so in America. Like 'Spook' is fine in the UK but a bit racialist in the USA..? (Hence the TV show 'Spooks' being called 'MI5' in America)
I didn't know that about the word 'spooks' being viewed differently in the US - is it linked to the KKK in the US, or something like that? Would make sense if it was I suppose, given they look like they're wearing fancy-dress shop ghost outfits.
skyscraper101
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Think its a derogatory term for black people but in the UK it simply means 'secret agent'
I noticed the word got edited out of Back to the Future the last time I saw it too
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
Spooks refer to black people, not KKK and is totally unacceptable, and I'd be shocked to hear it was ok in the UK in that context
skyscraper101
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It's not ok when used to describe black people obviously, but it isn't used like that in the UK. A spook is just a spy, albeit a slang term you don't often hear used in everyday conversation.
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
That's random.what's the Nebraska sudan connection?
Catholic Social Services and meat packing plants. Its easy for a new immigrant with limited skills to get a job (although a crappy one.)
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I was once told that it's supposed to be ironic, given that spooks (ghosts) are traditionally white.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
The popular US board game, Parcheesi, is virtually unknown in the UK. Many of us hear the word in American films, but if people think about it at all, they probably think it's just nonsense syllables.
I discovered it was a board game a few years back and tried to find it in the UK. It was unavailable anywhere. When ebay arose, I took the opportunity of buying a copy from an American vendor. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it has become a family favourite. We often introduce it to friends, none of whom have encountered it before, but all enjoy it.
Although superficially similar to the rather boring UK board game, Ludo, Parcheesi has more content, more tactics, more involvement. Both are derived from the same Indian ancestor, but the US game is - to my mind - far superior.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
Are we allowed to say that anymore? Or is it more a friendly colloquialism in the US than it is in the UK? Kraut would seem a bit un-pc in the UK I reckon but maybe not so in America. Like 'Spook' is fine in the UK but a bit racialist in the USA..? (Hence the TV show 'Spooks' being called 'MI5' in America)
My mother's family is Bavarian. So I figure its a term of endearment. I've never heard of the cops stopping you for being German and tazering your ass (or worse).
"Spook" is completely unacceptable.
wtfftw
melting like a toastie
Really? It's never occurred to me to heat one. What sides the jelly do?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
why didn't you just post 'plastics' you nob. Boston Irish go back as long as London Irish and whichever pocket of place the diaspora through deliberately unaided famine and wars that have depopulated Ireland historically. Who are you to call on someones 'irishness or' or not. Have a word
skyscraper101
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I'm guessing then the word 'Kraut' probably doesn't have the same negative xenophobic/sport hooliganism affiliations in the US than it has in the UK. I personally wouldn't use it in the UK for those reasons anyway. Interesting.
I'd never use the word spook in America, cos I know it's completely unacceptable.
I might be wrong so apologies if so, but isn't there a similar thing in Australia where 'paki' is just considered Aussie slang in the same vein as 'barbie' or 'tinnie' or 'aussie' (such is the penchant to abbreviate stuff like this in Australia), but you'd never say that in the UK unless you were a total racist. Or maybe I'm mis-remembering?
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Rice cookers are only useful to people who largely don't own hobs. . . say, Japanese people. Use nabe.Firstly most Americans don't make any of those things you listed for breakfast and if they do they use whistling tea kettles. It's really not complicated.
The equivalent might be asking your average UK or US person why on earth they don't have an electronic rice cooker. It's because there's no need to have another appliance taking up valuable kitchen space when the thing it's used for is used infrequently.
As far as a coffee buzz, I really don't know what to say to that...does caffeine not affect British people?
And no, I've never had a coffee buzz, and I certainly have not had any of the effects seen in Garfield cartoons or on friends or wherever. Nationwide placebo.
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
packy in the eastern US is slang for package store (US version of off - license) and has no racial associations. Not sure about the Aussie thing
And no, kraut has no negative connotations here as far as I know
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I've had more than a buzz off too much coffee. Been positively whirring.
skyscraper101
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woa..I didn't know that. If you said I'm going down the 'packy shop' in the UK (which could very well be the off-licence) that would be totally.not.cool whatsoever.
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
I know plenty of people, mostly SE Asians who own rice cookers even though they have fully functional "hobs" because they eat rice with most meals and it's really convenient. For most people who don't eat rice with most meals it's just a thing that would take up counter space. Not sure why there's this insistence on trying to convince people with different cultures in terms of food and beverage that they need something or other just because it suits your own particular needs
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
I know that, but I had never heard it in that context before talking to people from the UK
skyscraper101
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I'd love a rice cooker. They always seem to make rice better than my attempts in the saucepan.
kittyP
Pluviophile
Do adults drink squash?
Badgers and I get through loads of squash.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I've only had it once in some café in Chatsworth (big toff estate in Derbyshire).
The jelly turns into a delicious gravy.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Not sure why there's this insistence on trying to convince people with different cultures in terms of food and beverage that they need something or other just because it suits your own particular needs
Not having a kettle though. Even in prison they let you have a kettle. Basically your whole country is not as good as prison is in this country.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Children!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Because this is Urban and it's almost the most amount of fun you can have on the internet.I know plenty of people, mostly SE Asians who own rice cookers even though they have fully functional "hobs" because they eat rice with most meals and it's really convenient. For most people who don't eat rice with most meals it's just a thing that would take up counter space. Not sure why there's this insistence on trying to convince people with different cultures in terms of food and beverage that they need something or other just because it suits your own particular needs
Miss Caphat
I want it that way
Yeah I'd like one too... But then you have to clean all the parts and it seems like a hassle & whatnot
