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Old 2012-07-16, 04:27 AM   [Ignore Me] #16
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The one thing that I can't f*cking stand is the way British English often uses collective nouns as a plural, rather than as a singular
If the team IS Spain, and Spain won the game, then Spain IS the winner... not are the winners
This is interesting! I never knew this was yet another difference between British English and American English. I actually learnt a genuine thing that has nothing to do with videogames on a forum today!

Oh and while we're on it, why do you Americans need to to use a Z instead of an S in tons of words? Like analysing/analyzing, steriliser/sterilizer etc...
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Old 2012-07-16, 04:40 AM   [Ignore Me] #17
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At least one thing is noticeable to me : the difference between PS1's marketing push and PS2's is almost like night and day, I guess
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Old 2012-07-16, 04:46 AM   [Ignore Me] #18
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Hah, this! We American's call it football. The rest of the world calls what we call soccer, football.

We should also hurry up and set up the education system to ween our youth off the imperial system and into metrics, like the rest of the world.

While America is the land of the free and has some of the most innovative minds in the world, it's also ironically stuck in teaching old, dated standards.
US would be perfect if you:
stopped this soccer thing (it really is football)
started calling your 'football' rugby
forget that bas ball stuff, just allow the ball from the pitcher to bounce (ie pitch) and call it cricket
start drinking warm beer

oh and *keep* feet, inches, ounces and pounds - that's civilised.



Fahrenheit is good too.



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Old 2012-07-16, 04:57 AM   [Ignore Me] #19
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Originally Posted by HEISTT View Post
Oh and while we're on it, why do you Americans need to to use a Z instead of an S in tons of words? Like analysing/analyzing, steriliser/sterilizer etc...
Americans also seem intent on omitting the letter U from words like colour, flavour, odour etc. Whats up with that?
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Old 2012-07-16, 04:59 AM   [Ignore Me] #20
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start drinking warm beer

Oh boy here we go

Originally Posted by Carnage View Post
Of this I approve, as China is closer to Australia then the USA... and I need a good ping.
Our ping to the west coast of the US is usually better
I hope you are polishing up on your Mandarin and Cantonese
or maybe you are Kevin Rudd in disguise in which case you would prefer to play on a Chinese server.

I think the cues would potentially be longer too >.<
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Old 2012-07-16, 05:09 AM   [Ignore Me] #21
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Originally Posted by ringring View Post
US would be perfect if you:
stopped this soccer thing (it really is football)
started calling your 'football' rugby
forget that bas ball stuff, just allow the ball from the pitcher to bounce (ie pitch) and call it cricket
start drinking warm beer

oh and *keep* feet, inches, ounces and pounds - that's civilised.



Fahrenheit is good too.



stopped this soccer thing (it really is football) - 100% agree
started calling your 'football' rugby - I disagree. Theres too much padding and safety gear to call it Rugby!
forget that baseball stuff, just allow the ball from the pitcher to bounce (ie pitch) and call it cricket - or just call it Rounders, make the bat smaller and only allow batters to hold the bat with one hand when they swing
start drinking warm beer - Bombardier, London Pride or Spitfire, beautiful!
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Old 2012-07-16, 10:45 AM   [Ignore Me] #22
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Originally Posted by ringring View Post
US would be perfect if you:
oh and *keep* feet, inches, ounces and pounds - that's civilised.

Fahrenheit is good too.

Holy crap, still stuck in the stone age, eh? Good luck with science, you chuckleheads you!
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Old 2012-07-16, 10:48 AM   [Ignore Me] #23
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Originally Posted by ringring View Post
US would be perfect if you:
stopped this soccer thing (it really is football)
started calling your 'football' rugby
forget that bas ball stuff, just allow the ball from the pitcher to bounce (ie pitch) and call it cricket
start drinking warm beer

oh and *keep* feet, inches, ounces and pounds - that's civilised.



Fahrenheit is good too.



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Old 2012-07-16, 10:52 AM   [Ignore Me] #24
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Originally Posted by Mr DeCastellac View Post
I'm American, but come on. The entire rest of the world calls it football, which makes sense.

Football: You kick a ball with your foot.

(American) Football: You carry and throw a lemon.

I like the term hand-egg, though the pigskin isn't really egg-shaped. Still makes more sense :P

ANYWAYS, don't correct people for using terminology that's correct in every country but ours. xD
American Football's name comes from Rugby Football, which can be followed all the way back to the 1600's. Eventually rules such as 4 downs and a line of scrimmage were added, and there you have it, Football. Rugby also doesn't use a ball, but you can kick the ball through the goal with your foot, or run across the line, with your feet.

"Soccer" is actually a preservation of the original name of Futball, which was taken from the word asSOCitation. It became "soccer" amongst the lower classes, and "football" amongst the upper classes. So you can thank America for preserving history!

As for the OP, Drogba as a marketing push.. oh China..

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Old 2012-07-16, 11:04 AM   [Ignore Me] #25
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Can we please stop bickering about language and just accept that when you're using English, English terminology is always correct even when logically in-defencable? Thanks
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Old 2012-07-16, 11:44 AM   [Ignore Me] #26
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Of this I approve, as China is closer to Australia then the USA... and I need a good ping.
Better get started learning Chinese then, because that's what everyone will use on Voice Chat.
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Old 2012-07-16, 12:09 PM   [Ignore Me] #27
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This was a huge stunt and its gonna pull alot of English and Chinese people to the game glad the9 knows what its doing in advertising
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Old 2012-07-16, 12:22 PM   [Ignore Me] #28
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Is it me, or China trying to use PS2 to one up on Korea in gaming obsession?
More than 50% of the world's population of PC gamers live in China. They're already WAY more than one up on everybody else.
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This is actually really exciting (if you follow soccer). The term PlanetSide 2 has now been seen by millions in China.
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Old 2012-07-16, 12:30 PM   [Ignore Me] #30
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This is actually really exciting (if you follow soccer). The term PlanetSide 2 has now been seen by millions in China.
So about 0.5% of the population then? BOOYAH!!
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