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PSA: Brits, biscuits are not cookies

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preslove said:
Goddamnit people, now I want a POUND CAKE 😡 😡
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zinfamous said:
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but even you guys don't use the King's English anymore. You're already let 2 Americans onto the board of the OED, which has already seen several American phrases added to the lexicon with the most recent update.

it is inevitable.
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And soon California English will take over the world MUUWWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
Hell man, you should see the kind of shit that the Brits (minus the welsh, they're cool) try to pass off as cookies.

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Look at that crap! I wouldn't feed it to my dog.
 
Just so you guys know:

"Jag-whar" is a US mispronunciation of jaguar. I said it like that until I read and learned that it is incorrect in US and British English, then I never said it again. Just like "Porsh" and "Poor-sha" (Porsche), it is supposed to be "Jag-you-er" even here in The States and we just near-universally screw it up.

OTOH, they keep spelling words with -ise that we spell with -ize despite the official endorsement and recommendation of our spelling in their manuals and guidelines. Same goes for "programme."
 
I remember the confused look I gave a British corporal when he sauntered up with a huge smile on his face and said, "Oi sir, they've got chocolate biscuit ice cream!"

He meant cookies and cream.
 
HAL9000 said:
We won't be letting go of biscuit, jam, jelly, pavement, aluminium, etc any time soon.



One has chunks of chocolate or something in it.
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How about making these changes?

"orientated" --> "oriented"
"disorientated" --> "disoriented"

Please?

For some reason, that extra syllable REALLY bothers me.
 
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