What came first; the chicken or the egg?

gofridge would ask him where he hid Steve Kahng's body.

I wouldn't ask him anything...

...I'd steal his iPod.

Hmmm, i noticed his taste in music isn't all that worthwhile...

I didn't actualy meet him, but I did see him walking towards the lobby of the Cupertino Campus.

I'd ask him if he finally has bought furniture for his mansion...

I'd ask him to tell Schiller to challenge Ballmer to a wrestling match.

What's with the beard, Santa?

"just what is with the turtlenecks?"

Begin every question with, "And one more thing ..."

I would ask him to say "pussy".

Oh wait. That's Sean Connery.

I would TELL him it's pronounced JAG-WAHR, not Jag-wire.

And tell him to sell a two-button mouse!

See, even you can't get it right. Stupid Americans. It's jag-yoo-ar.

"Do you ever read MacNN forums?"
"And one more thing....are you secretly Zimphire?"

I would probably just need to have take time to get to know him first.

Eat it, Brit.

I'd convince/coerce him into switching Command-N back to "New Folder".

tooki

If he would go fishing with me

I'd ask him to get off my nuts.

Oooh, touchy.

not really. who says it is supposed to be pronounced jag-you-are? from the dictionaries that i have seen your way is the secondary pronunciation. also, why do you redcoats pronounce aluminum with an extra syllable? and why is methane so hard for you to say properly?

Because we spell it Aluminium, which is also the official IUPAC spelling of the element.

Humphry Davy originally proposed alumium for the name of this then-undiscovered metal, but four years later decided to change the name to
aluminum. This change was accepted in America, but questioned in Britain because it did not conform to the -ium suffix precedent set by potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and strontium (all discovered by Davy).

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium

As for me-thane (Meth-ane), you are not as stupid as we are with pronouncing things in seemingly random ways!

The whole date format thing is the only anoying thing really. Having to input dates to check which way round the month and day are in web forms. month, day being british originally... Scallions? what the hell are they? Spring onions if you're wondering. I allways think they are some exotic sea food. Or somehow pirate related.

They are two separate, evolving languages. American English sounds like what is is, an amalgamation of Irish, English, German, Scottish and a host of other european languages. At least to me anyway.
English English is becoming more heavily influenced by American English these days

Get over it already, jesus christ.

NERD-ONIA!

Can you be more specific on how to pronounce Jaguar? I don't understand how to say it with how you are trying to sound it out. (I don't want to go around saying it wrong)

[QUOTE]Originally posted by monkpea:
[B]Because we spell it Aluminium, which is also the official IUPAC spelling of the element.

Humphry Davy originally proposed alumium for the name of this then-undiscovered metal, but four years later decided to change the name to
aluminum. This change was accepted in America, but questioned in Britain because it did not conform to the -ium suffix precedent set by potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and strontium (all discovered by Davy).

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium

As for me-thane (Meth-ane), you are not as stupid as we are with pronouncing things in seemingly random ways!

The whole date format thing is the only anoying thing really. Having to input dates to check which way round the month and day are in web forms. month, day being british originally... And water, if I ask for a glass of war-ta I often get a black stare, and have to mimic the american wahdr. Scallions? what the hell are they? Spring onions if you're wondering. I allways think they are some exotic sea food. Or somehow pirate related.

They are two separate, evolving languages. American English sounds like what is is, an amalgamation of Irish, English, German, Scottish and a host of other european languages. At least to me anyway. Probably closer to the english spoken in England quite while back.
English English is becoming more heavily influenced by American English these days in some ways. Init?

I was half right... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_english

Wikipidea 'Rocks!'

I, in England, would pronounce Jaguar: Jag-you-are. Or perhaps: Jag-you-ah, if it was in the middle of a sentence.

Can I have your babies?

No uhh... I'd probably ask him, "So... wanna go for coffee, I'll buy" That say you can get into more stuff... eventually I'd find out what he believes, that sorta thing, I just like getting to know people on more than superficial levels.

No doubt that American English is a bastardized version of English English. It has had a few hundred years to evolve and has become something unique and laughable at times. I wonder what it will be like in another 20-30 years. Maybe we will all be speaking in pops and clicks. I have thought the exact same thing about scallions. Sounds like small scallops to me. Arghh! I guess I just took offense at the idiotic "stupid American" comment. I have traveled in Europe 3 times and really enjoy the different cultures. The UK was my favorite (I refuse to add the "u") place to travel and I thought the people were wonderful. I met some of the nicest people while spending time in Bath. I have English, Irish, French and Italian relatives. I am also related to George Soule who came over on the Mayflower. The history of Europe amazes me. I can't believe there are pubs that are older than the US.
Sorry about the rambling and possible grammatical errors. I have a few watered-down American beers in me.

What he was thinking!