I would just like to take this opportunity to quote Eddie Izzard.
Now I just wanna talk quickly about language, and then we can all go. Yeah, language. They do say Britain and America are two countries separated by the Atlantic Ocean, and it's true. No, they say, "two countries separated by a common language," that's the line; it's an Oscar Wilde line, I think. And we do pronounce things in a different way, like you say "caterpillar" and we say "caterpillar," and you say "aluminum" and we say "aluminium." You say, "centrifigal" and we say "centri-fuuugal." You say, "leisure" and we say "lizuray." You say "baysil" and we say "bahsil." You say "'erbs" and we say "herbs," because there's a fucking "H" in it.But you spell through "thru," and I'm with you on that, 'cause we spell it "thruff," and that's trying to cheat at Scrabble.
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Date: 2004-03-19 04:43 am (UTC)Now I just wanna talk quickly about language, and then we can all go. Yeah, language. They do say Britain and America are two countries separated by the Atlantic Ocean, and it's true. No, they say, "two countries separated by a common language," that's the line; it's an Oscar Wilde line, I think. And we do pronounce things in a different way, like you say "caterpillar" and we say "caterpillar," and you say "aluminum" and we say "aluminium." You say, "centrifigal" and we say "centri-fuuugal." You say, "leisure" and we say "lizuray." You say "baysil" and we say "bahsil." You say "'erbs" and we say "herbs," because there's a fucking "H" in it.But you spell through "thru," and I'm with you on that, 'cause we spell it "thruff," and that's trying to cheat at Scrabble.