I bet who doesn't know how much a gallon of water weighs either.she "can't visualize how big a kilo of water is" <facepalm>
I bet who doesn't know how much a gallon of water weighs either.she "can't visualize how big a kilo of water is" <facepalm>
BTW, aren't you glad the U.S. defined the inch as 2.54cm, replacing the ENGLISH definition of "3 barley corns"?
I bet who doesn't know how much a gallon of water weighs either.
I bet who doesn't know how much a gallon of water weighs either.
hmmm... bit before my time, but from what I have read, whilst the American contribution to victory was not insubstantial, there were a bunch of other countries involved! But you guys did help us a lot in the pacific region - for which successive Aussie generations will be (should be) eternally grateful.The answer is that we won the war, so there!
Seriously though, I'm going to use the same logic against England. Why on Earth do you insist on driving on the incorrect side of the road, and in cars that cost significantly more to make for your market because the steering apparatus is on the wrong side?
It is very simple: Britain, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Australia are islands while mainland countries in Africa, Asia and South America that still do so are former colonies and were forced into it by their British oppressors.
Romad: rather than being "forced into it", I suspect that our preferred driver's side was just a casual consequence of the habits of the original convicts and their captors that first settled here (i.e. horse drawn vehicles). Do you know if the US always drove on the other side (i.e. In the real early days), or was there a deliberate shift in where you drove at some point in your history?
Looks like the first law mandating it was by the State of Pennsylvania in 1792.
Hmm... don't all good things come out of Pennsylvania?
Ehhh.... no.
It just happens to be one of the oldest political, financial and cultural centres in America.
Philadelphia was once the capital of the country.
Jake: I must respectfully bow to better understanding of American history (albeit now that you have raised the matter, I will try to find-out why Philadelphia lost out to Washington DC - I bet it had something to do with political compromise).
I bet who doesn't know how much a gallon of water weighs either.
Touché - good point . I'm beaten by your better argument albeit I'm not sure that I would characterise "the wrong side" as an accurate description. Rather, I think the better way of putting it might be "the other side". Perhaps with the eventual globalisation of everything, we will all adopt the common systems and we will just become an amorphous mass of sameness!
my reference to "all good things coming out of Pennsylvania" referred to that legendary and universally loved institution that resides at 881 Sumneytown Pike Lansdale !! From what I hear, they make some pretty nifty stuff there!!
Didn't I see Jake's signature on the Declaration of Independence?
I stand by my "wrong side" description, because I was nearly killed more than once simply crossing the road.
Oy-vey, oo-vey, oo-veh, pick one dammit.Oy-Vey!
Nice find. I had looked around on Youtube for a bit but I'll swear the one guy I found who introduced himself regularly said it two different ways. My next grand plan was to wait until late at night and then call his office and listen to his voicemail greeting.And will someone PM me the proper way to pronounce Uwe's name? I was going sheep all the way.
Edit: NM! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLaZNpS6_Ek
I think I can hack that, but I can imagine you're right about consistency. That -veh is a sound English speakers can generate easily enough ("veteran", etc) but I can't think of any words offhand that end like that. It feels a little forced for some reason. I shall practice!Yeah, that's pretty good, except that most native English speakers can listen to that a hundred times and still don't get it right, at least not consistently.
Philadelphia was once the capital of the country.
Didn't I see Jake's signature on the Declaration of Independence?
Seriously though, I believe the reason for DC being selected as the Capitol was the founding fathers wanting to *not* have it located in any specific state. The District of Columbia is not a state, and doesn't have a vote in Congress (although it does have a Congresscritter who can participate but not vote). Don't miss the irony of "taxation without representation" being one of the great rally cries that stirred the Revolutionary War, and then we arranged our own federal government that taxes the people of DC and doesn't give them votes in Congress.....
My next grand plan was to wait until late at night and then call his office and listen to his voicemail greeting.
That -veh is a sound English speakers can generate easily enough ("veteran", etc) but I can't think of any words offhand that end like that.
My next grand plan was to wait until late at night and then call his office and listen to his voicemail greeting.