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Well, I don't advertise my Americanism exactly, but my dialect when speaking Swedish gives it away immediately anyway. But I just tell people, when they do confront me (which is rare) about American foriegn policy, that it is not I who makes the decisions about what happens with the nation. If I did it would be a different nation indeed.

What can anyone do? However, Swedes are generally pretty USA positive in any event so it's not really an issue.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:28pm
superfido wrote: hahhahaha you know "do it our way" or get hit with a trade embargo, a U.N. sanction, or a proper bombing. yea. how does that work for you with the swedes?

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:26pm
meower wrote: what's that word mean? hahhahaha you know "do it our way" or get hit with a trade embargo, a U.N. sanction, or a proper bombing.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:17pm
superfido wrote: Yes and if we can convince them of the truths of turnips, rutabagas, and other vegetables, then it is not long before they see the truths of other things like american foriegn policy and the american style of diplomacy. what's that word mean?

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:11pm

MrsHobieJoe wrote:

superfido wrote:

That's pretty much what the Scottish lady from Glascow said. Hmm. However, I reminded her that it was the French that wrote the English language for the first time after the Norman conquest, and that it was we, the Americans who had perfected the English language to the wonderful state that it was in today. She was not especially impressed with my reasoning and if there had been an "annoying things" topic here on RP she would have undoubtedly posted that I was an annoying american twat, but alas, the forum existed naught and thus, the post was never made.

In any event, spelling??? please. Who wants a U in Color anyway?

Don't mess with a Glaswegian and never go out drinking with one.

Yes no kidding. Not to be made mad. And their allegiance to the Rangers or Celtic can only be called obsessive. They make shrines. Odd.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:10pm
BlueHeronDruid wrote: Ah. Yes. I figured this thread is where I'd find Phineas things that annoy me. I'm smart like that. Hard to put one past the Old Doodad...

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:07pm
Ah. Yes. I figured this thread is where I'd find Phineas things that annoy me. I'm smart like that.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:07pm

superfido wrote:

Don't mess with a Glaswegian and never go out drinking with one.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:05pm
superfido wrote: Who wants a U in Color anyway? It makes it more colourful. All the US-based designers here on RP are jealous of those of us in the English-speaking world outside the States. Go ahead — ask anyone!

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:04pm

superfido wrote:

That's pretty much what the Scottish lady from Glascow said. Hmm. However, I reminded her that it was the French that wrote the English language for the first time after the Norman conquest, and that it was we, the Americans who had perfected the English language to the wonderful state that it was in today. She was not especially impressed with my reasoning and if there had been an "annoying things" topic here on RP she would have undoubtedly posted that I was an annoying american twat, but alas, the forum existed naught and thus, the post was never made.

In any event, spelling??? please. Who wants a U in Color anyway?

Like, totally, dude. srsly.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 2:02pm

MrsHobieJoe wrote:

We're better at spelling though and it's our language so if we want to call bloody root vegetables swedes we will! {#Nyah}

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 1:56pm
MrsHobieJoe wrote: We're better at spelling though and it's our language so if we want to call bloody root vegetables swedes we will! How swede it is.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 1:56pm
meower wrote: sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. seriously, we americans have to inform the world. poor things, none of them know anything. Yes and if we can convince them of the truths of turnips, rutabagas, and other vegetables, then it is not long before they see the truths of other things like american foriegn policy and the american style of diplomacy.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 1:53pm

superfido wrote:

Hey, that's funny you mention that. I am a american living in sweden. I work with a scott and an australian, (as well as a bunch of swedes and another american) anyway, I just had an "argument" with the scottish lady about what a rutabaga is and what a turnip is. It seems the brittish have no real sense about these things. {#No}

We're better at spelling though and it's our language so if we want to call bloody root vegetables swedes we will! {#Nyah}

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 1:52pm

superfido wrote:

Hey, that's funny you mention that. I am a american living in sweden. I work with a scott and an australian, (as well as a bunch of swedes and another american) anyway, I just had an "argument" with the scottish lady about what a rutabaga is and what a turnip is. It seems the brittish have no real sense about these things. {#No}

sounds like the beginning of a bad joke.

seriously, we americans have to inform the world. poor things, none of them know anything.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 1:51pm
meower wrote: Exactly! I'm going to google that phrase! no, don't "google" it, for that would be impossible since it is not a verb. Look it up on google.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 1:50pm
meower wrote: are you ENGLISH? Hey, that's funny you mention that. I am a american living in sweden. I work with a scott and an australian, (as well as a bunch of swedes and another american) anyway, I just had an "argument" with the scottish lady about what a rutabaga is and what a turnip is. It seems the brittish have no real sense about these things.

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 1:48pm
Wonder Warthog played for a football team called "The Rutabagas"

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 1:47pm
superfido wrote: But if you don't have a garden, then squirrels that eat vegetables out of a garden are just kind of funny actually. and maybe that is annoying, but the irony of "one person's pissed offeness is another person's chuckle" is worth a laugh at least. Exactly! I'm going to google that phrase!

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Posted: Dec 30, 2008 - 1:45pm
bokey wrote: What's annoying is the vegetable murdering squirrels.No, actually they piss me off. But if you don't have a garden, then squirrels that eat vegetables out of a garden are just kind of funny actually. and maybe that is annoying, but the irony of "one person's pissed offeness is another person's chuckle" is worth a laugh at least.

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