How come Americans can't pronounce 'herb'?

[Dillinger22]

'erb'?

What's all that about?

[Drox]

Evolutionary linguistics.

Look that shit up bro!

[Midnight Sun]

go choke on a scrotum :)

[Gantz Graf]

Yeah, it's weird. At one point I was even convinced that was the proper way to pronounce it (was told so by someone, and I believed it).

[Rainycity]

how come people from the uk cant pronouce shit. ELLO

[Haiti's Space Agency]

I'll be over here enjoying my high standard of living and you can go ahead and have you correctly pronounced words.

[Σnigma]

How come the Europeans can't colonize in the Western Hemisphere?

Oh that's right, because we're fucking American.

[Tedward]

Tomato, Ketchup.. s'all the same.

[sevenTwo]

Canada is the only country that speaks English properly. Except for those Newfies.

[Powdered Toast Man please]

we say it both ways where im from.

[Yggdrasil]

Yeah, it's weird. At one point I was even convinced that was the proper way to pronounce it (was told so by someone, and I believed it).

Seriously, the 'h' isn't silent? :confused::confused:

Canada is the only country that speaks English properly. Except for those Newfies.

Ei'm soooorry, ei doun't knouw what you're talking abooooout. ;)

[JustAnotherAsshole]

It's called an accent. Get over it, dickbrain.

[Vargus]

It's 'erb.' We aren't the goddamned French.

[Twisted]

New Zealanders have the best accent in the world ever

[Yggdrasil]

New Zealanders have the best accent in the world ever

Never met/heard a Kiwi speak. How would they pronounce herb?

[Miaow]

Seriously, the 'h' isn't silent? :confused::confused:


No, absolutely not.
There are people in this thread talking about English people being shit since they're the ones notorious for not pronouncing H's at the start of words.
If Americans honestly think the H is supposed to be silent, then I'd be willing to say George W. Bush maybe was a good representation for intelligence in America.

/Grammar-Nazi anger

[Mantikore]

I dont give a dead moose's last shit about how its pronounced. Seriously, as long as you understand what theyre saying, there shouldnt be any trouble.

you guys are just being anal :mad:

[Illegal Immigrant]

How come people from whatever the fuck country you are from are retards who reproduce purely by incest?

[Dose Me]

At least where I am in American we say the "h" in Herb when its someone's first name

Herb Finklehorn - pronnounced with the "H" in tact


When you're talking about plant matter, we leave the "h" off making it "erb"

[ZeroMalarki]

How come the Europeans can't colonize in the Western Hemisphere?

Oh that's right, because we're fucking American.

That doesn't even make sense.

They did colonize in the Western Hemisphere.

White Americans come from European stock and the blacks are only there because the Europeans put them there.

[Slapshot]

This is how I pronounce it...
http://www.chimpout.com/forum/imagehosting/32034a85865f0c748.jpg

[JustAnotherAsshole]

This is how I pronounce it...
http://www.chimpout.com/forum/imagehosting/32034a85865f0c748.jpg

I didn't figure you for a smoker.

[Slapshot]

I didn't figure you for a smoker.

That's inventory. I indulge every now and then.

[The Cheshire Cat]

I'm getting so sick and tired of this US vs. UK vs. * bullshit. You have a problem with another country take the shit to B&M.

[tweezed]

you guys are just being anal

No, they love getting anal.

[Fly Guy ARB]

This is how I pronounce it...
http://www.chimpout.com/forum/imagehosting/32034a85865f0c748.jpg

You really really need to come to Canada and smuggle weed across the border. That weed looks like the epitome of swag, the kind that gives you headaches and makes you tired.

[Slapshot]

You really really need to come to Canada and smuggle weed across the border. That weed looks like the epitome of swag, the kind that gives you headaches and makes you tired.

It is schwag, and I don't smoke that shit. Like I said, it's inventory. I sell what people buy.

[Shaggy]

Are you trying to say it isn't 'erb? Cause if so you need to go rethink your options brah.

[Fly Guy ARB]

It is schwag, and I don't smoke that shit. Like I said, it's inventory. I sell what people buy.

Word. Smart. Dumb niggers.

[water bottle]

It's usually pronounced with a hard "h" here in BC, but I really don't care how someone pronounces it.

If I may address the question posed in the title: Americans can't pronounce herb because they are all fat, ignorant, arrogant, idiotic and inferior people :rolleyes:. This UK vs USA shit is just so fucking dumb and it really just makes you look like you have an inferiority complex.

And where's the Canada vs Australia threads :(?

Canada is the only country that speaks English properly. Except for those Newfies.

Listen to this wise man.

[bigfoot]

And where's the Canada vs Australia threads :(?


with J ROC?

[slm33d]

you guys are just banging anal :mad:

:rofl:

[Trix Are For Kids]

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herb

In the U.S. it's properly pronounced without the h, in UK it's properly pronounced with the h, but hey, you guys had the best military in the world and still lost to us,:D so I think our way should be right.

[patton]

You guys do realize that there's technically no "correct" way to pronounce a word right?
It's whatever society makes of it.
Just like there's no technical definition of words.
For example, a long time "gay" meant happy. But society took it and shifted its meaning to mean "homosexual" and now the word gay does in fact mean homosexual.
Words and pronounciations of words are totally up to the society that uses them.

With that said...
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH
COMING AGAIN TO SAVE THE MOTHERFUCKING DAY YEAH
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH
FREEDOM IS THE ONLY WAY YEAH
TERRORISTS YOUR GAME IS TRHOUGH CUS NOW YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH
SO LICK MY BUTT AND SUCK ON MY BALLS
AMERICA, FUCK YEAH
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN WE COME FOR YOU NOW

[Angry Blue Bird of Death]

Cause Americans are stupid.

[Manifesto]

It's 'erb.' We aren't the goddamned French.

IRONY FAIL.

[ILTST]

We pronounce herb as erb because it's the correct way to pronounce it here. lol britfags.

[kitteh]

lol, i wondered this too...

herb sounds better :)

[Slave of the Beast]

Americans speak through their noses*; ever tried pronouncing h's through your nose?

It's fucking difficult I tell you.

*Occasionally they talk out of their asses, it's these ones that Americans usually vote into the Oval Orifice.

[mr.blunt]

I say it with a soft 'h' most of the time I'm sober, but when I'm drunk it usually just comes out as slurred 'eeeerrrrbbbb.

[Audenaert]

An audible h is used in British English, while the silent h is used in American English. Either could be considered correct, it's all a matter of which you prefer.

[Mutant Funk Drink]

'erb'?

What's all that about?

Incorrect. We can pronounce it as 'herb'. At some point down the line, we just decided not to.

[a giant pterodactyl]

how come people from the uk cant pronouce shit. ELLO

ELLO GOVNA!!! why does the REST of the world suck balls. America took a language called English and made it a real live functional language.

all the while the brits were over there on there island butchering the English language " bbababalllahaa hoohaa ninny nah toodles cheerio doogle swatzing ello govna" horseshit."

[Clue]

Because I don't talk out of my ass like you do Dillinger22

[Irukanji]

Because the h is silent in american spelling.

But srsly, the yanks need to wake up and pronounce shit how it's spellt.

[Manifesto]

Because the h is silent in american spelling.

But srsly, the yanks need to wake up and pronounce shit how it's spellt.

:rolleyes: Colour?

[jackketch]

I have oft pondered this too.

But does anything the americans do or say make any kind of sense? Especially in the kitchen? Hell they are all too poor to buy a set of kitchen scales and can't work out how to use anything more complex than a 'cup'. Which probably explains a lot about their cuisine.

[mxs]

why the fuck do you care, seriously, if you get annoyed by how americans pronounce you probably have a stick in your bum

[Sookie]

I have oft pondered this too.

But does anything the americans do or say make any kind of sense? Especially in the kitchen? Hell they are all too poor to buy a set of kitchen scales and can't work out how to use anything more complex than a 'cup'. Which probably explains a lot about their cuisine.

Everyone should convert to Fahrenheit and inches.
There. I said it.

But really, the "h" is silent. That's just how it is. How come youse don't say "glam-o-you-rous" or "hyoo-you-mor"? That's right. They're silent. (Those were bad examples.)

[LiquidIce]

Who could give a fuck?

I once met american tourists in Glasgow and I asked them for directions, figuring they'd have a map. They said "We're Americans" and "Ohio" about 5 times during that conversation. And it turned out they have a simple map, like the ones they give out at carnivals or something so I was fucked.

[Audenaert]

Who could give a fuck?

I once met american tourists in Glasgow and I asked them for directions, figuring they'd have a map. They said "We're Americans" and "Ohio" about 5 times during that conversation. And it turned out they have a simple map, like the ones they give out at carnivals or something so I was fucked.

This is the funniest thing I have read all day, but I am sorry you were screwed in the end.

[Serious Business]

'erb'?

What's all that about?

dont even get me started on you british fucktards.

[HippieTrippie]

lol, i wondered this too...

herb sounds better :)

No it doesn't, but you see we Americans love our silent letters almost as much as the French. Dumb, thumb, herb, Gnome, gnat, know, etc, etc.

[random_guy]

Where I'm from we say erb r herb

By the way. I hate how all you Europeans bitch and moan that American's are not as smart as you are but most major inventions came from America. Not to mention we fucked you brits up then some half century later you came back and we fucked you up again. You Europeans are all pussies.

Watch some English film and you cannot understand a god damn word, because you guys do not speak English at all. Your slang is horrible to say the least. Your nearly impossible to understand unless you concentrate like a mother fucker.

Another question why do Europeans think your better than Americans? The only answer that seems realistic is jealousy, you act like your better because your jealous. It's better over here, food taste better, the people are prettier, we're more athletic, we're smarter, and we're tougher. Fuck all Europeans, I have hated you fucks since I was born and I'll never stop..



Edit: Plus you all have ugly ass fucking yellow teeth.
Also this probably bounces around a lot because I was ranting

http://www.upstateforums.com/upload2/american-flag-screensaver.jpg

[T.K. Baha]

You socialists cant say aluminum, vitamin, and confuse things like elevators cigarettes and potato chips so I don't wanna hear it.

[Lord hang man]

I thought that was how the english say herb :confused: whatever Americans are stunned, as well. :D

[LiquidIce]

Where I'm from we say erb r herb

By the way. I hate how all you Europeans bitch and moan that American's are not as smart as you are but most major inventions came from America. Not to mention we fucked you brits up then some half century later you came back and we fucked you up again. You Europeans are all pussies.

Watch some English film and you cannot understand a god damn word, because you guys do not speak English at all. Your slang is horrible to say the least. Your nearly impossible to understand unless you concentrate like a mother fucker.

Another question why do Europeans think your better than Americans? The only answer that seems realistic is jealousy, you act like your better because your jealous. It's better over here, food taste better, the people are prettier, we're more athletic, we're smarter, and we're tougher. Fuck all Europeans, I have hated you fucks since I was born and I'll never stop..



Edit: Plus you all have ugly ass fucking yellow teeth.
Also this probably bounces around a lot because I was ranting

http://www.upstateforums.com/upload2/american-flag-screensaver.jpg

If you wanna get started on saying how much the USA is better than the rest of the world, why not mention that 1/3 of americans, your brothers and sisters, can't do a single pullup or a few easy pushups because they are so horribly obese? Anyways, don't troll here, this is supposed to be about language, not yellow teeth an' all.

[Mutant Funk Drink]

If you wanna get started on saying how much the USA is better than the rest of the world, why not mention that 1/3 of americans, your brothers and sisters, can't do a single pullup or a few easy pushups because they are so horribly obese? Anyways, don't troll here, this is supposed to be about language, not yellow teeth an' all.

The obesity problem is bullshit. 1/3 of us do not look like this:

http://drjanephilpott.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/obese-woman-460x276.jpg

The BMI(body mass index) is also incredibly outdated.

[jackketch]

but most major inventions came from America.

They do??! Interesting view you have on history you have there.

Lightbulbs? German.

Telegraph? German.

Petrol Engine? German.

Xrays? German.

The WWW? Brit.

Aeroplanes? Brit.

Computers? Brit.

Antibiotics? Brit

Television? Brit.

Diesel engine? Brit.

[Audenaert]

They do??! Interesting view you have on history you have there.
Lightbulbs? German.
Telegraph? German.
Petrol Engine? German.
Xrays? German.
The WWW? Brit.
Aeroplanes? Brit.
Computers? Brit.
Antibiotics? Brit
Television? Brit.
Diesel engine? Brit.

The States made a lot of great inventions as well, actually. Baseball, bifocals, motorcycles, jeans, the QWERTY keyboard layout, machine gun, coca cola, electric traffic lights, gas mask, video games, cable television, cordless phones, even the first bread slicing machine. :)

Actually I think they may have made the first digital computer as well, but I'm not 100% positive.

[jackketch]

The States made a lot of great inventions as well, actually. Baseball, bifocals, motorcycles, jeans, the QWERTY keyboard layout, machine gun, coca cola, electric traffic lights, gas mask, video games, cable television, cordless phones, even the first bread slicing machine. :)

Actually I think they may have made the first digital computer as well, but I'm not 100% positive.

Agreed, the US has given birth to many great inventions. Hell the internet itsself is pretty much an american invention (ARPANET) I just question the 'most' bit of the original post on the topic.

[jackketch]

Oh btw, baseball isn't an American invention. It's a british girls game called 'rounders'.

Motorbikes are a German invention.

Jeans are a french invention (the clue is in the name 'denim' btw).

Machine guns are a Brit invention.

[Mutant Funk Drink]

They do??! Interesting view you have on history you have there.

Lightbulbs? German.

Some say it was Edison. Some say it was Davy. Some say it was Tesla. Either way, it was not invented by Germans. Edison was also born in the states.
http://www.unmuseum.org/lightbulb.htm

Telegraph? German.
The electric telegraph was originally invented by the Spanish. Seems to have been improved upon by many other people of different ethnicities. Perfected by a German, and made more practical by Samuel Morse.(American)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_telegraph


Petrol Engine? German.
The first internal combustion engine was invented by the Swiss.
Many others, including Germans, worked on various internal combustion engines. An Austrian man, Siegfried Marcus, invented the first engine to burn gasoline. The first engine to use direct gasoline-injection with spark ignition was invented by a Swiss man of the name Jonas Hesselman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_internal_combustion_engine

Xrays? German.
Wilhelm Röntgen(german) discovered and invented the use of X-rays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Conrad_R%C3%B6ntgen#Discovery_of_x-rays

The WWW? Brit.
Invented by Brits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web

Aeroplanes? Brit.
Looks like it was invented by a Brit, but his designs were somewhat flawed, apparently. Obviously he may not have foreseen the use and practicality of flight because there's an almost 50 year gap between his first flight and that of the Wright Brothers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane#History

Computers? Brit.
Seems the idea of computing was invented by a Brit, but even back then a mechanical computer wasn't practical and his idea remained in hypothesis.
The first electronic computer was invented by Americans in 1939.
http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/who-invented-the-first-computer

Antibiotics? Brit
No, invented by an American. Just perfected by Brits.
http://www.enotes.com/history-fact-finder/medicine-disease/when-were-antibiotics-invented

Television? Brit.
The first Cathode Ray Tube was invented by an American. I Russian in 1895 proved that it was possible to transmit pictures over wires. He was also involved in inventing the mechanical scanning TV. The American invention has been used for many decades.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_the_television

Diesel engine? Brit.
The Diesel engine was invented by Rudolf Diesel, a German.
http://www.answers.com/topic/rudolf-diesel




Yes, I was really bored. :mad:

[jackketch]

Some say it was Edison. Some say it was Davy. Some say it was Tesla. Either way, it was not invented by Germans. Edison was also born in the states.
http://www.unmuseum.org/lightbulb.htm


The electric telegraph was originally invented by the Spanish. Seems to have been improved upon by many other people of different ethnicities. Perfected by a German, and made more practical by Samuel Morse.(American)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_telegraph


The first internal combustion engine was invented by the Swiss.
Many others, including Germans, worked on various internal combustion engines. An Austrian man, Siegfried Marcus, invented the first engine to burn gasoline. The first engine to use direct gasoline-injection with spark ignition was invented by a Swiss man of the name Jonas Hesselman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_internal_combustion_engine


Wilhelm Röntgen(german) discovered and invented the use of X-rays.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Conrad_R%C3%B6ntgen#Discovery_of_x-rays


Invented by Brits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web


Looks like it was invented by a Brit, but his designs were somewhat flawed, apparently. Obviously he may not have foreseen the use and practicality of flight because there's an almost 50 year gap between his first flight and that of the Wright Brothers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane#History

Seems the idea of computing was invented by a Brit, but even back then a mechanical computer wasn't practical and his idea remained in hypothesis.
The first electronic computer was invented by Americans in 1939.
http://www.bigsiteofamazingfacts.com/who-invented-the-first-computer


No, invented by an American. Just perfected by Brits.
http://www.enotes.com/history-fact-finder/medicine-disease/when-were-antibiotics-invented

The first Cathode Ray Tube was invented by an American. I Russian in 1895 proved that it was possible to transmit pictures over wires. He was also involved in inventing the mechanical scanning TV. The American invention has been used for many decades.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_invented_the_television


The Diesel engine was invented by Rudolf Diesel, a German.
http://www.answers.com/topic/rudolf-diesel




Yes, I was really bored. :mad:

Yes you were really bored weren't you? Ok the first thing is it is almost impossible, a lot of the time, to say with any certainty who invented what, when and where.

That aside, if you check further you will find that the light bulb was indeed a German invention (Heinrich Göbel).The very first internal combustion engine was designed by a dutch gardener some 300 years ago-problem was he thought gunpowder would be a suitable fuel.

Diesel is a strange one, the Brits had been using 'heavy oil' engines years before his diesel engine. It is rumoured that Diesel even committed suicide on the boat to England because he realized he was far too late with his 'discovery'. Oh and Diesel was really French, or as much French as he was German.

CRT was invented by German physicist Ferdinand Braun in 1897 and is also known as the 'Braun tube'.

PS> 1st electrical binary programmable computer was German.

[reject]

You Europeans are all pussies.


Not anymore. You see, all the faggots in Europe ran off to America to escape persecution. Ironically, what you claim to hate is what you actually are.

[LiquidIce]

The obesity problem is bullshit. 1/3 of us do not look like this:

http://drjanephilpott.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/obese-woman-460x276.jpg

The BMI(body mass index) is also incredibly outdated.

Oh, I'd beg to differ. Have you travelled around the world a bit? Because when I went to the UK, which has slightly less obese people than the US, there was a huge noticeable difference. I mean here you rarely see a fattie, maybe once or twice a day if you're pretty active. There? I almost wanted to vomit, because I've never had to endure so much obesity.

Sorry man, it IS noticeable. I'll be in NYC next month and I'll see if it's the same as in the UK.

[Sookie]

Oh, I'd beg to differ. Have you travelled around the world a bit? Because when I went to the UK, which has slightly less obese people than the US, there was a huge noticeable difference. I mean here you rarely see a fattie, maybe once or twice a day if you're pretty active. There? I almost wanted to vomit, because I've never had to endure so much obesity.

Sorry man, it IS noticeable. I'll be in NYC next month and I'll see if it's the same as in the UK.

The US certainly has its fatties of the giant kind (as shown in that picture) but when I went to England, I noticed that 8/10 women had that ever-so-appealing muffintop. It was horrific. Maybe it was just their choice of shirts but I just saw... muffintops... everywhere...
Of course, that's not as unhealthy as being actually obese, but still.

[jackketch]

About how many "stones" do you weigh?

The equivalent to what I weigh in Kilos :rolleyes:

Sure we still use stones and feet when talking about weight and height but not being American means we have no problem working in both. Hell even the French and Germans still use 'pounds' and 'acres' occaisionally.

[toraton]

It's 'erb.' We aren't the goddamned French.

Yeah, except the French pronounce it the same way Americans do, retard. We get many words and pronunciations from France because they helped make us what we are today.

[toraton]

That aside, if you check further you will find that the light bulb was indeed a German invention (Heinrich Göbel).

I've seen you say this twice now but Wikipedia disagrees.

In a suit filed by rivals seeking to get around Edison's lightbulb patent, German-American inventor Heinrich Göbel claimed he developed the first light bulb in 1854: a carbonized bamboo filament, in a vacuum bottle to prevent oxidation, and that in the following five years he developed what many call the first practical light bulb. Despite a successful recreation of his lamp in 1882[12],Lewis Latimer demonstrated that the bulbs which Göbel had purportedly built in the 1850s, had actually been built much later, and found the glassblower who had constructed the fraudulent exhibits.[13] In a patent interference suit in 1893, the judge ruled Göbel's claim "extremely improbable".

[LiquidIce]

The US certainly has its fatties of the giant kind (as shown in that picture) but when I went to England, I noticed that 8/10 women had that ever-so-appealing muffintop. It was horrific. Maybe it was just their choice of shirts but I just saw... muffintops... everywhere...
Of course, that's not as unhealthy as being actually obese, but still.

Yeah, sure but it's plain disgusting. How can people become landwhales? I mean what the fuck, ain't it just tiring of dragging all that useless fat around? Ain't it shameful? God, maybe it's because there are so many skinny people here that the other people actually feel the need to fit in and be skinny as well, while being skinny doesn't have the same power in a country with 20-30% of the population obese.

[Mutant Funk Drink]

Oh, I'd beg to differ. Have you travelled around the world a bit? Because when I went to the UK, which has slightly less obese people than the US, there was a huge noticeable difference. I mean here you rarely see a fattie, maybe once or twice a day if you're pretty active. There? I almost wanted to vomit, because I've never had to endure so much obesity.

Sorry man, it IS noticeable. I'll be in NYC next month and I'll see if it's the same as in the UK.

Where in the US did you see so many fatties? I live in California, and granted, there are a certain amount of fat people(mostly mexicans), but nowhere near a 1/3 ratio. I'd say here it's more like 1 fatty to every 8 people.

[water bottle]

Wow, fuck this thread. Might I suggest a lock?

[Winter]

Who the fuck uses the word "herb" in the first place? Even if your a stoner, that word is fucking gay.

[LiquidIce]

Where in the US did you see so many fatties? I live in California, and granted, there are a certain amount of fat people(mostly mexicans), but nowhere near a 1/3 ratio. I'd say here it's more like 1 fatty to every 8 people.

Well, compare that to about 1 in 50 or more ration here. And I saw it in the UK, now I'm gonna go to NYC and check it out there and have a comparison. Also, it's interesting to note that a few months back, when a huge surge of eastern europeans went to the UK for jobs and whatnot, fighting for women made some headlines. Yep, those crooked-toothed, pale englishmen actually fought for our wimminz and then british women started fighting with our women because they were taking 'their' men. Well, no wonder. If you have the money and time to spare, come to Poland, maybe Cracow or the Trojmiasto, you should be amazed by the amount of beauties.

Anyways, that was majorly offtopic, so to get it back on topic:
how do aussies say herb? :confused:

[Irukanji]

:rolleyes: Colour?

Colour. Yes.

Kerb
Curb

One
Won

There
Their

Too
To
Two

Explain yourself nigger
What u talkin bout willis?

[Sookie]

Wait.
So how do British people say it?
Like, "hub"?

[water bottle]

It's kind of odd, actually, considering the British tendency to drop the 'h' sound (in some dialects).

[jackketch]

It's kind of odd, actually, considering the British tendency to drop the 'h' sound (in some dialects).

Yep, and not only that, in some dialects we ADD 'h's ('aitches') where none are called for. For example when I talk about the place I used to live called "Honour Oak" it comes out as "Onher H'oak"..

[jackketch]

Wait.
So how do British people say it?
Like, "hub"?

Like in "Herby goes to Montecarlo"....god i feel old...

[Sookie]

Like in "Herby goes to Montecarlo"....god i feel old...

Lol... that doesn't help. I thought English people don't pronounce "er" like that.
"Herb-ee goes to Monte-cah-low" would sound retarded.

[underOATH]

How come British people say 'aluminium' instead of 'aluminum'?

[Slave of the Beast]

How come British people say 'aluminium' instead of 'aluminum'?

Seeing as it was a British scientist who discovered it we get to call it what the fuck we like.

[Winston_Smith]

'erb'?

What's all that about?

They do, they just pronounce it L-A-R-D..

[a giant pterodactyl]

Wait.
So how do British people say it?
Like, "hub"?

They pronounce it "huh-weeb" say it fast it you will get it. lol

[a giant pterodactyl]

I have oft pondered this too.

But does anything the americans do or say make any kind of sense? Especially in the kitchen? Hell they are all too poor to buy a set of kitchen scales and can't work out how to use anything more complex than a 'cup'. Which probably explains a lot about their cuisine.

oh yea, british cusian is fucking awesome, let me tell you. you people eat the worst, blandest off the shelf garbage of any civilized country in the world. MEXICO makes food 9000 times better than england. except for tarts, you guys made the tarts(actually your nigger serfs made the tarts, but whos watching)

[Really Awesome Nickname]

How come people from the UK speak like they have a potato chip stuck behind their tongues?

[refugee]

Not anymore. You see, all the faggots in Europe ran off to America to escape persecution. Ironically, what you claim to hate is what you actually are.

fuck you

[Kyoki]

Anyways, that was majorly offtopic, so to get it back on topic:
how do aussies say herb? :confused:


Put a 'b' on the end of 'her'. (We pronounce the h.)

[jackketch]

How come people from the UK speak like they have a potato chip stuck behind their tongues?

Because we call it by it's proper name? Or did you mean the English equivalent of a "Freedom Fry" (hang your head in shame America for that one)?

[water bottle]

oh yea, british cusian is fucking awesome, let me tell you. you people eat the worst, blandest off the shelf garbage of any civilized country in the world. MEXICO makes food 9000 times better than england. except for tarts, you guys made the tarts(actually your nigger serfs made the tarts, but whos watching)

I've said it before and I'll happily say it again: I don't care what anybody says, there is absolutely nothing better in this world than simple British "cusian" (good job there, Shakespeare). Simple =/= bland! Nothing feels more like home than a traditional English Sunday roast.

Because we call it by it's proper name? Or did you mean the English equivalent of a "Freedom Fry" (hang your head in shame America for that one)?

Anecdote time? Yes, anecdote time... Americans have been known to rename food and other things in some petty attempt to demonize other cultures before:

In New Orleans, Berlin St. was renamed for General Pershing (head of the American Expeditionary Force), sauerkraut came to be called (by some) "liberty cabbage", German measles became "liberty measles", hamburgers became "liberty sandwiches" and Dachshunds became "liberty pups"

Yeah, wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-German_sentiment#United_States)...

Oh the pettiness! I wouldn't mind a liberty sandwich right now, though.

[Yggdrasil]

Oh the pettiness! I wouldn't mind a liberty sandwich right now, though.

Would you like some freedom fries with that?

[Raziel]

http://256.com/gray/thoughts/2000/20001017/burn_us_flag.jpg

[Food Product]

There are green speckles in my milk glass.


I sure hope they're not bits of eeeeeeeeerrrb.

[Sookie]

They pronounce it "huh-weeb" say it fast it you will get it. lol

Lmao, that was perfect!

[v0x]

If there's one cuisine in the world that absolutely disgusts me, it's British cuisine. Beans on toast is the culmination of centuries of domination and power? Are you kidding me? America may suck in quite a few ways, as does Britain, but one thing's for sure: WE HAVE BETTER FOOD

[Kwinnie Bogan]

I am lolling at all the American fail in this thread.

[Mutant Funk Drink]

If there's one cuisine in the world that absolutely disgusts me, it's British cuisine. Beans on toast is the culmination of centuries of domination and power? Are you kidding me? America may suck in quite a few ways, as does Britain, but one thing's for sure: WE HAVE BETTER FOOD

British food is pretty bad, but New Zealand food is even worse. I'd take a big juicy hamburger any day over spaghetti on toast, or nasty meat pies, or a marmite(poop) sandwich.

[Kwinnie Bogan]

Hamburgers- yet another thing utterly wrongfully claimed as American. American patents office is also a fucking joke. Saying something is so doesn't make it so.

[Other Side of the Pillow]

The American way of things is always the correct one.

[Sitruss]

<belligerence>The hamburger has become a distinctly American food, and a mainstay of our excessive diets. Do not even attempt to supersede America. We will sit on you.</belligerence>

[Kwinnie Bogan]

<belligerence>The hamburger has become a distinctly American food, and a mainstay of our excessive diets. Do not even attempt to supersede America. We will sit on you.</belligerence>

This is true, and a fair point, the problem here is that it's not just America in which the burger has become the mainstay, but yeah I see you put that in those tags.. :)

[v0x]

British food is pretty bad, but New Zealand food is even worse. I'd take a big juicy hamburger any day over spaghetti on toast, or nasty meat pies, or a marmite(poop) sandwich.

*Shudders* Australian is horrible too. Vegemite made me gag when I tasted it.


Also, topic is now: "British people get butthurt because of American supremacy"

[Winston_Smith]

American supremacy? That bunch of puritans we told to fuck off out of it back in the days of the Mayflower?

Don't make me laugh son, any country that has mass hysteria over Janet Jackson's (decidedly average) tits, is superior to no-one.

Now sit down and drink your milk, there's a good boy.

[Slave of the Beast]

Don't make me laugh son, any country that has mass hysteria over Janet Jackson's (decidedly average) tits, is superior to no-one.

Haha, I'd forgotten about that, I wonder what it says about a nation when they go apoplectic at the sight of a single bare breast?

Several thoughts come to mind...

[Myrmidones]

Oh btw, baseball isn't an American invention. It's a british girls game called 'rounders'.

Motorbikes are a German invention.

Jeans are a french invention (the clue is in the name 'denim' btw).

Machine guns are a Brit invention.

nice pwn job

[Sookie]

So what have the Americans done right that you all could admit to?
There has to be SOMEthing... right?

[ayingerbrau]

LOL @ The guy claiming Europeans are pussies.

In the last 25 years of the worlds strongest man, twenty four have been european, and one has been American.

If you go back further America won the early ones, but once the europeans got in the game it was over.

Most of the inventions that we all rely upon today were invented by Europeans. America think they're great but all they've really brought to this world is a shitty bunch of corporations and shite television programs.

Most americans you meet are ignorant as well, with shit like "ZOMFG WHAT IS A STONE?!?!?"

Try google you fucking CUNT, it's 14lbs. 8 of which make a hundredweight (112lbs). We don't sit around moaning about the "cup" measurement system.

[Sitruss]

14.3 trillion reasons why we're better, and 1.4 million more reasons to back it up. Until China gets their shit together, of course. Makes America sound like a bunch of arrogant assholes, which is partly true :)

(by the way, when did this degenerate into a shit on America fest?)

[rabbit boy]

When I was a little kid I played this game called Soul Blazer for the SNES. It's a bit short, but it's a good game. An herb was one of the items you could get in the game, which would restore your health completely. I asked my grandmother how to pronounce it, and she said it could either be pronounced "herb" or "erb."

From the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition.
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/herb

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English herbe, from Old French erbe, from Latin herba

OTHER FORMS:
herby (Adjective)
Usage Note:
The word herb, which can be pronounced with or without the (h), is one of a number of words borrowed into English from French. The (h) sound had been lost in Latin and was not pronounced in French or the other Romance languages, which are descended from Latin, although it was retained in the spelling of some words. In both Old and Middle English, however, h was generally pronounced, as in the native English words happy and hot. Through the influence of spelling, then, the h came to be pronounced in most words borrowed from French, such as haste and hostel. In a few other words borrowed from French the h has remained silent, as in honor, honest, hour, and heir. And in another small group of French loan words, including herb, humble, human, and humor, the h may or may not be pronounced depending on the dialect of English. In British English, herb and its derivatives, such as herbaceous, herbal, herbicide, and herbivore, are pronounced with h. In American English, herb and herbal are more often pronounced without the h, while the opposite is true of herbaceous, herbicide, and herbivore, which are more often pronounced with the h.

[jackketch]

So what have the Americans done right that you all could admit to?
There has to be SOMEthing... right?

There's an awful lot america has done and does right. The Constitution for a start -although it seems you are to repeal it more and more.

Then there's country music, mac donalds, 60's muscle cars, microsoft..the list is endless.

And not forgetting of course some of the brilliant tv progs like, "Breaking Bad", "dexter", "Supernatural", "NCIS", to name but a few.

Can you imagine a Brit Supernatural? *Shudders*

Darren and Samuel Purdy in their Mini, hunting ghosts without any firearms?

[Kwinnie Bogan]

^Don't forget The Office. Way better than the British version :p. Can't say the same for Life on Mars (I'm currently watching Ashes to Ashes, by near co-oincidence).

[a giant pterodactyl]

Darren and Samuel Purdy in their Mini, hunting ghosts without any firearms?

OH LAWD! the mental image hurts HAHAHAHAHAHAH.

They would jump out of their Mini and prepare for fisticuffs (19th century style) with the ghost

"WELL, OLD CHAP, I DO BELIEVE IT IS TO FOR A GO 'ROUND. PREPARE FOR A THRASHING!!!"

AHAHAHAHAHAA:)

[v0x]

Well, let's compromise. We both speak (some variation of) English, and we always cooperate with each other. I think we can agree on a country that's lower than both of us. Like Bangladesh! :thumbsup:

[-SpectraL]

What bugs me about Americans is the way, if they don't understand something you said, they say, "Huhhhhhhhhhh?", then their mouths kind of drop open in an idiotic-looking pantomime of a donkey or something.

[PirateJoe]

American supremacy? That bunch of puritans we told to fuck off out of it back in the days of the Mayflower?



No, no, no. We were the puritans who told you fops to fuck off back to your backwater island. Like a small child you proceeded to hurl a firestorm of butthurt at us and promptly got your asses handed to you.

[Sitruss]

No, no, no. We were the puritans who told you fops to fuck off back to your backwater island. Like a small child you proceeded to hurl a firestorm of butthurt at us and promptly got your asses handed to you.

I wish I would have had you as a history teacher.

[-SpectraL]

No, no, no. We were the puritans who told you fops to fuck off back to your backwater island. Like a small child you proceeded to hurl a firestorm of butthurt at us and promptly got your asses handed to you.... and then we burnt down your White House.

[Audenaert]

Agreed, the US has given birth to many great inventions. Hell the internet itsself is pretty much an american invention (ARPANET) I just question the 'most' bit of the original post on the topic.Oh btw, baseball isn't an American invention. It's a british girls game called 'rounders'.
Motorbikes are a German invention.
Jeans are a french invention (the clue is in the name 'denim' btw).
Machine guns are a Brit invention.
While denim is indeed french, jeans themselves were invented in America. Though neither of the inventors were born in America, one having been born in Latvia, the other being born in Germany. Source (http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/bluejeans.htm)
As for baseball, it does have its roots in Rounders. After reading up a bit, there was actually a diary found where the author refers to specifically playing baseball about 20 years before American Independence. There's an interesting 5 minute conversation about it here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7609000/7609897.stm).
When it comes to the motor bike, Sylvester H. Roper made what's thought to be the first one in 1867, though it never did gain commercial success. Source (http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/motorcycle.htm)
Also, after looking it up, I do concede that the British invented the machine gun. :)

Anyway, I think many great inventions come from many different countries, and as long as we share them with each other it's all good.

[Sookie]

What bugs me about Americans is the way, if they don't understand something you said, they say, "Huhhhhhhhhhh?", then their mouths kind of drop open in an idiotic-looking pantomime of a donkey or something.

Lol. A lot of non-Americans do that too, but use different sounds.
What are you supposed to actually say anyway? "What is it that you are speaking of? I don't understand." "Could you repeat that?" "I do not understand." "Will you explain that to me?"

It's easier to just say "Huh?" or "What?"

[a334jv2df]

We really need to use SI units

[-SpectraL]

It's easier to just say "Huh?" or "What?"No. It's just that long, drawn-out Huuuuuuuuuhhhhhh sound they make, like their jaw has dropped six inches from its normal position while they're saying it. Extremely annoying.

[jackketch]

No, no, no. We were the puritans who told you fops to fuck off back to your backwater island. Like a small child you proceeded to hurl a firestorm of butthurt at us and promptly got your asses handed to you.

Uhm you mean you got the French to send us back to our Island don't you? Seriously dude, the French???!! I know all is "fair in love and war" but steady on.

[Slapshot]

Uhm you mean you got the French to send us back to our Island don't you? Seriously dude, the French???!! I know all is "fair in love and war" but steady on.

I can't believe it myself, the FRENCH??? If Africa is the armpit, then England is the pussy. America? We cockslapped you cheerio faggots. I can understand getting your asses handed to you by the Germans, but the FRENCH???

[Slave of the Beast]

I can't believe it myself, the FRENCH???

Of course you can't believe it; by-and-large Americans know jack about shit, including, but certainly not limited to, major parts of their own national history.

[Archetype]

I ave ad it up to ere with the ostility that Americans and English arbour for each other. Ow people orribly misuse language is up to them.

[Kwinnie Bogan]

I ave ad it up to ere with the ostility that Americans and English arbour for each other. Ow people orribly misuse language is up to them.

http://static.reelmovienews.com/images/gallery/russell-brand-pic.jpg

[Brimley]

how the hell is this at 4 pages?

hmmmm....

[Archetype]

http://static.reelmovienews.com/images/gallery/russell-brand-pic.jpg

:lol:

[sheff]

'erb'?

What's all that about?

It's about how it was pronounced around Portsmouth at the time American colonisation started to take off.

[sheff]

As for baseball, it does have its roots in Rounders. After reading up a bit, there was actually a diary found where the author refers to specifically playing baseball about 20 years before American Independence. There's an interesting 5 minute conversation about it here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7609000/7609897.stm).
Jane Austen makes mention of it in Northanger Abbey.

[Kwinnie Bogan]

(some) 'mercians say " 'urb' ", as opposed to the cockney " 'erb ".