Doesn't shorts mean something different in America ? Like underwear maybe ?
This is from the UK and shorts means shorts, short trousers.
Stop ruining our language.
Herb is pronounced herrb, her buh, if you are going to drop the h on what you think are French words you must do it with hospital as well.
And metric, you knock me off my feet and right into the yard with your refusal to adopt a measuring system based on TEN ... which is just like your dollars ... preferring to stick with one based on 12, then 3, then ... well I don't know 17 probably. Ten is good, go and count anything ... you are using tens.
William Rocket: get off your soapbox--we need the wood.
English is a very flexible Germanic language that is corrupted in all English-speaking countries. Deal with it as each country will come up with their own sayings and idiosyncrasies that will not make much sense to others. Or will be accepted.
And the metric system? It is made up just like the imperial system. "Here is a metal rod--let's call its length a meter." "This block? Let's say it weighs a kilogram." The only thing going for it is that it is base 10, not like the imperial system is--or weighing people in stones.
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Doesn't shorts mean something different in America ?
Like underwear maybe ?
This is from the UK and shorts means shorts, short trousers.
Stop ruining our language.
Herb is pronounced herrb, her buh, if you are going to drop the h on what you think are French words you must do it with hospital as well.
And metric, you knock me off my feet and right into the yard with your refusal to adopt a measuring system based on TEN ... which is just like your dollars ... preferring to stick with one based on 12, then 3, then ... well I don't know 17 probably.
Ten is good, go and count anything ... you are using tens.
Shorts means the same thing in American English, but don't let that prevent you from ranting about language and measurements anyway.
William Rocket: get off your soapbox--we need the wood.
English is a very flexible Germanic language that is corrupted in all English-speaking countries. Deal with it as each country will come up with their own sayings and idiosyncrasies that will not make much sense to others. Or will be accepted.
And the metric system? It is made up just like the imperial system. "Here is a metal rod--let's call its length a meter." "This block? Let's say it weighs a kilogram." The only thing going for it is that it is base 10, not like the imperial system is--or weighing people in stones.
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