The Traveler's Tavern III : Othor Games

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:24 am

Erm, fire comes out of it to heat a pan. (Unless you have a fancy heating element one)

Oh! We call them stovetops.

Learn new things everyday!

» Sun May 13, 2012 9:42 pm

Erm, fire comes out of it to heat a pan. (Unless you have a fancy heating element one)

Oh! We call them stovetops. :smile:

Learn new things everyday!

Ah....love this topic.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:48 am

Anyone sprechen Deutsch?
(anyone speak German?)

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:01 pm

I would like to know more about the song:

"No Man's Land/The Green Fields of France"

I absolutely love Irish music and that song has always stood out to me. I mean if it doesn't strike a chord in you, you should check your pulse:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrQnnZJ68Xo

Anyway...I am trying to get the connections between the different cultures.

It is considered an Irish song, with Irish musicians primarily covering it. It was written by Eric Bogle, a Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter. It references "Flowers of the Forest" and "The Last Post" (Essentially the equivalent of American "Taps").

Is it widely recognized as an Irish song? Or is it thought to cast a wide net in memoriam to any who have given their lives in war?

For reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Man

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:05 pm

Barbecue did not originate in America. If that's what wikipedia says, that's, well, just what wikipedia says. :tongue:

It really depends what you define barbecue as. From my experience, what Australians consider barbecue is very different from what Americans define it as. Aussie barbecue is mainly various meats and seafoods cooked on the grill. American barbecue is large portion of meat cooked at a low temperature over a long period of time, as far as I know, American barbecue originated in North Carolina before the Civil War when pigs were abundant and whole pigs were cooked for celebrations (what we call pig pickings.)

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:35 pm

Didn't you kill all the Floridian Indians? :tongue:

No, there are multiple reservations and towns in the Everglades, I lived an hour or so from one when I was a kid. The one near me was a legitimate camp, visible from the highway.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:00 pm

Not really. I live in Mississippi, as Naxos pointed out, there's two kinds of people mostly, people who have Southern Pride in the sense they take pride in Southern Living, or there's the type who use it in a thinly veiled 'White Pride' attitude. I've seen cars with those stickers on them with very stereotypical bumper stickers, one in particular referring to blacks in a....less than polite word. Ultimately I don't make an assumption of the person who owns it, but in general, the moment I see a confederate flag, my nerves do a dance because half the time the owner of the flag isn't a very forward thinking person. My in-laws for example would raise hell if one of their own ever dated or married a black girl/guy.

There is a guy outside of our school who waves one, and I'm in Ohio. Also do you have athe heavy southern accent? Because I'm trying to give that accent to Mr. House.

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:32 am

There is a guy outside of our school who waves one, and I'm in Ohio. Also do you have athe heavy southern accent? Because I'm trying to give that accent to Mr. House. :smile:

Not really, my mother is from the north, and I was raised in Memphis or it's suburbs most of my youth. Aside from being soft spoken from seldom speaking IRL, I have a 'typical' American voice. In terms of looks and accent, I blend in fairly well with the crowd.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:18 pm

Not really, my mother is from the north, and I was raised in Memphis or it's suburbs most of my youth. Aside from being soft spoken from seldom speaking IRL, I have a 'typical' American voice. In terms of looks and accent, I blend in fairly well with the crowd.

I have a typical American accent too. Though the people that I ask claim I don't have any accent to speak of. Odd...

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:03 pm

Oof...

( I don't want to take this thread into no no territory either, but I have never met someone else who knew that! Just wanted to say kudos! )

American barbecue originated in North Carolina before the Civil War when pigs were abundant and whole pigs were cooked for celebrations (what we call pig pickings.)

Thank you. It's settled. So says BoSStealthAgent!

To: everyone. How many official languages does your country have, and what are they?

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:56 pm

Don't you Scots eat fried Mars bars?

They're around in some places, but they aren't a common sight in chippies.
Nor are they nice from what I've heard. Like sugar and cheese, two good things don't make a super good thing.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:56 pm

To: everyone. How many official languages does your country have, and what are they?

None. So, er, nothing. (I think that's the case, anyway.)

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:22 pm

Thank you. It's settled. So says BoSStealthAgent!

To: everyone. How many official languages does your country have, and what are they?

America has all of the living languages within its borders, but the top three are English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.

» Sun May 13, 2012 2:54 pm

You mean soccer? :wink:

Because football is the #1 sport in the US.

That's not football, it's rugby in body armour, with a break every 10 or 15 seconds. :tongue:

Real football is the #1 sport here. :wink:

And speed skating is more popular than I thought it was, considering all the fuss about the (again) cancelled Elfstedentocht this year.

Speaking of the Elfstedentocht, in the province of Friesland, the West-Frisian language has an official status equal to Dutch.

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:09 pm

None. So, er, nothing. (I think that's the case, anyway.)

America has all of the living languages within its borders, but the top three are English, Spanish, and American Sign Language.

Guys... ? I believe America and England have one official language, and that official language is English...

(Vometia, I can't figure out if you're Scottish or English or Irish or Welsh... )

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:16 am

Guys... ? I believe America and England have one official language, and that official language is English...

(Vometia, I can't figure out if you're Scottish or English or Irish or Welsh... )

English is indeed the official language, but it is followed very close behind by Spanish and then American Sign Language. And if it helps any, the second largest language of Brazil is Esperanto.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:33 pm

To: everyone. How many official languages does your country have, and what are they?

2 - English and Gaelic.
You could also count slang as a form of language too.
Tae, dae, nae, fae/frae, aye, naw, gie's, soaks, ken, wit. - Can't think of any other common lang words just now.

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:02 pm

(Vometia, I can't figure out if you're Scottish or English or Irish or Welsh... )

She's English. Somewhere in the harsh, inhospitable north, though.

» Sun May 13, 2012 8:30 pm

She's English. Somewhere in the harsh, inhospitable north, though.

Newcastle? Liverpool?

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:17 pm

EDIT: Redacted

» Sun May 13, 2012 6:54 pm

Newcastle? Liverpool?

Who knows, it's all the same up north - row upon row of terraced houses, coal mines, etc.

» Sun May 13, 2012 7:15 pm

Who knows, it's all the same up north - row upon row of terraced houses, coal mines, etc.

Countryside, don't forget the country side, since it takes up like 80% of the UK

» Sun May 13, 2012 3:57 pm

Guys... ? I believe America and England have one official language, and that official language is English...

(Vometia, I can't figure out if you're Scottish or English or Irish or Welsh... )

I'm sure I read a while back that the UK has no official language; according to that bastion of accuracy Wikipedia, it's the "de facto official language", which I guess makes it the unofficial official language!

I'm Northumbrian. :hehe:

» Sun May 13, 2012 10:02 pm

I'm sure I read a while back that the UK has no official language; according to that bastion of accuracy Wikipedia, it's the "de facto official language", which I guess makes it the unofficial official language!

I'm Northumbrian. :hehe:

That means nothing to me!

I did not know that. You Brits have codified just about everything else... ! I'd have thought given that; and that, you know, it's the birthplace of our current-day lingua franca; and that we still look to it for what's "right" with regard to English, that it would have it's official-ness emblazoned or neon-signed somewhere. How strange! :shrug:

» Sun May 13, 2012 1:33 pm

Even though it's wiki, it says that the official language is English and considering it's been the primary language for possibly thousands of years it would be widely known as that.
All the countries in the UK use English as the primary language but have some of their own - Gaelic and Welsh.