Americans are the weirdos when it comes to spelling, damn it.
Thanks to Noah Webster, right? I think it's fascinating that one guy basically made all of the changes in American spelling.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Dec 15, 2009 8:13:42 am PST #25205 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 8:14:12 am PST #25206 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Quick quiz: Most people can name the first video shown on MTV (well, mostly people who remember watching MTV ever). Can you name the first video uploaded on YouTube?
Aims - Dec 15, 2009 8:15:19 am PST #25207 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles.
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2009 8:15:44 am PST #25208 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Can you name the first video uploaded on YouTube?
Was it of a cat?
Jessica - Dec 15, 2009 8:16:54 am PST #25209 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Was it of a cat?
I'm gonna guess a cat singing the Numa Numa song.
Gudanov - Dec 15, 2009 8:17:05 am PST #25210 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Americans are the weirdos when it comes to spelling, damn it.
If it's the way America spells it, then it's the right way to spell it.
Gudanov - Dec 15, 2009 8:17:55 am PST #25211 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I have no idea what the first video on MTV was, so I'm unqualified to answer the question.
Glamcookie - Dec 15, 2009 8:18:18 am PST #25212 of 30001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I rarely write checks, but there are times when you have to. My cleaning person, for example. I don't want to have to have cash on hand for stuff like that, and she doesn't accept credit/debit cards.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 8:19:10 am PST #25213 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I just got signed up to pay my power bills electronically, so rent is the only paper cheque I need to cut. But some of the electronic payments did fake cheques up to the point of asking me for a cheque number along with my bank and account number information, which was annoying. I hate voiding the paper if I didn't have to mail it anywhere.
I could set up my bank to pay my rent, in which case they cut the cheque and I don't have to order any of my own. But then I can't fiddle faddle and delay the payment date. Which, responsibly, I shouldn't. But I do anyway. Because I'm lazy like that.
And, yeah, Steph, I'd have spelt it like that anyway.
msbelle - Dec 15, 2009 8:20:18 am PST #25214 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Yes ita, we have a video intercom system, so the wallpiece with the phone to talk to people also has a video screen adn a button to push to buzz them in. In addition, the video camera is hooked up to a cable channel that everyone with cable can see on their tv and that shows a larger picture of the door area where you can basically see everyone entering the building.
Then there's the peephole on my actual door.
Glass front doors and large uncovered windows on the fronts of houses freak me right out.