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July 06, 2014, 18:40
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Speak British.
July 07, 2014, 18:15
Geoff
She didn't explain, "cock-up."
July 07, 2014, 19:18
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She didn't explain, "cock-up."

An increasingly impossible feat for aging men.
July 07, 2014, 19:37
Geoff
Here's someone British explaining the wonderful system of measurements we in the USA seem to refuse to relinquish: http://www.bbc.com/future/stor...al-measures-outdated
July 08, 2014, 05:36
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Here's someone British explaining the wonderful system of measurements we in the USA seem to refuse to relinquish:

Why should we when it works so well?
July 08, 2014, 09:08
Geoff
Yes, it does work well. Imagine the absurdity of a woman ordering a bra size 87B! BTW, he mispronounces "shaftment," saying instead, "shatment." He mixes current and obsolete terms, and types of measurement, but I still find it to be funny.
July 08, 2014, 11:20
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I think it's PIE-ka, not PICK-a, too.
July 08, 2014, 13:00
Geoff
Proto-Indo- European-"ka?" Pica is an eating disorder wherein one eats dirt. But, of course, if one had to eat his words, it would best be pica.
July 08, 2014, 19:55
Kalleh
She says Americans have no equivalent for "away with the fairies," but what about "I'm just wool gathering." Shu says that all the time.