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Eggplant Derail - Split
- Thread starter rainbowberry
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In England it's always called an Aubergine then. What we call a Courgette in England is a Zucchini (I think) in America.
Where did your language come from? I think you can blame the French for Courgette (no offence, don't sue me or anything French people). Isn't Zucchini an Italian word? It sounds like it.
Ah, did I type quicker than you there Omri?
It's OK if you just use one finger of each hand to type, I still love ya (going all American now) I bet it's the index finger, if not then the middle one you use- for typing 
but touch-typing is so much quicker. Your English is better than a lot of the English I know BTW, I can't fault it.
but touch-typing is so much quicker. Your English is better than a lot of the English I know BTW, I can't fault it.You're a naughty boy
rainbowberry said:
My language? American? Came from the Natives Americans. They taught it to the pilgrims when they colonized New England. They taught them the correct pronunciation of "herb" and "aluminum," and they took away all the useless U's, like in "colour" and "flavour." They used the U's to build the foundation of this great country. Unfortunately, the U's were English, so as the foundation aged and settled - with a great whining sound - we were sent a bill from the King and Queen of England, demanding payment for our lease of the U's. Obviously that wasn't going to fly. Something about how the taxes were too high on U's, and we weren't happy about the taxes on T, either. Thus was born the Boston T Party (which was originally known as the Boston UT Party, but T had some strong media pull and was able to throw it's proverbial weight around to make a name for himself).
After the Boston T Party, we refused to use T (and U), and the American Language came into its own with the birth of the verb "is," which, as everyone knows, is the American version of "it's." Exempli gratia, "It's a nice day isn't it?" would have been said "Is a nice day, yeah?" We were never able to find a proper contraction for "Isn't it." "Isni" simply didn't have the right ring to it.
Soon the King and Queen of the Land Over the Rainbow released the rights to T and U, under restrictions and only when used with I or other vowels (plainly speaking, no one cared which vowel, so long as U wasn't left alone). We once again had a 26 letter alphabet. All rejoiced. Once again, U and I could have T, but only in moderation.
And that, boys and girls, is where our language comes from.
QuadShotz said:
We've actually never seen what Pam looks like.......hmmmm......
I have an image of Pam in my head but I bet she looks nothing like it. Did Pam say how old she was when it was her Birthday before?
That's why I asked her age so I can get a more accurate image. Don't you have images of everyone in your head that you post with? I do.