RE: Southern Cambrians - Devil's Staircase - 2

You Brits are confusing. Some years ago, the son of my father's second wife came to the US on a sightseeing trip after leaving the British army (he was a captain). One night he went out by himself, wound up at a bar and told me the next day he'd gotten pissed while chatting with a US Marine. I thought maybe they came to blows, but he explained that getting "pissed" meant getting drunk.

See how that might be confusing? But then I suppose our American slang is just as confounding. As an American, terms like "dog whistle", "gaslighting", etc., seem an unnecessary warping of what was once a decent language.

Give my regards to the King, next you see him.

A popular American stand up in the uk being confused about Britain:

https://youtu.be/Oce28VRfY7k?si=p8u2s1m4-6z8FVdT

Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #18

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Zitat von BEARR im Beitrag #17

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You Brits are confusing. Some years ago, the son of my father's second wife came to the US on a sightseeing trip after leaving the British army (he was a captain). One night he went out by himself, wound up at a bar and told me the next day he'd gotten pissed while chatting with a US Marine. I thought maybe they came to blows, but he explained that getting "pissed" meant getting drunk.

See how that might be confusing? But then I suppose our American slang is just as confounding. As an American, terms like "dog whistle", "gaslighting", etc., seem an unnecessary warping of what was once a decent language.

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Considering how your nation has polluted the English language with incorrect spelling and unnecessary neologisms it seems a bit rich to complain when the originators of your bastardised tongue have the audacity to evolve the language a tad.

It would be quite cute, though, if nothing changed and you all sounded like 16th century English Country Squires like most of those on the Susan Constant

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Ever play the game "telephone" as a kid? The advent of internet forums takes that to the next level. It would not surprise me to find a reference to Heisenberg's "Uncertainty Principle" somewhere here, down the line a ways.

Not to veer back onto the subject of scenery in the UK, but we watched an episode of (UK) "Antiques Roadtrip" last night, discovering the series quite by accident. This episode was in Scotland, all the way to "John O'Groats". Great fun. That Mark Hill is a character...

https://youtu.be/mWmZ2UmtyqQ

We watched "Day 4" and realized we needed to find "Day 1" and watch from there. So that's what we'll do...

Wish we had television like this in the US, instead of insufferable reality TV. At least the PBS American "Antiques Roadshow" is pretty good at times.

I have a VPN. I had no idea that would allow access to the content you describe. Time to do some investigation...

I can't lie, even if it were to benefit me to do so. Ingrained by my father from childhood. Has served me well.

You don’t need a vpn or Licence for BBC Sounds. Most content is not geo blocked. Any program that mentions the word olympics will be blocked, but consider that a blessing. Checkout the Orwell vs Kafka series.