JahJahBinks
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Oh, you were not talking about Adam Sandler's movie.
Originally Posted by NiceCans We have been pretending to move to the metric system for what, 20 years now? What a crock! If we were serious about this it should have been done in half that time. |
Originally Posted by daycart1 I remember being instructed in the metric system in my first grade class. This was just a few years after Sputnik! So Americans have been trying to get it through their skulls for more than 40 years now! |
Originally Posted by gordolindsay ...I watch people and say "wow, people are MORONS" It makes me made because some/most of my "fellow" Americans have absolutely no common sense/intelligence and are just plain ignorant to other people. *Rant over* |
Originally Posted by K2Grey I believe in America it's common to know Canadian, British, etc. alternative spellings for some words. Nothing particularly wrong with not knowing, though, as long as one acts accordingly after they're informed of the alternatives. |
Originally Posted by Echo_ he also wanted to change tounge to tung |
Originally Posted by NiceCans We have been pretending to move to the metric system for what, 20 years now? What a crock! If we were serious about this it should have been done in half that time. |