Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

[kiwigtx]

Interesting ways people speak..... please do not take offense at the following, it is not intended to do so.....

Americans use the small number first when describing timber sizes (and there's more to that)

New Zealanders, Brits and I assume Aussies all start with the larger number.

Example - USA (and presumably Canucks) say 2" x 4" whereas we say 4" x 2" (or more colloquially 4-ba-2)

We called framing timber and the like "Timber" whereas 'Murican's call it "Lumber"

To me "lumber" is your lower back area that usually gives out after a certain age.

Another one is American's call concrete "cement" for some odd reason. Cement is actually an ingredient used to make up concrete, along with water and gravel/mix.

"Siding" is another one - we call it "Exterior wall cladding" or just cladding.

I hear a lot of American's say 'set' when they actually mean 'sit' - example - "I have an engine setting in the shop" (Wrong - you have an engine sitting in the shop).
You might have a bowl of custard 'setting' in the fridge, and also sitting on the shelf.

But the one that really gets up my nose is the frequent incorrect usage of the word 'then' when in actual fact the word 'than' should be used.

carry on as you were....

 

[33 IMP]

I thought lower backs were lumbar?
I guess I'll need to carry on than.

 

[Kern Dog]

Ignorant Americans use the term cement to describe concrete. It pisses me off every time that I hear them say it.
I dropped the bucket on the cement.
Oh really? Is it stuck there now? Cement is a glue, a bonding agent don't you know ?
In my circle of wood framers, we called dimensionally large wood members Timbers. 6 x 8s, 6 x 12s, etc.
I agree with your comments about using the small number first though. 2 x 4, 4 x 6 etc.
How about this British treat?

NO WAY I'm putting that stuff near my face.

 

[Photon440]

Ignorant Americans use the term cement to describe concrete. It pisses me off every time that I hear them say it.
I dropped the bucket on the cement.
Oh really? Is it stuck there now? Cement is a glue, a bonding agent don't you know ?
In my circle of wood framers, we called dimensionally large wood members Timbers. 6 x 8s, 6 x 12s, etc.
I agree with your comments about using the small number first though. 2 x 4, 4 x 6 etc.
How about this British treat?

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NO WAY I'm putting that stuff near my face.

It's actually quite tasty. When we now say "pudding", in old English it used to be known as "puddick" or sometimes just "dick". The spots are from pieces of dried fruit.

By the way, while in North America we think of 'pudding' as a gelled or solidified cream like custard, in the UK the term 'pudding' generally refers to all deserts. They'll have roast beef and pudding afterwards.

"That was a nice bit of beef, that was, what's for puddin', luv?"

 

[Pecos Bill]

American English Dialects

Native Central Midlandish

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Lord James Blairs, my sponsor when I moved to Hawaii a view years ago. Had an impressive name, but he was a pro wrestler, and English. Lived in Oahu Hawaii. Was nearly killed by the Japanese in WW2.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

This could be wrong, but. The head cheese at Heinz, probably past tense, is Tony O’Reilly. He played for the British Lions rugby team about 1957.
There are no 57 kinds, it is just a number.

 

[Detective D]

Ignorant Americans use the term cement to describe concrete. It pisses me off every time that I hear them say it.
I dropped the bucket on the cement.
Oh really? Is it stuck there now? Cement is a glue, a bonding agent don't you know ?
In my circle of wood framers, we called dimensionally large wood members Timbers. 6 x 8s, 6 x 12s, etc.
I agree with your comments about using the small number first though. 2 x 4, 4 x 6 etc.
How about this British treat?

View attachment 1890437

NO WAY I'm putting that stuff near my face.

While this is the main ingredient for concrete, it is very easy to see why people use the cement word to describe the material. For most DIY's, the other ingrediant is technically dirt(gravel). They certainly would not decide to call it gravel, so they use the other word for the other ingredient.
Technically wrong, but this does not bother me as it is understandable.
It is possible to drop a bucket on the cement.
Or on the gravel
Or on the concrete.
People can be more specific and technically correct, but people also say hot water heater so what can you do? Can't let every single thing bother you.

 

[Kern Dog]

Portland cement is a brand of actual "glue/adhesive/bonding agent". I didn't know that they also marketed their own brand of ready mix concrete.
This term is as bastardized as Hot water heater and I could care less.

 

[71RRHI]

The only US city with only vowels in its name is Aiea, Hawaii

 

[Kern Dog]

 

[Kern Dog]

David Mann, with the new Satellite he bought to replace the Valiant that was wrecked by a rogue trucker.

( Dennis Weaver )

 

[RemCharger]

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That chunk makes it (the US) darn near as big as Canada

 

[Photon440]

That chunk makes it darn near as big as Canada

Nah, the Territory of Nunavut is larger than Alaska. Our whole country is over 3,800,000 square miles.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, is a staggery large chunk of land.
Few people live up there. Many places are only accessible by plane, or dog sled in the winter. Mostly float planes.
The landing strip on the road to Inuvat, is a flat part of the main road to it. Weird to see the signs indicating a landing strip. Diesel generators provide the electricity in many towns.
I met a guy who works on the generators. Some are 700 cubic inches per cylinder. 16 of them.

 

[Photon440]

Yukon, NWT, Nunavut, is a staggery large chunk of land.
Few people live up there. Many places are only accessible by plane, or dog sled in the winter. Mostly float planes.
The landing strip on the road to Inuvat, is a flat part of the main road to it. Weird to see the signs indicating a landing strip. Diesel generators provide the electricity in many towns.
I met a guy who works on the generators. Some are 700 cubic inches per cylinder. 16 of them.

Likely an EMD engine, usually put in railroad locomotives. They have 710 cubic inches per cylinder. A lot of the stationary engines use the twenty cylinder version.

 

[Dipstick]

Ignorant Americans use the term cement to describe concrete. It pisses me off every time that I hear them say it.

And some ignorant people think the only concrete is a mixture of cement and aggregates. Ever hear of "asphaltic concrete".

 

[Kern Dog]

Have you ever heard of a question mark?

 

[33 IMP]

Have you ever heard of a question mark?

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I've seen em. Never heard one......

 

[Kern Dog]

Uhhh....Heard OF a question mark, not heard FROM a question mark.