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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
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 Posted - 01/28/2004 : 12:12:41
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| apl4eris, it is actually spelt aluminium here and is not just a pronounciation difference. i'm not really sure but i think there was an effort to make most of the elements end in "ium", which america ignored. |
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 12:19:39
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because i'm sad...
Derived from the Latin ALUMEN for ALUM (Potassium aluminium sulphate). In 1761 French Chemist Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau proposed that ALUMINE for the base material of ALUM. De Morveau was instrumental in setting up a standardised system for chemical nomenclature and often collaborated with Antoine Lavoisier, who in 1787, suggested that ALUMINE was the oxide of a previously undiscovered metal.
In 1808 Sir Humphrey Davy proposed the name ALUMIUM for the metal. This rather unwieldy name was soon replaced by ALUMINUM and later the word ALUMINIUM was adopted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists in order to conform with the "ium" ending of most elements. By the mid-1800s both spellings were in use, indeed Charles Dickens commented at the time that he felt both names were too difficult for the masses to pronounce!
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 12:22:38
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Hahaha, thanks Steve. I had no idea that aluminium was actually an official spelling but I suppose it makes sense.
BTW, unrelated but I did get your cover and will hopefully have it up by the weekend.
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 12:28:20
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Nice -thanks PixieSteve. The mystery is solved...Why on Earth wouldn't the US pick up that spelling. I take it that Canada's periodic table spells it the same as the States, CoF?
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 12:31:20
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Indeed they do... though most of our texts and so forth are actually from the US so it could be that we do spell it aluminium and I'm a victim of cultural seepage.
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 12:37:24
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Along with that sludge from New York and New Jersey, aluminum seeps northward, causing Dean to develop Half-zheimer's and then to say things wrong (a gross form of Americanitis).
The real pressing question is, which aluminum is the one that protects us from those evil mind-control waves? Am I using the wrong damned one?!?
"Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen." |
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 12:37:34
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Indeed they do... though most of our texts and so forth are actually from the US so it could be that we do spell it aluminium and I'm a victim of cultural seepage.
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened"
QueUE cultural seepage joke here: |
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 12:39:57
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Originally posted by apl4eris
Along with that sludge from New York and New Jersey, aluminum seeps northward, causing Dean to develop Half-zheimer's and then to say things wrong (a gross form of Americanitis).
The real pressing question is, which aluminum is the one that protects us from those evil mind-control waves? Am I using the wrong damned one?!?
"Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen."
I thought you had to wear a collander on your head whilst chewing on aluminium foile (dig that old worlde spelling) and humming. |
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 12:41:55
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that's just something your boyfriend told you in order to make fun of you to his fraternity brothers. didn't you think it was odd that you had to do it while naked and he ws taking pictures?
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 13:32:59
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Not really. He said you did the same thing to get into the fraternity.
He never convinced me that I had to take all their loads even though you managed to.
Your picture's up in their hallway. The caption reads "Ultimate Cocksucker."
Now piss off, smeghead. (To stay on topic)
Back to your regularly scheduled topic.
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 13:40:59
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I have no doubt that people DO do things like that to join fraternities, however I wouldn't know, having never gone through rush. But hey, doing something degrading like that to belong makes more sense than doing it just for the sake of being a fuckslut in my opinion
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 13:52:24
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Originally posted by GoddessTheory
Not really. He said you did the same thing to get into the fraternity.
He never convinced me that I had to take all their loads even though you managed to.
Your picture's up in their hallway. The caption reads "Ultimate Cocksucker."
Now piss off, smeghead. (To stay on topic)
Back to your regularly scheduled topic.
Excellent Grasshopper! Excellent!
Too hilarious! 
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 13:55:15
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Originally posted by mcmikey
I have no doubt that people DO do things like that to join fraternities, however I wouldn't know, having never gone through rush. But hey, doing something degrading like that to belong makes more sense than doing it just for the sake of being a fuckslut in my opinion
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peace, I'm out
Whatever bakes your bread.
This is your life and you do what you want to do,
Just don't hurt nobody,
'Less of course they ask you,
In the Garden of Earthly Delights
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 13:56:51
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"whatever bakes your bread"? is that a reference to the soggy biscuits you're so fond of?
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 13:58:59
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Originally posted by The King Of Karaoke
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Excellent Grasshopper! Excellent!
Too hilarious!
I know this is a Kung Fu reference, but why do I see the Emperor in front of the Death Star Window when I read this.... |
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The King Of Karaoke
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3759 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 14:02:37
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I have to go to work now Goddess.
You're getting a little gold star on your head today.
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 14:09:19
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| QueUE Imperial March Theme..... |
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 14:12:25
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and you learned something today too (like how to spell queue)! so your day's complete!
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steveplymouthuk
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
639 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 18:10:32
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anyway
oriented should surely mean 'oriental-ised'. Orientated! |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2004 : 19:58:01
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Do you guys experiment with things or experimentate? (i.e. the weapon is still in the experimentational phase.)
Feh. ;-)
"I joined the Cult of Frank / And all I got was this lousy icon" |
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steveplymouthuk
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
639 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 03:46:31
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| Hey sarah, its experimentationalisationalising. |
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Justin.J.Grizwald
- FB Fan -
Canada
7 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 04:03:58
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Yeah man, I wanna pick a online fight with someone too. Wait a minute, I'M NOT EIGHT YEARS OLD!!!
-Justin J. Grizwald |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 04:21:07
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does Weapons of Mass Destruction count?
cook me some fucking eggs! |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3426 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 06:32:52
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also:
"go spare"
as in 'i'll fucking go spare if the pub is shut!'
is this used in the US?
i wouldn't think so.
cook me some fucking eggs! |
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bedrock_barney
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
871 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 07:44:52
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Here's a few:
leg it - scarper or run away
chuffed - rather pleased with oneself
barnet - hair/hairstyle
barney - bit of an altercation
berk - idiot
 "Join the Cult of the Theremin / It's Velouriatastic!!" |
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gracie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
573 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 12:11:03
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How about Autumn/ Fall. That really gets to me. Does anywhere else in the world say Fall?
Is it because the leaves Fall off the trees at that time of year? |
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gracie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
573 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 12:27:03
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Douche bag. Its a very strange term that i've only recently discovered the meaning of.
I don't think we have them in England and there isn't an equivalent word for it, not that i know of anyway.
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 12:28:50
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oh, you've got them! you just might call them something different, perhaps "tosser"
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 12:49:55
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Wasn't there a Lord and Lady Douchebag from whence the name came?
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 12:56:45
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yes, they're our current president and first lady
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gracie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
573 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 13:00:31
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| We do use wanker alot, but thats someone who wanks, not some strange little bag that flushes out your vagina, although why people need to flush out their vaginas is beyond me. |
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mcmikey
= Cult of Ray =
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2004 : 13:02:19
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in the states, when referring to that feminine hygiene apparatus we normally just call it a douche. The term douchebag is normally reserved for use as an insult against someone
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
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gracie
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
573 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2004 : 10:47:47
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| Yes that garic, sour flowers, cumin smell on the bus, we've all been there! |
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SpudBoy
= Cult of Ray =
Equatorial Guinea
649 Posts |
Posted - 01/30/2004 : 17:45:52
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Do Brits use the word felching?
 I looked for a cult to join, then decided to just play "Sink". Hey! I sank WallaWalla Washington! |
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