Should D&D be more American?

[tleilaxu]

Don't even get me started on why there are "unnamed" elements on American (and consequently, most North American) Periodic Tables.

what's the point when they only last for a nanosecond anyway?

 

[Kamard]

Like Unilhexilquadroramalamadingdongicecreamsundaeium?

 

[tleilaxu]

that's nothing compared to deutsch!

Fussballweltmeisterschaftsqualifikationsspiel Vierwaldstaetterseedampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft

or Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaenskajuetenklinenputzergehilfe

 

[isoChron]

Yeah german is famous for it's constructed words. It works like LEGO.
BTW, do you know how germans call the mobile phone ... handy ... pronounced like english, not german ! Urgl
Hmm, maybe Mobiles Handtelefon would be to long ...

 

[Black Omega]

So everyone is speaking engrish?

I'll be happy as long as I'm allowed to do a bad version of Pikey.

But Engrish has a way of becoming popular.

For Great Justice! Take off all Zigs!

 

[Zander]

And, on a lighter note, the only thing that really bothers me about E/E is calling Potato Chips "crisps" (I think they do, anyway. It's definitly not "chips") If there's any culinary invention uniquely American, its' chips. We invented them, so we get to name them. You limey Brits can't go around changing the name. You can add in any extra u's if it makes you feel any better, but you can't outright change the name.

Sorry, we even got you there. It's true that crisps were invented by Americans, but they (not us) originally called them "crisped chips". So both our names for them are derived from your original.

 

[Zander]

Honestly, I don't think a Londoner is any closer to that age than a New Yorker. Both societies have the same middle-age fairy tale legends, so we both find RPGs attractive. That's just my opinion, of course.

I agree with Morrus on this one. If I jump on the tube (take the subway in AE), I can be at an 11th century castle (the Tower of London) within 45 minutes. You can't do that in New York (the Cloisters in NYC doesn't count!).

I used to live in a medieval city (Oxford) complete with crenelated walls, narrow winding streets and a hill where they used to hang people. The Disneyworld castle just isn't the same.

 

[Bagpuss]

And, on a lighter note, the only thing that really bothers me about E/E is calling Potato Chips "crisps" (I think they do, anyway. It's definitly not "chips") If there's any culinary invention uniquely American, its' chips. We invented them, so we get to name them. You limey Brits can't go around changing the name. You can add in any extra u's if it makes you feel any better, but you can't outright change the name.

Unfortunately the crisp was invented after the potato chip, which is a thick square (or crinkle) cut length of potato deep fried. Not to be confused with the French Fry, which is a thin square cut length of potato deep fried. The French Fry is a considerably inferior and unhealthier product as its larger surface area to weight ratio allows it to absorb far more cooking fat.

The fact that American's were to ignorant to tell the difference between a chip and a french fry, could be why they are so overweight, or it could be due to their invention of another famous potato product, the couch potato.

Anyway since the potato chip already existed the thin slice of potato was called the crisp, a word that better reflects it characteristics anyway.

 

[tleilaxu]

I remember when I took a college trip to London and Cambridge. One of the tube stops was under construction, so I was looking for the replacement entrance. I see a sign that says "subway", so I go down it and walk for a while. Then it just goes back to the surface on the other side of the street.
"WTF?" I think to myself. There is a sign on this side which also says "subway".
"Hmm... i must have missed it." I walk back down and it comes up again right where I started, no side paths no nothing. At this point I decide to swallow my pride. I go up to one of the construction guys and ask him
"Hey, can you tell me where the subway is?"
"Yeah, it's right there" he says and points to where i just came from.
"No" I say "I was just down there, it just comes up on the other side."
"Oh, right, Yanks say subway. The tube is over there." And he points me off to the underground.
My lesson for the day: in british english subway means underground walkway.

 

[tleilaxu]

The fact that American's were to ignorant to tell the difference between a chip and a french fry, could be why they are so overweight, or it could be due to their invention of another famous potato product, the couch potato.

ouch