Comments on: A Wiper for Every Need

By: TattooedIntellectual

TattooedIntellectual — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:00:24 +0000

American English is full of slang. And most of it Aussies and Kiwis do not always get.

By: Muslihoon

Muslihoon — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:09:36 +0000

I find that British English (English English?) contains a lot of slang. It is seems to be quite ubiquitous. (Unless, I assume, one is using The Queen’s English.)

Brits: do you find American English to be slangish?

By: S. Weasel

S. Weasel — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:50:21 +0000

Uncle B does, but he watched too much Buffy and it went to his head. He could probably advise on rhyming slang.

By: Mrs. Peel

Mrs. Peel — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:35:42 +0000

ooh, now we’re talking.

Have I mentioned that one of my coworkers is a Brit? I keep deliberately using Britishisms around him, but I don’t think he’s noticed. I should start using Cockney rhyming slang and see if he notices that. Next month, I’m going to ask him what he plans on doing for Bonfire Night.

(I think I would definitely notice if I were in England and a native Brit used a bunch of Americanisms…)

By: S. Weasel

S. Weasel — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:38:43 +0000

I always thought “the hardware labs and also the chemistry labs too which are totally, totally different labs” had a nice ring to it.

At least I’m glad to hear Kimwipes found a good home and won’t go extinct.

By: Mrs. Peel

Mrs. Peel — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:21:52 +0000

We use Kimwipes in the hardware labs and the chemistry labs at work.

(Is there a better way to write the above that still makes clear that I’m talking about two separate types of labs? “The hardware and chemistry labs” sounds like I’m talking about several labs for both hardware and chemistry, or else two labs, one of each, neither of which is correct. “The hardware and the chemistry labs,” maybe?)

By: Gibby Haynes

Gibby Haynes — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:08:37 +0000

Thanks for the information guys. I’d like to say it’s fascinating, but I’d be telling porky-pies if I did.

By: Uncle Badger

Uncle Badger — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:28:48 +0000

Don’t get me started on IBM Selectrics, Lokki. Those damned things were so good that that people used to use them as typesetting machines for litho!

By: iamfelix

iamfelix — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:58:57 +0000

I think the faux Nesmith above was pimping his own brand of liquid corrector — I’m assuming he’s faux, since he misspelled Michael.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Paper

By: Gnus

Gnus — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:27:24 +0000

If memory serves, rubber cement makes wonderful boogers. Never thought about scars. Lost opportunity.

Probably make a pretty good supernumery nipple with it if manipulated properly.

(Doing all I can to help with Google here.)

Relying once again on memory, Liquid Paper was white-out. Back in the day you could get a pretty good buzz from inhaling the fumes.