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So that’s who stole my dicitionary.
It’s a misunderstanding.
I don’t get it.
Clearly, you haven’t been browsing the expansive archives of failblog for long enough.
There’s a Fail from way back with a Dictionary where the cover says “Dicitionary”(note the extra i)
Hope that sort of clears it up and brings about a slight mutual hate for me
I’m used to it.
*SNORK!*
Wires cross yet again.
I’m far too tired for crossing wires, at the moment i can hardly cross my hallway to get to the kettle.
*is so tired her eyes are crossing*
Out partying again?
No, that was last Saturday. For some reason I woke up at 3AM (ish) and couldn’t go back to sleep. Too much on my mind, I guess.
*goes to refill her vat of coffee*
Aw…I know how that feels. Your mind goes over time and you just can’t shut it off.
*sympathetic squeeze*
*snork!*
My mind’s been gone for years!
Well it’s 4:41pm here and I’m still tired! Mind you, i did kinda only wake up abot an hour ago, being in my late teens means I’m unemployed, therefore nocturnal.
Ah, I should have read Jon’s post before making the one currently right below this one. I have nothing to do all day too, so I’m very nocturnal.
only in the South where illiterate rate is much more higher than the North. Thats why you go to a Northeastern university to get quality education rather down South.
Get er done
Hah! When I go to a party we usually go to BED about 3am… My last one was a few saturdays ago, too. Oh the joys of being 16…
@Witty:
Perhaps you should become literate yourself prior to insulting the South’s universities. While I’m not sure about the North, literacy is considered a prerequisite to attending most universities in the South. Perhaps that’s why you suggest going up North? Because you weren’t admitted in the South?
nesting fail
Or perhaps crires wossed.
vb, you go ahead and tell me that van isn’t parked in a red state. Do your best.
I really appreciate the explanation. Sometimes I’d like a guide to failblog inside-jokes.
engrish funny
Now that’s opening up a whole different world of trouble.
Nice to know someone appreciates the result of my boredom! XD
Ms. B – seriously? you don’t get it? come on.
*cough* lookathernextpost *cough*
But, like, I just, like, totally don’t like, get it!
*chomps gum and twirls hair between fingers*
*SNORKIE!!!*
Great High school cheer leader impretion hmmm maybe you could be in High School Musical xP
You need to borrow the Moomin’s dicitionary?
wow, you sound like my type of girl! i love gum! and hair! and ignorance! =D
I knew you were blond, I just knew it!
I’m just soooo confuzzled!
you make this sound so dicomplicated
cause you cant effn spell dumb ass it southerners like you and this dumbass that make us look bad. read a effn book, mofo…..
Hmmm. Irony……
….really?…….REALLY?!………. 0 o
LANGUAGE is spelled wrong
I wonder how many people will catch what you did there… :^)
Two?
*streaks through fail yelling three*
I might have to try friend you on Myspace just so I can delete you for that one. :p
Aw…I don’t think Moomin really meant it. If I had a MySpace account, I would be your friend k@. *squeeze*
If I had a myspace I would too, can you be friends with myspace peeps on your face account?
I don’t think so, that’s why i have both.
I’m accumulating fail peeps on my face account! ‘Tis fun!
Well if you see a profile with a Hilary Duff face, that’d be me (There is a reason!)
YOU’RE Hillary Duff???
*is disappointed*
:cries:
FLUFFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(random)…(lol)
If you are Hillary Duff, please can you send me some topless photos of yourself wearing a g-string, a pearl choker, and covered in baby oil?
Thank you in advance.
lol
I haven’t got any baby oil, will chip fat do?
fail
I have not found many peeps- but I have faceache too!
faceache
Too many *facepalm*’s
Facebook:
FaceFriend
Face
FaceAche
We invited you two and weren’t good enough.
*cries*
Me too?
You too. You said you would look into it when you got home after she invited you.
You’re a baaaad Moomin.
I was not invited.
Leila, you were invited. Tsk!
Oh, on myspace, I had to set one up, it gave out about my email and I gave up! Sorry.
I have both, but haven’t been on either of them for a long time. No internet at home right now. *sigh*
I request a re-invite.
Me too. I don’t even have a Myspace account.
Good morning, oh Great and Lovable Moomin of Moomins!
…and, for the record, it weren’t me who stole your dicitionanary. I can spill just grate!
*mops up spillage*
*squeeze*
Good Morning Swellest Foop.
*one extra poofy squeeze right back*
Hello everyone! Long time, no squeeze!
*elbow noogies* and *nose boops* *available as needed*
*ƒ∞þish-squeeze*
*happyhappyhappyface* ‘n’ *extrasqueezysqueezes*
I’ve sure missed you all.
Good morning swell foop. I called cherry, swell foop the other day she was not happy
I get mixed up with your letters things in your names.
I will take all you got ƒ∞þ and thank you. *squeeze*
I had to send my dictionary back to the shop because ‘Gullible’ had been left out of it.
Quick! Call the poice!
premier!?
Deuxieme
défaillance mon Dieu’extrême
LOL xD
Lol Americans!
We make knowledge of the English language secondary to bigotry and ignorance.
Morning Marvelous Mal! Am very icited to see you.
It’s swell to see you! How are you today?
Doing great (More so now that I have my much needed dose of Fail – have been away for a time
) … alas, must go now to catch some [also] much-needed sleep. *sigh* Great to see everyone. Will pop in later to see how the well the “spell” has inspired the wonderful fail-bloggers. (sorry for the long reply, but it was an opp’ to say this ^^) *hugs*
Sleep well, dear Foop!
*squeeze*
Not First!
FIRST!
I don’t think so.
Failed it…
First?
No, sorry!
What would they write that for?
Because they’re racist bigots.
Or, could it be they are sick of people deciding they want to live in a country were english is the official language then call people bigots for expecting them to learn it at some point?
ERRR! Sorry that was the wrong answer! America doesn’t actually have an official language! Thanks for playing though! Buh-bye!
We do too.
It’s spanglish!
Or is it englanol?
I vote for Pig Latin!
es-yay!
What? You want me to write your essay? Isn’t that cheating?
O-nay essay-say, I-say ote-vay or-fay ig-pay atin-lay! O-nay eating-chay involved-say.
No sessay si vote for pig latin no heatingc sinvolved?
Stop it my ears are bleeding!
This is just as bad as lolspeak. *flees thread*
Orry-say.
*angs-hay ead-hay*
No. It’s MUCH worse. I can read lolspeak fluently, but that made my brain hurt.
O-op-r li-op-ke-op o-op-ppi-op-sh! (Or like oppish! It’s a language I knew since I was a kid. All you do is add op after every vowel. If you start speaking it fluently, you might as well be Chinese!)
ayyay?
I KNOW!! I get embarrassed when people insist English is the United States’ language.
What is your avatar? If you don’t mind my asking.
Sorry but no. Maybe English is not an official language, but English is the dominant language regardless and abusing the multicultural “loophole” is just an excuse for bad manners. No one can dispute the fact that we’re an English speaking country.
Personally I think we cripple ourselves with monolingualism and think we need better foreign language education in the younger grades (our system is pretty bad). But honestly, there is a lot of bitterness because of what x ta c said. Americans are tired of having the finger pointed at us for every case of bad behavior. Also, the fact that a lot of immigrants abuse their language for trash talking in public creates bitterness as well.
I wouldn’t say it’s because people are racist bigots, though that’s what everyone wants to believe about Americans because it’s “trendy”. There’s really two sides of the story. It all depends on where you live. I could pretty confidently say I met more Mexican racists attending a So. Ca. high school than any other race. Growing up there, you learn just enough Spanish to know when they’re talking trash about you, heh.
Me llamo es ProperHardcore. No habla ingles!
Your Spanish ain’t too hot either…
Yeah I hate it when people talk trash right in front of us because they think we don’t understand what they’re saying…for this reason, I wish everyone would just speak english…it’s a reasonable request.
in a country w*H*ere *E*nglish is the official language
lol, I fail.
First!!
Damt
You know, I tried that as ProperHardcore, too. But that just got me banned. I suggest you find a better start. I think Aiki is tired of reforming trolls.
Racist people are morons…
How did you get racism out of this exactly?
The writer is critical of people who speak other languages?
Mmm lesse, what was spoken by the original peoples!
Ugggg Eeekeek
*scratches under armpits*
(Did you not mean that far back?)
Erm, that would be when we all spoke the same language.
Were we ‘people’ back that far though? And I don’t think we were in the North American part of the world back then!
Pangea!!!
That broke up before we were even monkeys! (early-mid Jurassic I think)
*squeeze*
*squeeze*
The language of LOVE
excellent … what we have here is a win to communicate
Unfortunately, some people don’t understand that language either.
All you need is looove
very nice … un Rêve to réveiller to
Cherokee? (I hope I spelt that right! Argh the pressure!)
You could say the writer is a proud American and doesn’t enjoy it when another language is shoved down his/her throat.
You could say that, but you might be mistaken…
Hey, I am not saying he/she is right. Some people are extremists when it comes to the US and the languages and all that good stuff.
*squeeze*
Hehehe *squeeze*
Leila! ….
Clone!
I think it’s about time I sent my clone off to … um, run some errands and stuff.
Please send me one Leila clone asap! I have some errands and stuff…
I am officially handing her over to you. *send Leila’s Clone to Mal*
*cheers happily*
Danka!
I trust you will take good care of her.
As long as you’re handing out Leila clones, can I have one for snuggling and stuff?
Well, of course, but I thought the original wasn’t available!
I am @ your beckon call.
*passes by comment*
Uh. Um. That sounded a little too desperate.
*jumps up to erase comment*
*shakes laptop*
GRRRRR!!!!!
*snuggles*
Thanks, I needed that. I’m only 10% here today. I’ve stopped eating and haven’t been sleeping well. Gotta get to a doctor, but have too much work to do.
Why do you want to erase it? Are you playing hard to get, now?
Wait? What? You’ve stopped eating? Why?
Nevermind. I’m just sick, and can’t tolerate food well. I’ll be fine. I just need 3 of me to get all my work done.
*makes 2 clones of Brewski*
*gives them all home-made chicken noodle soup*
*group squeeze*
*gentle squeeeeeeeze Brewski*
Sorry China’s having nasty effects on your internals!
In my opinion, to be a proud American is to accept that we are the Melting Pot country. The diversity here is fantastic! We really should celebrate it!
That’s the problem with opinions. They have a different one, and still think they are right.
Opinions aside, these guys are known to abuse the rights of the people they find. Regardless if someone is from this country, they are due a certain level of justice.
I agree completely. I believe that this Minutemen movement is nothing more then racism shrouded in civil service. These people are nothing more than hick thugs with 4x4s and shotguns.
Dude!! I don’t know what to make of those guys. They are scary. I believe the government needs to find a better way to deal with illegal immigration though. If there was a process, then people (who are trying to feed their family) wouldn’t feel like they have to sneak in here.
These guys should be feared… they are a militia in a lot of ways and act outside the coordination of Homeland Security and Border Patrol. I know a guy from Border Patrol who says nothing but bad things about these people. They’ve been suspected of committing many acts of violence against unarmed people including, but not limited to, assault, kidnapping and murder.
Wow!! I saw a news bit about them on TV and some hail them as heros which I don’t understand. Why can’t the government stop them?
I (my whole family actually) am as diverse as they come.
We usually joke that we are the United Nations.
I was trying to make out where the license plate is from. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s from the south/southwest.
You are correct! It’s a Georgia plate.
Wow… that’s good and close to the US border…
*looks @ US map*
*looks @ Mal & Great Scott*
HA! Leila. too cute. You are close to the border though aren’t you? I am too.
Yes. Yes, I am. Unfortunate as it may be.
The entire world is on the border these days.
I live in Arizona. It’s a hotspot for immigration, legal and illegal. Now mind me: I’m not racist, but it does kind of spur me that you walk around in my town and you don’t even know who might be illegal or legal. It would just be easier if we could make it slightly less difficult to become a citizen. But we are so stuck up with our anti-Mexican ways that we have to be stuck up and tighten the border like rich thieves who don’t want to share. Just wait ’till all that debt we owe China comes back. Better start learning Chinese, otherwise WE will be the illegal immigrants.
Don’t get me started. I’m really damn sick of having to apologize for my state’s psychos.
Pity the US doesn’t even *have* an official language then…
and it never will
racism doesn´t just apply to actual races anymore. religions, ethnicities, and nationalities.
You mean it took their horrible spelling to realize that?
Or, you know, the fact that America does NOT have an official language.
Correct!
What does he/she win?
A potato!!!
He/she would like it more if you thrown in the vicar too.
I'm sorry. I have a one ninja rule around here.Let the chopping begin in…
3…
2…
1…
…75?
Gah. Phoo.
*Meant “.75?”, had a twitchy finger*
There’s a difference?…That’s a matter of opinion.
Ugh! That one still makes me cringe.
YAY! DW made it! Or were you here before?
I am so mortified.
*pats Leila*
There there.
We are not all like that. Just the few give us a bad name.
not all Americans are idjuts. I promise.
Oh I know that! I just got confustigated!
oh! ok. *squeeze*
*squeeze*
)
(I thought I’d said something that implied something!
Not yet, but it’s early still.
I said loads on the last fail!
You got me to admit something I haven’t in a loooooong time GV. You have nothing to be
about. I should be 
.
You mean I coerced you into it!
(joking)
I try to be honest with people, unfortunately most people think I’m lying to them! To quote XKCD: “People are complicated!”
Leila did some revealing on the last fail?! I gotta check this out!
You didn’t coerce me at all. I was just trying to make a point which was in the same line of thought as yours.
I appreciate your honesty. *squeeze*
What happened?
I know that, silly button!
*squeeze*
@Mal, check the last fail if you like. I’d rather not type it all out again!
Um…nothing.
It really was nothing. I was just trying to show GV that not all women are scary and that some of us have the same fears about men too.
Women are 10x more scary then men. That’s all I am going to say about the issue…
Well, as a woman and from personal experience, men are 300 x ∞ worse than women.
I know we can be hormoTional somedays but what are men’s excuses?
Having to put up with the women!
Ugh!! That’s it!!! Come over here you dragon. See if you can put up with this…
*tickles and smooches and squeezes GV and again tickles and smooches and squeezes*
Argh!
Help rape! 
*looks at judge*
*gets accused of rape*
damn!
LMAO!!!
You just can’t win, can you GV. *squeeze*
I guess I misunderestimated Americanoz.
Get a brain morans!!! go usa!!
and i thought that one was bad
So much fail…so little time.
*giggle*
i hate people like that
A gweat defence of Americka and the Engrish Lanaguage
Yeeeaaaahhh, you’re really convincing me that your way is right!
My way or the hiwey! Heheh
*squeeze* Hope you are feeling better today Ms. B.
Thanks, Leila. I am.
*squeeze*
*confused*
I thought I was in the blog next door ► for a moment!
Don’t be suprised if it shows up, though.
Im number 40!
No. You are a Microwave.
Ding
Popcorn’s done!
Yay!!
*pours baconlube on popcorn and offers it to FBpeeps*
Minutemen are the lowest form of American Patriotism and intellect. Their mastery of the language they love so much is a telling indication of their blatant idiocy.
Agreed.
and they come too soon
*SNORK!*
But I wasn’t finished yet!
*pouts*
*squeeze*
Are you finished now?
*flees*
The Minuteman don’t come too soon…women come too late!
That’s what she said.
amazazing!
you spelt ‘granany’ wrong!
I’ll be your grananny!
*squezezes!*
Yay!
*capers*
*squeeze*
wow a granary grannany!
Tis is teh interwebz and our onely lanagauge is Engrish.
Here will be an old abusing of God’s patience and the king’s English.
Ot-nay ig-pay atin-lay?
Its also fail because Americans fail at English.
That’s stupid.
Bad English is not limited to Americans.
Not hardly!
Seriously though, Americans don’t even speak English! I think the language has evolved over there into something else, there are different spellings, words mean different things, etc. Same way Canadians don’t really speak French, languages evolve and become new languages.
You should come to TX for further proof.
Or, it could be argued maintain their purity away from further influence and involvement….why is it people from the US cannot always tell an English accent apart from that of an Australian speaker?
Probably for the same reason I can’t tell a Singaporean accent from a Chinese one!
Heehee
There is a school of thought that states the American accent is the closest living relative of what a tudor accent would have in fact sounded like, and an Australian accent is what we sounded like some 2/3 hundred years later.
It’s not all that easy to tell accents apart. It helps to know people from those places, to give you a frame of reference.
My question is why is it that folks with a British or Australian accent can accurately mimic the southern U.S. accent so WELL.
Dunno, maybe because we have so many accents in such a small confined area we just pick them up better? or is it the influx of American TV programming!
I find it odd that most British people can’t even tell where I’m from.
I pretty much have no accent, and considering that I spent so long in St. Louis, I am eternally grateful. That being said, I have a friend from germany that could tell I was from Missouri not by my accent, but rather the cadence of my speech. I was impressed.
I’m a Utahn. Which is pretty obvious when I start to leave out my d’s and t’s. I think mountain is the only thing I get right, because I focus on it. If I’m not thinking I might slip out a mou’ain every now and again.
I do that too! Only, you know, when I’m inebriated.
“I don’ wan another ‘rink, Gonna go clime tha’ mou’ain ins’ea!”
Of course, i usually follow that by following down, which I don’t think is part of the accent.
Yeesh, I seem to be typing words I don’t intend to. Demon fingers, demon fingers!
*snork!*
In Texas, everything must be ended ya’ll.
Yay, Avis made it! Nice weather isn’t it?
…
Ya’ll?
Oh really?
This reminds me of my last visit to China when I heard one Yank tourist complain to another that “Nobody in this stupid country can speak American!”
*sighs*
Don’t worry, I’ve heard that too in my travels abroad. One redeeming thing I can say about American tourists… is they pump money into foreign economies. At least that’s good thing… if you can tolerate the breach of etiquette that’s almost expected.
They tip well too…and…er….um…are interested in my country?
We tip well?! I thought we were cheap b@stards!
15 to 20% is normal in a US restaurant. In most other countries that would be an obscenely large tip.
Ok, it must be a Utah thing. Average tip here is 10 – 15%. I’m so embarrassed going out to dinner with my hubby sometimes.
I generally try to tip 10%, if it was good service, but the prices over here are ridiculous. A 12″ takeaway pizza with 3 toppings cost me about €22 (just over $30), I’m pretty sure that’s a bit over the odds compared to American prices, but I could be wrong (it was a good pizza though)
That’s a pricey pizza…..
It’s about €5 over the other pizza companies (dominos, PHQ, etc)
I generally tip 10% or a bit less (depends on rounding if I’m paying cash) in restaurants when in the UK. It drives my mother nuts. Apparently it embarrasses her when I tip because it’s just not normal behavior in her opinion. It really is odd, I once had to explain the concept of tipping to a waitress after she pointed out that I’d left cash on the table and tried to make me take it.
I recently had to explain that tipping in a bar follows a slightly different protocol than in a restaurant. She still doesn’t really get it.
To my mother! I had to explain it to my mother!
Sorry about that!
That’s because she comes from a time when men were men and women were ladies and boys were lads and girls were demure, etc, etc!
What’s the difference?
Bar tipping is less strict and has more to do with the number of drinks than the cost of said drinks. Generally. At least, when getting things like beer and shots. When you get to mixed drinks and wine, it may be a little different. I over-tip at bars as a rule. I was a bartender for a while and know that often times people just don’t tip at all. I like to make up for that.
I had no idea. I think I need to get out more.
The only time I’ve been to bars was at company functions and we would just take over the lounge. I get a kick out of watching people getting shit faced on company dime. Hehe
Nah, they don’t really have much tipping in Europe (At least where I have been). Europeans are often seen as cheap when they come here because it is outside of their custom…
It’s because Europeans generally have a higher minimum wage, so tipping isn’t as big a deal to the workers as it is in America.
Wait staff here in the states also get paid lower based on the assumption they will make up the difference in tips. Lower than minimum wage in many cases.
Annnnd, when you stiff your waiter they are still charged the split for the non-waiting support staff and taxed as if you tipped.
And the servers tell other servers about the non-tippers. Once you establish a reputation as a non-tipper, you take your chances when you dine out. There may be more in your food than stated on the menu.
*Can’t help but think of Tofu Mogu…*
It’s the same with delivery. Once you get that reputation, you’ll be the last stop on every delivery driver’s route as well.
I have yet to see an American tourist in my country tip well. In fact just the other day at the pub our long-suffering and yet fantastic waitress had a table of six Texans who ran up a seven hundred dollar tab, broke a chair, flooded the restroom and where generally so loud and crass that they caused at least four tables worth of guests to get fed up and leave angrily.
They left a four dollar tip.
(They also complained because the pub didn’t sell cans of beer)
Well, what do you expect? They are Texans.
Bigger hats!
…made of cheese?
I thought that was Wisconsin. Texan hats are made of beef and ooze oil.
Ooooooooooooooh!!! It makes total sense.
I would try to avoid focusing on the worst case scenarios… most of the time when I tipped abroad, I was met with a look of confusion. I dunno, I usually leave a Euro for a beer as a rule.
FOR A BEER
*faints*
*contemplates following Mal next time he goes around Europe*
Although I have retreated to the frozen north, I have twice lived and worked in America. I find while at home most Americans tip well but tend to eave their generosity at home when they come to see the polar bears and fight the mounties in our giant igloo-arenas.
Admittedly I used an extreme example, and I in no way am lumping every American into the same category, I just find it a very small percentage that act decently when abroad.
Don;t get me started on the ones that go to Europe and claim to be Canadian to get better treatment. We may be a polite people but we WILL still beat you bloody in an alley for stuff like that. We just apologize afterward
*snickers*
I’ll trade you have of that snickers for this partially melted mars. Ever since they got rid of peanuts they just aren’t the same.
Have? HAVE? I need to learn the lanaguage.
I will trade you my frozen squirrel meat for the snickers Sloth.eh
But then I would have to cook it and it might set my tree on fire. If you put it on a stick and BBQ it then we have a deal.
Wait why am i talking to five eagles? Just ONE eagle is enough to carry me away! Now I am afraid.
No I won’t carry you away. friends? yes!
*5 eagles start barbecuing the squirrel*
Any one what something cooked with the BBQ is hot?
People do that? That's awesome!
Reminds me of when I saw Baz Luhrmann’s movie (the one with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes) of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” — a few minutes in, a teenaged girl behind me whispers to her friend, “When are they going to start speaking English?!”
Damn foreign films.
*Snickers*
Fuzzy! Good to see you back!
ciao to you, Super Marius.
What fools be writing the description of this photo? The Minutemen are not “anti-immigration”, they are anti-illegal immigration.
They are anti a lot of things.
They are anti-immigration if you come from Central/South American country, regardless of whether you enter through legitimate means.
It’s thinly veiled racism. They claim they are just enforcing the law, but the motivation is deeper than that.
and they have pirdy mouths
Weeeeeeeee!!!
Weeeeeeeee!!!
*oink. oink*
god damn Leila! You know what that does to me!
Um…no. Tell me.
Better yet, show her!
Um, I better be told first.
Right you are, mr. mental state omniscientor.
Absolutely correct. Unfortunately, democrats tend to conflate the two, and news organizations generally follow suit. And this drives me up the wall–I’m opposed to illegal immigration, but I’m very happy to have immigration. My wife just became a citizen a few years ago.
anti-anyone who isn´t like them.
The MinuteMen are an anti-ILLEGAL immigration group. They have no problem with LEGAL immigration.
For instance, the FBI is against ILLEGAL removal money from banks, but they have no problem with a person legally taking money out of one’s own bank account.
BIG difference and it shouldn’t be that difficult to comprehend.
If that were the actual case, I would have no problems. However, these people are known to bully legal immigrants and bend the laws of this nation (the one they are supposedly helping…) to fit some racist agenda. What these people do is illegal and not in the interests of the entire nation. No one asked for their help in this issue…we have border patrol and Homeland… this is not their fight and vigilantes of this variety have no place in our country. (I really really really hate the Minutemen sooooooo much.)
Well I’d still have a problem with their tactics but I see where you’re coming from. There are so many people in this country that just hate all immigrants and they don’t even need to be hispanic. I’ve had a few people tell me to go back to my own country and I’m lily white and speak better English than the average American
My dad’s from Ireland, so technically I am of an immigrant family, but it’s not quite the same of course. I don’t really get the xenophobia of people. It’s the modern age of communication…we should take advantage of it and reach out to the rest of the world… instead of having a knee jerk reaction of opposition.
Where is the line between immigrant or born soil status.
The border, usually…
I suppose the problem with being in a group called the Minutemen is that when you see it written down you might think it’s a group for very small men. It must make their advertising very difficult.
*snork*
I just think that they are only members for a minute. Then they have to retire. Retentions must be a b!tch!
When I looked up Minute in the dictionary it said: ‘Exceptionally small; tiny.’ It’s the reason I call my newt ‘Tiny’.
Well, historically, “Minutemen” is a term used for a group of people who would be ready to fight for their country, given even only a minute’s notice.
These guys have a case of Unwarranted Self-Importance.
I hate the fact that they ruined the romanticism of the word “Minutemen” from the Revolution.
I wasn’t thinking “tiny” so much as short-lasting, as in a one-minute man.
This is why I’m a Libertarian and not a Republican.
seems like every mistake is being called a “fail” these days. If this was writted in Spanish, it would be a Fail. This is just an Error.
I don’t think it does cntradict the point, that’s my point! Spelling word wrong does not contradict the bigoted viewpoint, even if that viewpoint relates to language. If it related directly to spelling, then yes.
What part of, they are claiming to only understand and register one language, and yet can’t even spell in their own self proclaimed single frikkin’ master language, do you not get as being a fail.
What part of, just restating the situation while saying “what part of”, makes this a useful reply?
I think what k@ was trying to say was: “If they think English is so superior, why can’t they even spot a simple error? Therefore, a fail”
Care to Samba GV? Todays selection is “Irony” by the Beatles
Beatles? Samba? Irony? Sure why not!
*grabs k@ and begins to Samba*
“lana” is “wool” in Spanish –
obviously he’s saying our only wool guava is English
and just dancing in sheep’s clothing and stuff
Yeah I see that, I know why it was posted, I just think, it’s really weak. Like, homeopathy weak.
What then, in your opinion, would constitute a “good” or “strong” fail? (I’m genuinely curious)
I’d love to, but, this is one of THOSE forums where there’s no end to it. No matter how carefully I express myself someone will snap back. Thought I’d just leave a comment and that would be that. I just don’t care enough to bother
Okay, it just seemed to me that you’re logic was slightly flawed in your original posts and a little on the hypocritical side in your subsequent ones.
See what I mean?
I’ve walked away.
Doesn’t it suck not being able to control the conversation?
I wasn’t snapping. I was trying to start a discussion. I actually made a mistake and it’s your second post where I think your logic is flawed as being bigoted against people who don’t speak the language well would imply you have a good understanding of it yourself to put yourself out of the range of your own prejudices. The reason I would say you were being hypocritical is that you snapped at k@, even if her comment was a bit blunt, you, as someone who doesn’t like people snapping should be wary of snapping yourself.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh SNAP!
Oh, Snap!
Moomin, I love you but hate you for getting that before me.
SNAP!
All comments belong to me now.
*runs off with the conversation*
Get back here, Moomin! I’m not through with you yet!
Aw man! Mooomin! I was using that!
*Is glad he held on to one little shred of the conversation*
I am sorry Marnok I know how you feel.
Please come back to another fail and comment. I did like how you expressed you thoughts and feelings.
Come on, k@! Let us just walk away.
*hands Marnok application to Humour 101*
Give him/her the additional paperwork for the remedial courses too!
OK, I’ll not bother to express my opinion here any more, clearly people are too highly sensitive and can’t handle the fact that one person did not enjoy what they perceive as low-quality fails. I am always a bit cautious about posting negatives in a new forum because there are always those who think it is an attack.
We call everybody to account for their comments, not just newbies. The people we already know sometimes say things that require further explanation. Getting hostile about it doesn’t really help.
Tell the Admiral, that please be fair.
So mocking people for not comprehending a language whilst barely having a comprehension of said language yourself is not contradictory to the insult you are attempting to make?
I suppose in a literal sense that you could argue the use of the ‘contradiction’ depending on how technical you want to get in your attempt to avoid the validity and intent of the presented argument.
I still believe that a failure to properly utilize a language while insulting others for the same offense is pure hypocritical idiocy definitely qualifies as a ‘fail’.
Silly Minutemen, they should have written it in Spanish (of whatever language) if they thought the occupants don’t speak English. The fact is the occupants probably do speak English (at least a little) as well as their native language. If you speak two languages, you probably speak your native language when you are with your family, since that is what is most comfortable and convenient. America doesn’t have an official language. America is one of the few countries where most of the citizens only speak one language. Many countries speak their native language as well as learning English. Now who are the stupid ones?
I thought Engrish was language of the Great Britain.
Ah, but Great Britain, Jewel of the Earth, Previous owners of the largest empire in the world only to be kind enough to share it with the previous owners, except Canada and Australia which are still under the Queen’s jurisdiction, etc, etc, is the home of English.
Engrish was invented in 8th century Japan at a McRonald’s, i believe
Great!
This may sound like a weird question but why is it that you can’t hear the accent when say a singer from Brittain or America is singing?
‘Cause Brits tend to sing with a US accent?
Gazza didn’t nor did Blur.
Furg on thi Tyne is aal mine aal mine
I used to serve those Blur guys in my pub…..*shudders* mockneys urgh.
Mockneys? hahahaha
I never heard that before. Could you spot the pixels?
Yes, yes you could. I think the main problem was that Damons’ dad taught me art…..and he was posh as all hell, kinda gives the game away!
Ah! That would do it.
What interesting circles you move in.
*puts hula hoop down*
It was an awesome pub, right next door to the theatre, Brian Blessed & George Melley were my favouritest customers ever!
Did he order beer in a really loud voice?
No he was really quiet, and looked like a tramp….
But he did do “DIIIIIIIIVVVVVEEE” for us all!
I loved him in Fun at the Funeral Parlour. Brian Blessed playing Brian Blessed
(clicky)
(Charlie Higson, David Mitchell and Robert Webb)
Sadly this misses out the part where he knocks three people out with one punch.
My bad, it does show that in the credits at the end.
*Credit roll*
That’s a lot of pink pixels for such a short punch.
I’ve wondered about that too. I’ve also noticed some singers, like Lily Allen, still sound British to me.
Lily Allen is a great example. Of course, if you take a song like Alfie as an example she is barely singing at all, more like cadenced speech. That and using ‘British’ sayings and phrases is certainly going to make you sound British.
Lily Allen certainly doesn’t sound American, because she is, rather unfortunately, a chav.
And I see where you’re coming from, but I don’t think singers sound either American or British, accents don’t really carry when singing
Meh, depends on the accent. Go listen to some Scandinavian people sing in English
Heh Give Bjork a listen, or listen to a few Shonen Knife songs.
*lobs an “!” onto the end of the “Heh” above*
From what I understand, people sing in the accent they heard when they were learning to sing. If you grew up listening to Elvis, you sing with his accent, but if you grew up on Grandpa down the Pub in Dublin, then you sound like Grandpa.
That is a really good question that I have wondered about myself. I suppose it has to do with trained singers enunciating clearly and shaping their words to a melody as opposed to speaking ‘normally’. I also believe there is a tendency in the music industry to try to ‘Americanize’ voices in order to be more palatable to the big cash cow that is the North American market.
Of course, I am just guessing here.
It also seems to depend on the type of music. For example, many indie artists from Britain have quite obvious accents. That would fit with at least part of my explanation. I guess.
Thats an interesting question indeed, I agree with you on the first part of your explanation but I’m not so sure about the “Americanization” of voices in the music industry. I actually think that American singers dont sound particularly american either.
To draw a parallel with Quebec and France, it is nearly impossible for a Frenchman to tell a French Canadian singer apart from a French singer (and a lot of Canadian singers have made it successfully across the Atlantic), even though our accents are so different that we normally have trouble understanding each other. I dont think Canadians are deliberately softening their accents to sell records in France
Most likely, the act of singing forces you to temper down your accentuation, so that two singers with different accents singing in the same language will eventually “sound the same”, some kind of average flat version of the original language. For French and its variants, that would be French itself because it is totally unaccentuated. For english and its variants, well I guess thats something like “californian”, since thats were all accents mixed up
Thats just my 2 cts, and of course as you say, it depends on the type of music, because when singing actually turns more into speaking (hip hop …) or shouting (punk rock, indies), accents come back quickly
The minuteman yes the minuteman where do I start. I have been following the federal organization for a long time, started 1962.
Following it? As in Being a part of it?
No, just driving along behind it in a beat up old VW while listening to Englebert Humperdink on 8-track.
Trying to understand it not part of it Qwaz. I am first nation remember.
They generally leave natives groups alone.
But they got a hate on for Mexicans,Vietnamese, etc.who is not white.
It is so sad cause they will accept white immigrants from across the big pond.
They are like the KKK but only smarter and richer and non violent.
The only language american knows is english and they fail even on that… LOL
If you’re American, you’ve successfully proven your own point, if not, you’ve just “pwnd” yourself!
Sometimes, we disgust me.There. There. As long as it’s not ALL the time and only sometimes.
Long time no see. I thought maybe someone ‘chopped’ you up for a change and hid your ebody. *squeeze*
No, I've been busy with soccer. Yesterday, we won the Minnesota State Championship!*throws confetti*
YAY!!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
*throws congratulations*
YAY!!! Confetti!!!!!!!!!
Nice Blog Ninja did you get the MVP?
They aren’t anti-immigration; they’re anti-illegal immigration. Important difference.
They aren’t anti-illegal immigration; they’re anti-immigration. Important difference.
And they’re forgetting that a [possibly long?] time ago their own great-grandfathers were also immigrants. And chances are, they probably didn’t speak English. And chances are, they were probably met with hostility as well.
But judging by the fail right up there, They obviously have never thought of this.
All Minutemen have to be full-blooded Cherokee or they’re not allowed to join, don’tcha know?
Because if they were just a bunch of redneck descendants of Europeans, with a load of hypocritical self-righteousness about “their” continent by virtue of supposedly being here first, that would just be silly. And more than a little reminiscent of Yertle the Turtle proclaiming himself King of All He Could See.
What, is this your van? Honestly, I see no evidence that they're only against illegal immigration. Don't try to cover up the pathetic self-righteous unresearched remark.Psst!
*flees thread*
*raised eyebrow*
Are you saying that Red Five is a minuteman? Or hinting to the fact I am part mexican?Which part?
I was part French once but lost that pinkie in an unfortunate incident with a pencil sharpener, two pounds of butter and an angry monkey.
That's an evil looking smile.What?
My comment was about red5.
Ninja makes a valid point.
To me this looks like anti-anyone-who-dosen’t-speak-their-’lanaguage’.
It’s not even true…
I know. No American I know speaks English. They mostly speak American
if you want be be specific like that, “american” is a dialect of english, not a different language, so it is still english
there’s a whol lotta ‘fish on’ this post!
using that kind of lanaguage, i can only surmise that the morans will be asking for amnety later.
Your prolly rite.
I didn’t know the Know-Nothing Party was still around!
Testing one two three.
pride comes before the fail
This is Brazil… and our own language is Portuguese, but I´m not stupid and also learned English and Spanish… lazy americans… ROFLMAO
So the fact that you’re from Brazil and primarily speak Poruguese makes you stupid? Or at least that’s what I understood from your post having to clear the air that you’re not stupid by automatically falling under those catigories.
Which minutemen?
hilarious…it says “our” only language instead of “are” only language…idiots
-gigglesnort-
that’s even more fail than that picture.
We also speak Fail!
So, where´s the dinner, mom???????
The Minutemen should know that America is a continent, and there are plenty of other languages spoken here, like Spanish, Portuguese and many Aboriginal languages.
lol, america is very big, and have other lenguages too.
Saludos desde Chile !!
Thank you for letting me know. Now only if you could learn that language…
I would be so pissed if someone wrote that on my window. I would be getting the finger all the way to the car wash.
America isn’t even a country, so it’s a double fail.
I think Americans speak Americanish. Because half the time its certainly not the same language the English use.
The Minutemen didn’t do this, you misguided half-wit. Some language-challenged idiot who bought a stack of Minutemen bumper stickers from the internet did. What’s the difference? The same difference between someone who pickets a Planned Parenthood clinic because they don’t believe in abortion and the radical idiot who plants a bomb in one because they can’t think outside of the bible. The Minutemen are not an anti-immigration group, they’re an anti-illegal-immigration group. If they were anti-immigration they’d be posting themselves outside of Immigration Services offices. Instead, they take up the slack and camp in areas of the southern border our government doesn’t bother to patrol. Now comes the whining…”yeah, the SOUTHERN border, I don’t see them patrolling the NORTHERN border, you racist!”. Look, hypothetically you’ve got two leaks in your roof. One is leaking 10 gallons per minute, the other is only leaking 1. Which leak do you address first?
Dude Mr Viddiewell no one from Canada really wants to immigrnt to the USA. Your weather is to warm, (no igloo snow). Your police officers shoot first ask question later LOL. I am a proud Canadian. ( All said in humour for those who can’t control their brains.)
Actually, Viddiewell, your rant made some sense. However, Canada has no leak, as I don’t think they are exactly dying to get into America as the Mexicans are, so no leaking one gallon a minute. Maybe a drop per hour?
The thing is though… the picture is photoshopped. You can tell by the coloring.
People do that you know… they fabricate fails.
Photoshopped? Faked? Please. That would be like a professional athlete taking performance enhancing drugs to cheat and get an edge on the competition. It just doesn’t happen.
No offense taken, we’re considering a move to Toronto. If only to escape all the expatriate Canadians I know who point out every Canadian actor on American television.
lol this should be on engrishfunny
Shit. America doesn’t mean USA. Learn that.
So very true. I’m sure Mexico would love to know about this English rule (not mentioning all of South America and a good chunk of Canada….)
Last!!!!
Too bad the moran doesn’t realize that in America we don’t speak AMERICAN, but an imported language. Irony fail.
That’s just awesome spelling. Hello sir, do you speak fail?
“lanaguage” – great spelling, doofus. These people who rant about “This is America” as if we were unaware of the fact and “We speak English” are really starting to get under my skin. First of all, English is a language imported (by foreigners) to the Americas from England, and is really a “scavenger” language in the first place – that is, it freely incorporates words from other languages. Furthermore, I usually hear that rant after the bumpkin overhears two people conversing in a language he doesn’t know. Dude, it wasn’t your conversation, so don’t worry about it. And to cap it off, my dear departed pen-pal Ewa would, when running off a late-night e-mail to me, sometimes get very tired and slip a few Polish words in with the English. I thought it was very sweet and enjoyed looking them up in the dictionary and learning new words.
This doofus fails on many levels, starting with attitude. I’ll wager he flunked English and whatever foreign language he was forced to take in school, too.
Howard Johnson is right!
He/she probably wasn’t interested in learning. Anyone with a mind open enough will see how amazing the Hispanic people and culture really are and won’t complain so much about the assimilation process. There is so little patience or compassion or empathy; only stereotypes and assumptions.
What a More-on!!
¿Cuándo podemos exigir los inmigrantes hablar inglés? ¡Cuando nosotros mismos hablemos inglés!
I think you want to say:
“¿Cómo podemos exigirle a los imigrantes hablar inglés cuando ni nosotros mismos podemos hacerlo?”
Am I right?
white folks can’t spell ? lol…….
100% FAIL. Also, I suspect that plenty of other Americans (French Canadians, Mexicans, etc) would disagree with this bright Windstar-driving fellow.
FAIL! Personally I think we should have dropped it then and made our own when we decided we wanted little to do with England.
Growing up in Texas my whole life has had a good side and a bad side to it… the awesomeness that is Hispanic culture, which is very strong in Texas and which I have grown up around and come to love, is definitely on the good side. The bad side is that you really get to meet a lot of people like the ones who own the van in this picture in person. And yes, it is an anti-immigration mentality, not just anti-illegal immigration.
This is america and we luv to fail.
GET A BRAIN, MORANS to you. CHECK YOUR SPELLING!!!
You F*ckers are not AMERICA!!!. You are USA!!.
America is:
Canada,
USA,
Mexico,
Guatemala,
Belice,
El Salvador,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Costa Rica,
Panama,
Jamaica,
Cuba,
Haiti,
Dominican Republic,
Colombia,
Venezuela,
Guayana,
Surinam,
French Guayana,
Brasil,
Ecuador,
Peru,
Bolivia,
Paraguay,
Uruguay,
Argentine,
Chile.
Sure i forgott some…
MINUTEMEN FAIL!
1) America is a continent.
2) Lanaguage LOL
Note the yellow ribbbon and George license plate.
Another good one:
http://cheezburger.com/view.aspx?ciid=4847109
The owner must have an extra geography class. America is a continent, therefore, english is not the only language spoken here.
apparently eneglish is what they were going for….
And apparently even THAT is too hard for you. Morons. These SUV-driving flag-waving soccer moms are all the f***ing same.
hahaha…..u.s. doesnt even have an official language….and why do u keep saying ure america?
This is what’s wrong with the majority of America.
I especially love how someone went through the trouble of photoshopping the picture to make people who care about America’s national identity and sovereignty look dumb. Real cute.
que dice??? no english!
I agree that this person is an ass, but why is it that I could not get a job because I only speak English… Why should I have to learn another language when I am in the U.S. and have never been outside of it?
Come on man, that may be frustrating, but in most other countries, people have to learn another language (mainly english) to get a job as well. Your situation is not different from everyone else.
Speaking other languages is an asset like any other, and it sometimes make difference for a job, and thats just the way it is.
In America are spoken English, Spanish, French and Natives languages so please USA don’t be stupid and think that you are not alone in the world
The scary part is that someone that stupid is DRIVING.
What about, you know, the languages that were here before English?
Ich weiß, wo der Fehler ist. Sie sollten schreiben Englisch!
Why someone write this in his/her car?
Actually in America (which is a continent, not one country) they also speak Spanish, Portuguese, French and an whole native languages and dialects
Ah, the irony is so thick you can almost taste it.
the caption should be “Racism FAIL”..or perhaps “Racist GOP FAIL”..
Yep, our only language is English, and you don’t know how to use it..
Don’t you mean Engrish?
good one
thats what you get for discrimination
I could of swore that the bumber sticker on the back was Palin/McCain. LOL
America is a continent not a country! So there are many languages! double fail
Me, fail English? That’s unpossible!
that is damn funny
if your only language is english, why don’t you learn it first?
Actually the U.S. doesn’t actually have an official language, even though most of its conduct is in English. Surprise, surprise!
Stupid americans lol
America is a continent not a country! So there are many languages! double fail [2]
Why am I not surprised that there’s a Georgia license plate involved… heh heh
I live in Georgia and can state for a fact that they are really that ignorant here.
plus america is the whole continent IN SOUTH AMERICA THEY SPEAK SPANISH N PORTUGUESE N I DONT KNOW WHAT ELSE … so stupid how they all call usa america is UNITED STATES OF AMERICA not just america so everyone who lives in the continent is AMERICAN
you know, he’s got a point. There is only one lanaguage but im not sure its english.
lol SPANGLISH ruleS!!! is already here and its going to stay! so deal with that u “american” lol xooan is right
Viva Mexico cabrones jajaja!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel for em. I’m in So Cal. I can just see the guy scribbling it in a furry after not being able to order a coke at the local burger place.
The person writing it fails in 2 ways, one being spelling… the other being… THERE IS NO OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN AMERICA!!! dumb ass
FIAL!
For
Indecent
Adequate
Language
Perhaps the spelling was lost in translation…
dictionary fail
Lol i aint english and i can whrite that word
LOL!!!
pobeda
Well, apparently not, since you can’t even spell it!
What?????
of course… look at the liscense plate state…
SEE??! SEE ITS PROOF I SPELLED LISCENSE RONG AND IM IN GEORGIA
Actually, I think this is a great idea. Maybe stupid people should be required by law to write what they think on their vehicles, houses and clothes so that they are more easily identifiable. It would save the rest of the world a lot of time if you knew who and what you were dealing with before it’s too late.
what were they even wrighting about?!??!??!?!