My first americans

[Food Lady]

Yeesh... sorry. That's really not a good representation of our country, I can assure you Maybe they were trying to be funny? Heh.

As an American, I heartily disagree.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

It's too wet

But they have SCOTCH! Like, ALL the Scotch. Scotch you have to special order from Scotland to get it to America, but then it'd have to go through customs, and you don't want it delivered to your house, anyway, since your family is convinced alcohol is the devil's beverage, but you can't get it delivered at work either and your sister's cool with having it delivered to her place, but they aren't always there during the day and would probably drink it before you even got a taste of that delicious ambrosia from the Highlands.

I can handle a little humidity to avoid that.

[infinitemonkies]

From 'Married with Children':

DMV clerk "What language do you speak?"
Al: I'm an American, I'm in America, I speak the same language as everyone else.
DMV clerk " Ah, Espanol. Buena.

"

[Mike Taylor]

I got three americans in today, that must be a record for our store.

First person was fine, even said thanks!

Second person, " I don't speak scottish but you guys speak bloody good english"
me:eh......thanks

Third person, " Do you have any papers written in the american language"
me: in american?
tp:yeah, not english"
me:.......no........(stares blankly)
tp: ok bye
me:???bye

Now the smartass in me would have played along with this:

ME: Oh, we have books in Cherokee, Kiowa, Seminole, Ojibwa, Hopi, Nahuatl....

SC: I mean American.

ME: Those ARE American.


Let me join the others in apologizing for your having to deal with our less than intelligent countrymen.

[sms001]

ME: Oh, we have books in Cherokee, Kiowa, ....
ME: Those ARE American.

What about French, Spanish, and Portuguese?

[edible_hat]

The thing I hated about the Harry Potter books published by Scholastic in the US was that Scholastic felt they had to translate them from English to American.

Because if they don't, they'll get flooded with complaints about alleged bad spelling and asking what a philosopher is.

[Ironclad Alibi]

"I only speak two languages, English and bad English."

Cookies for reference.

[Pagan]

SIGH. I'm just jealous. I wish I were in Scotland.

I will be in a little over a month!

But they have SCOTCH! Like, ALL the Scotch. Scotch you have to special order from Scotland to get it to America,

No you don't. I've got three places near me (two in walking distance, the other a short drive) that I can buy it at. And the good single malts, too.

What about French, Spanish, and Portuguese?

Those aren't native to America.

[Nurian]

"I only speak two languages, English and bad English."

Cookies for reference.

5th Element.


Funnily enough, I had only ever heard of the Philosopher's Stone prior to Harry Potter. I was confused when I read later that they changed it to appeal to an American audience.

[Mike Taylor]

What about French, Spanish, and Portuguese?

Like English, they didn't originate in the Americas. They come from Europe.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

No you don't. I've got three places near me (two in walking distance, the other a short drive) that I can buy it at. And the good single malts, too.

Do they have Springbank? Cause I can't find that stuff anywhere. *sulk*

Not that my local discount liquor store doesn't have a nice selection of single malts. Just... not nice enough.

[Mike Taylor]

The thing I hated about the Harry Potter books published by Scholastic in the US was that Scholastic felt they had to translate them from English to American. What an insult. A company known for educational books is denying American children, and others, the opportunity to learn about the differences between the English and American languages? AAAAaaaaargh!!!! When I found out about the differences, I bought my copies (HP 3-7) from Amazon UK.

You do understand that American English is a dialect of English and not a wholly separate language. People from the UK and the US can understand each other with minimal difficulty.

[sms001]

ME: Oh, we have books in Cherokee, Kiowa, ....
ME: Those ARE American.

What about French, Spanish, and Portuguese?

Those aren't native to America.

Like English, they didn't originate in the Americas. They come from Europe.

First. STUNNED that either of you felt it necessary to point that out.

Second, I was really going for the geography thing - languages of the Americas. 'Native to' and 'originate in' hadn't been specified at the point in the thread where I responded. I was just adding to the choices that lilstu50's customer might have to decide from.

[Pagan]

Do they have Springbank? Cause I can't find that stuff anywhere. *sulk*

I believe one of them does, sorry. Quarters (great BBQ, too) has an absolutely fabulous selection.

You might try these websites:

http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/def...p?currency=USD
http://www.globalwhiskyshop.com/

They both can ship to the US.

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Thank freaking God, it's finally within my grasp.