Are American's Too Stupid to Know That They are Stupid

[MOBIUS]

And the colonists we lost to were previously British anyway and therefore England was only defeated by England.

By Wales. England was defeated by Wales in the American War of Independence.

As I have already conclusively proved beyond the shadow of any reasonable doubt in a previous thread, the major instigators of the revolution, the first presidents, and indeed the constitution of the US were overwhelmingly Welsh, or based on Welsh ideas.

In other words, the US is independent only through the combined actions of a fortuitous blend of a Welsh/French alliance.

[MikeH]

That explains why they speak such bad English.

[Drake Tungsten]

We don't speak English; we speak American.

[MikeH]

You don't even speak that very well.

[Drake Tungsten]

Barack Obama begs to differ with you.

[MikeH]

If he ever gets any socialist reforms through maybe he won't have to beg.

[MOBIUS]

We don't speak English; we speak American.

Yeah, by deliberately(?) misspelling words, pronouncing some like the French (herb) and even preferring nonsensical words over proper ones (cilantro, aluminum etc). Yep, you really invented your own language there, didn’t you…?

[MikeH]

MOBIUS! That's not helping!

cilantro was from the spanish and Aluminum was the original word in England too.

[MOBIUS]

Yes, it is. Coriander is derived from the Latin word, which is in turn derived from the ancient Greek word. That trumps any arriviste Spanish claptrap stone cold!

As for Aluminum, we pretty quickly realised it rhymed with 'dumb' and changed it. The Yanks OTOH...

But you do agree that pronouncing herb ‘erb is particularly annoying?

[MikeH]

I can't say I've ever noticed that one from Americans, so no.

[Drake Tungsten]

Yeah, by deliberately(?) misspelling words, pronouncing some like the French (herb) and even preferring nonsensical words over proper ones (cilantro, aluminum etc). Yep, you really invented your own language there, didn’t you…?

You do realize that carping from residents of an irrelevant has-been backwater doesn't faze us in the least, right? The American language is clearly a perfected version of the lesser English language, just as the American republic is a perfected version of the lesser English form of liberal governance.

[Caligastia]

I think there is a definite fear of that. But there are things that will or do help people that come from the legislative branch: Social Securty, SCHIP, eliminating rejections for prior conditions.

Why should anyone bother to buy health insurance if they can sign up for it if/when they get sick? It's a bit like getting in a car accident and then demanding to be approved for auto insurance.

[MikeH]

You do realize that carping from residents of an irrelevant has-been backwater doesn't faze us in the least, right? The American language is clearly a perfected version of the lesser English language, just as the American republic is a perfected version of the lesser English form of liberal governance.

[Caligastia]

There's some really good research into how the dumber someone is the less able they are to recognise intelligence in others, but I read it in an actual book (which had the references) which I no longer have and don't have an on-line reference, so no-one will believe me.

So if you are much smarter than someone, they will probably think you are much dumber than them.

Interesting...so they both end up "knowing" they are much smarter than the other?

[MikeH]

But, crucially, only one of them is correct.