https://i.ibb.co/8jh44b9/HEADDESK.jpg We don't learn UK English or speak US English, we learn and speak Canadian English, EH??? This of course also neglects that African Englishes are very disti...

Thirteen seconds is all it took me. ;)

Ahh, Central and Northern Inland BC. Leaving the semi-deserts and inland temperate rainforests of the south in favour of boreal forests and muskegs. :P With the exception of the northernmost territory...

As y'all know, I live in British Columbia. And this is the traditional territory of dozens of ethnic groups speaking many languages across several families - Salishan, Na-Dene/Dene-Yeniseyan, Tsimshia...

Shiny Star Wrote: (04-07-2025, 11:39 PM) -- Not even just language.. dialect too! -- Even worse. Although that would also be next to impossible for any government to manage because language change ...

Have you ever read "Harrison Bergeron?" It's a short satire by Kurt Vonnegut that addresses exactly this. Such tightly-controlled uniformity is never a good thing, and even within Scripture there is t...

That would be a hard sell. 99 was only used by one other player in the NHL's history, Wilf Paiement. 8 though? Larry Murphy? Cam Neely? Teemu Selänne? Ken Hodge? Mark Recchi? I think because it's a mo...

Kyng Wrote: (03-16-2025, 10:39 AM) -- I have registrations on manual approval, due to the large volume of spambots that we get on here... sadly, MyBB doesn't have the best anti-spam protection in the...

Note to self: Avoid SleazyJet. Instead of filing frivolous lawsuits, maybe Stelios should spring for some better vetting. ;)

Kyng Wrote: (03-11-2025, 06:11 PM) -- Still, given the club's current woes, would this really be the wisest use of their money? -- Probably not. Still, I have to wonder - will they call it "New Tra...

DW, sloo, your day will come ;) In the meantime, congrats to Shiny and CC on their awards. I couldn't vote because I was on my way to Africa. :P

Got 'em all with just 43 seconds to go this time. [spoiler] @"KenDaGamer"#1355 I almost missed Taipei as well. Overthinking it. I even guessed Dili (the capital of Timor-Leste) and Hanoi (Vietnam) ...

Kyng Wrote: (02-26-2025, 05:08 PM) -- Werewolf: As Professor Snape tells us (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnOyBLT07R8), 'were' comes an the Old English word for 'man'. (This wasn't using 'man' in ...

My condolences :'( @"Bryn"#1539 I had heard the same thing, and apparently "the internet" seems to believe that this is the case. I've had jaundice myself and anything that messes with your liver c...

Got 'em all, 27 seconds.

:wub: Good for the Sky Blues!

I'm an old goit, so don't be surprised that my favourite from NuWho is Capaldi :P I just like him as an actor, period. He can do all sorts of things - crazed Time Lord, foul-mouthed government spin do...

Got 'em all. Took me 42 seconds (or 3:18 to go if you prefer)

Much to my disgust, Logan Paul, who is now a WWE wrestler.

Got 'em all in 46 seconds.