MetallyGuitarded
He whom thou art not
Didn't older Marshall and/or Laney amps say "Equalisation" on them? I know I've seen it on British gear before but I can't recall specifically what gear it was.
Lame... so lame
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-Gavin-
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Well, in UK, Ireland, possibly Australia, and many European countries when taught English and S is used.
In US, Canada and many European countries when taught English, Z is used.
Next you'll be arguing that Colour is spelled wrongly, There's no such thing as trousers and Aluminium is pronounced Aloominum!
poidaobi
Held in Hollows
Well, in UK, Ireland, possibly Australia, and many European countries when taught English and S is used.
In US, Canada and many European countries when taught English, Z is used.
Next you'll be arguing that Colour is spelled wrongly, There's no such thing as trousers and Aluminium is pronounced Aloominum!
It's Eka Looi zayschun down in Australia Mate!
-Gavin-
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Do you wanna be in my Steve Irwin tribute band?
Already got Todd from Berzerker and Bren Casey of lucy's doll!
poidaobi
Held in Hollows
Do you wanna be in my Steve Irwin tribute band?
Already got Todd from Berzerker and Bren Casey of lucy's doll!
Hahaha I can't sing but I can do Aussie Accents very well. Maybe 'cause I'm Owwzstrayian!
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Here's a bunch of differences between General American and British English
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/americanbritish.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/americanbritish.html
-Gavin-
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Well, in UK, Ireland, possibly Australia, and many European countries when taught English and S is used.
In US, Canada and many European countries when taught English, Z is used.
Next you'll be arguing that Colour is spelled wrongly, There's no such thing as trousers and Aluminium is pronounced Aloominum!
No I knew that.. colour/color or theater/theatre are just more used I guess
-Gavin-
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lol thanks sir!
1. Fudge-packer
1.A term for a homosexual male alluding to the supposed tendancy of fecal matter to become compacted during male on male anal sex. Often it is considered a derogotory term applied to a homosexual male. Also called a donut-puncher, cork-soaker, coke-sacker, sock-tucker.
Clarence is a fudge-packer. He'd like to know if he can push in your stool.
I like this term
Etymology: Aluminum/AluminiumNext you'll be arguing that Colour is spelled wrongly, There's no such thing as trousers and Aluminium is pronounced Aloominum!
Nomenclature history
The earliest citation given in the Oxford English Dictionary for any word used as a name for this element is alumium, which British chemist and inventor Humphry Davy employed in 1808 for the metal he was trying to isolate electrolytically from the mineral alumina. The citation is from his journal Philosophical Transactions: "Had I been so fortunate as..to have procured the metallic substances I was in search of, I should have proposed for them the names of silicium, alumium, zirconium, and glucium."[29]
By 1812, Davy had settled on aluminum. He wrote in the journal Chemical Philosophy: "As yet Aluminum has not been obtained in a perfectly free state."[30] But the same year, an anonymous contributor to the Quarterly Review, a British political-literary journal, objected to aluminum and proposed the name aluminium, "for so we shall take the liberty of writing the word, in preference to aluminum, which has a less classical sound."[31]
The -ium suffix had the advantage of conforming to the precedent set in other newly discovered elements of the time: potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium, and strontium (all of which Davy had isolated himself). Nevertheless, -um spellings for elements were not unknown at the time, as for example platinum, known to Europeans since the sixteenth century, molybdenum, discovered in 1778, and tantalum, discovered in 1802.
Americans adopted -ium to fit the standard form of the periodic table of elements, for most of the nineteenth century, with aluminium appearing in Webster's Dictionary of 1828. In 1892, however, Charles Martin Hall used the -um spelling in an advertising handbill for his new electrolytic method of producing the metal, despite his constant use of the -ium spelling in all the patents[26] he filed between 1886 and 1903.[32] It has consequently been suggested that the spelling reflects an easier to pronounce word with one fewer syllable, or that the spelling on the flier was a mistake. Hall's domination of production of the metal ensured that the spelling aluminum became the standard in North America; the Webster Unabridged Dictionary of 1913, though, continued to use the -ium version.
In 1926, the American Chemical Society officially decided to use aluminum in its publications; American dictionaries typically label the spelling aluminium as a British variant.
Present-day spelling
Most countries spell aluminium with an i before -um. In the United States, the spelling aluminium is largely unknown, and the spelling aluminum predominates.[33][34] The Canadian Oxford Dictionary prefers aluminum, whereas the Australian Macquarie Dictionary prefers aluminium.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) adopted aluminium as the standard international name for the element in 1990, but three years later recognized aluminum as an acceptable variant. Hence their periodic table includes both, but places aluminium first in alphabetical order.[35] IUPAC officially prefers the use of aluminium in its internal publications, although several IUPAC publications use the spelling aluminum.[36]
Holy crap, I never knew it was actually spelled with a second "i" abroad, I thought you Brits were just batty with your pronunciation!
Holy crap, I never knew it was actually spelled without a second "i" abroad, I thought you Americans were just batty with your pronunciation!
Reminds me of an Ed Byrn sketch:
"... And what the HELL is with 'Aluminum Foil'?
It's clearly pronounced 'TIN Foil'!"
Reminds me of an Ed Byrn sketch:
"... And what the HELL is with 'Aluminum Foil'?
It's clearly pronounced 'TIN Foil'!"
MT01
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This is the 5watt amp by blackstar, my buddy bought one (I didn't have the chance to check it out anyway)
ahahah look how they have written equalization lol
I guess it was because it was designed in the uk and built in china lol
Good to see they spelt it properly in English.
Meisterjäger;8126553 said:Holy crap, I never knew it was actually spelled without a second "i" abroad, I thought you Americans were just batty with your pronunciation!
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Touche
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