The Serious Question Thread

With English being so widespread language you can't expect everyone to speak the proper queen English. :) Many cultures have spoken it long enough too to develop their own dialects and make some changes. Obviously they felt them needed...

I personally couldn't care less about the petrol/gas etc thing. instead, I would like Americans to pronounce stuff more clearly. So often I hear an American speak only half understandably and usually very fast. So please, open your mouth more and slow down a little bit.

You guys think American English is different.....?

Try going to Ashington (Northumberland, UK).

I live a few miles down the road and I don't understand a word they say :eek: !!! ;)

What's the best way to cook a sausage?

In what way do you mean best?

Taste, health, texture?

Personally for me the best way is on a BBQ.

I think a frying pan and a bit of oil :)

Yanks can't pronounce "herbs" either.

I have a very serious question! I think I have a sort-of answer in my head, but I'm interested to see what you guys think:

Why do different energy companies charge different amounts for electricity and gas etc. Surely if you change suppliers, it's the same gas, it's the same electrons carrying charge to your home... So why don't we all just sign up for the cheapest energy?

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

Which would win in a dogfight?

a) Spitfire versus Mustang

http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/types/uk...I/spitfire.jpg
http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51.../ww2/H.ww2.jpg

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Mustang would win. Faster, Better range, better turn radius and more Fire Power.

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

fight b) Eurofighter versus F-22

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/e...urofighter.jpg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-22_2.jpg

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Not even close. The Typhoon would be a a plume of smoke smoldering from a scotish hillside and it's pilot would have never seen the F-22 that shot it down.
The F-22 is a whole generation ahead of anything out there it is almost unfair.

How about the f-22 against this:

http://www.crazyaviation.com/movies/CA_SU-30.wmv

Cool video.

Russian SU-30MK Stunning,
Total Air Superiority Fighter
2-26-7
SU-30MK
On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:34:09 -0800, MGEN Hank Stelling USAF Ret wrote: "This is for those of you who will understand how remarkable this really is. Any way you slice it, pretty impressive. Great camera work. This remarkable aircraft and its pilot demonstrate what I thought impossible for a high speed jet fighter. In the SU-30MK, Russian aviation has surpassed that of the US and its NATO allies. This truly impressive fighter can stall from high speed flight to stop in less than a second. It can fall back on its tail, without compressor stall, and go into a flat spin and recover in less than a minute. There is no aircraft in any country's inventory that could stand up to it in a dog fight."

Why do we all say 'Zed' except in the US, where they say 'Zeee'?

I reckon it's down to the slimy marketers, who exploit it for sales pitches like 'E-Z terms available', etc.