The Serious Question Thread

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

Why do Americans pronounce words incorrectly?

e.g 'Soccer' instead of football

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its not just yanks who say that....

but thats not a mispronounciation... what school did you go to? remind me not to send my future kids there

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Originally Posted by millencolin

its not just yanks who say that....

but thats not a mispronounciation... what school did you go to? remind me not to send my future kids there

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Remember that I was/am being educated in the time of a labour government! I don't really stand a chance of being educated properly.

I have a question!!! Why do trucks have hubs at the front that stick out and ones at the back that are indented?

Is it the color (or colour) "grey" or "gray"? ;)

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Originally Posted by Mp3 Astra

I have a question!!! Why do trucks have hubs at the front that stick out and ones at the back that are indented?

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The shape of the hubs is largely designed to accommodate the brakes. The hub has to be "sticking out" :p : for the brake disk/caliper to fit in the wheel. Most trucks have four rear wheels per axle, with two wheel hubs bolted together, inverted, per side. So the inner wheel hub is actually "sticking out" just like the fronts.

Good question though :D

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Originally Posted by Alexamateo

Is it the color (or colour) "grey" or "gray"? ;)

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In England it's grey.

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Originally Posted by schmenke

The shape of the hubs is largely designed to accommodate the brakes. The hub has to be "sticking out" :p : for the brake disk/caliper to fit in the wheel. Most trucks have four rear wheels per axle, with two wheel hubs bolted together, inverted, per side. So the inner wheel hub is actually "sticking out" just like the fronts.

Good question though :D

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I've been wondering about that question all my life and only just figured out I could ask it here. Thanks, another piece of my life is now complete :)

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Originally Posted by LotusElise

I don't mind the alternative vowel sounds really, but there are a couple of Americanisms that do do my head in. The one I'm thinking of now is aloominum for aluminium. There's almost a whole syllable missed out.

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That's because we're lazy, we shorten words all the time. I was unaware there was a North/South thing over there as well. Thought it was just here. My grandparents never mentioned it.

Of course over here, we spent 4 years at war over it....

Can fat people go skinny dipping?

why if someone from England = English, Spain = Spanish, Japan = Japanese, etc. then Netherlands = Dutch???