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lostalex 03-05-2013 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia (Post 5974029)
I'd lay a couple of quid on the fact that she'd struggle to spell the server's name in the native language. That's not a pop at Americans. I'm not suggesting there are many Brits that could. I just think this was a huge overreaction that should have been laughed off, and because such an issue was made it makes her look whiney and superficial.

Well i agree it's an over reaction, just ike everything else on the internet. I'm just saying, that racism exists in China and asian countries against foreigners, and that shouldn't be just "laughed off". We should hold everyone to a higher standard, that's all i'm saying.

DigitalSid 03-05-2013 09:18 PM

Firstly, Virginia's a Roman name, not American. Secondly, why should a Hong Kong coffee shop be able to spell a (it's not but lets go with it) American name?

DigitalSid 03-05-2013 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5974066)
Well i agree it's an over reaction, just ike everything else on the internet. I'm just saying, that racism exists in China and asian countries against foreigners, and that shouldn't be just "laughed off". We should hold everyone to a higher standard, that's all i'm saying.

It does, but mainly because of ignorant ****s like the woman in the article.

lostalex 03-05-2013 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by DigitalSid (Post 5974104)
Firstly, Virginia's a Roman name, not American. Secondly, why should a Hong Kong coffee shop be able to spell a (it's not but lets go with it) American name?

actually Virginia as a name in America is a British name, after the "virgin" Queen Elizabeth I. That is what the state Virginia is named after, and where the proper name Virginia originates from in America. In the same way the name "Georgia" became the name of a state and a proper name for women in honor of King George II.

DigitalSid 04-05-2013 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5974356)
actually Virginia as a name in America is a British name, after the "virgin" Queen Elizabeth I. That is what the state Virginia is named after, and where the proper name Virginia originates from in America. In the same way the name "Georgia" became the name of a state and a proper name for women in honor of King George II.

Regardless of the origin of it's usage in America (which I'm fully aware of), it's a Roman not American name. The word centre, while used in English, is a French word for example.

(Also Georgia is the feminine form of the Greek name George, so also not American)

lostalex 04-05-2013 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by DigitalSid (Post 5974438)
Regardless of the origin of it's usage in America (which I'm fully aware of), it's a Roman not American name. The word centre, while used in English, is a French word for example.

(Also Georgia is the feminine form of the Greek name George, so also not American)

Sorry, but how does that mean it's less American?

If you go back far enuf were all ****ing africans, and speaking with ****ing clicks and yelps, so don't lecture me about the ****ing Romans.

England wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for the ****ing Germans and French who colonized your tiny island to begin with.

DigitalSid 04-05-2013 02:27 AM

You're really playing up to your national stereotype here Alex (and in your bullish, OTT patriotism, true to that stereotype, are completely missing the point), but if you insist on reinforcing it... :laugh:.

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Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5974462)
Sorry, but how does that mean it's less American?

It doesn't, it makes it not American at all. An American name is one which originates in America (just as an English name is one that originates in England and a French one is one that originates in France), neither of those do, one originates in Italy and one originates in Greece. America is a country where they are in use, but they're in use all over the world, it's not a German name because they are also in use there. You can find pretty much any popular name, from anywhere in the world, in any populous country with outside influence.

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If you go back far enuf were all ****ing africans, and speaking with ****ing clicks and yelps, so don't lecture me about the ****ing Romans.
I'm not lecturing you on anything, I'm correcting your introverted ignorance.
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England wouldn't even exist if it wasn't for the ****ing Germans and French who colonized your tiny island to begin with.
I see your historical, geographical and geopolitical knowledge (not to mention your awareness of hilariously acute Irony :laugh:) are also stereotypically lacking :joker:.

lostalex 04-05-2013 03:44 AM

Sid can never admit when he's wrong. *sigh*

DigitalSid 04-05-2013 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5974520)
Sid can never admit when he's wrong. *sigh*

Again with that hilarious irony, where (in this thread) am I wrong? (Or more pressingly, where are you right?)

From your decision to not even attempt a proper, non-childish response, I think we both know the answer to both.

lostalex 04-05-2013 04:15 AM

I can't tell if you are being ironic or not. (because i'm American)

Glenn. 04-05-2013 04:16 AM

:joker:

Glenn. 04-05-2013 04:16 AM

-was laughing at Sid- :idc:

lostalex 04-05-2013 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Glenn (Post 5974530)
-was laughing at Sid- :idc:

I'm laughing at him too. He is quite ridiculous.

Glenn. 04-05-2013 04:18 AM

He's not :idc:

lostalex 04-05-2013 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Glenn (Post 5974533)
He's not :idc:

Then why were you laughing at him?

Glenn. 04-05-2013 04:19 AM

I was laughing at the way he owned you.

Jords 04-05-2013 04:32 AM

Id laugh tbh

lostalex 04-05-2013 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Glenn (Post 5974536)
I was laughing at the way he owned you.

he didn't though. thats why its ironic.

Shaun 04-05-2013 04:34 AM

for the twenty thousandth time, alex please shut up

DigitalSid 04-05-2013 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5974538)
he didn't though. thats why its ironic.

Pretty sure I did Alex :laugh:.

lostalex 04-05-2013 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Shaun (Post 5974539)
for the twenty thousandth time, alex please shut up

shaun, please suck my dick

Glenn. 04-05-2013 04:44 AM

Ew Alex. There ls a time and a place.

You can't just ask someone to suck your dick.

Glenn. 04-05-2013 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by lostalex (Post 5974538)
he didn't though. thats why its ironic.

He did. Your lack of reasonable argument is proof for everyone to see.

lostalex 04-05-2013 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Glenn (Post 5974543)
Ew Alex. There ls a time and a place.

You can't just ask someone to suck your dick.

oh but I can...

and Sid is a well known troll, not just here , but on ALL big brother forums around the web. He didn't actually contradict anything i said with any factual evidence. He's just trolling.

lostalex 04-05-2013 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Glenn (Post 5974544)
He did. Your lack of reasonable argument is proof for everyone to see.

My lack of reasonable argument against what? He didn't present any facts for me to disagree with. He just made blanket untrue statements.

That's like asking me to argue against someone saying "yo momma".


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