Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: CRAP Poll: My Mouse Is...
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 2024 09:31:44 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 70
Message-ID: <v4211f$2maic$2@dont-email.me>
References: <gjec5j97luheot48j35sa6suk5v7hdq6j5@4ax.com>
 <v36121$v4ta$1@dont-email.me> <v36k95$11oi4$2@dont-email.me>
 <ojnd5j55mqtbumn5dpgd4h181ddbvd88od@4ax.com> <v3c53c$25rn4$2@dont-email.me>
 <dl5k5jpph4egp3ch0o66rsgok0889v157a@4ax.com> <v3elqs$2mhak$1@dont-email.me>
 <v3fl6v$2sjld$1@dont-email.me> <v4192u$2i5an$2@dont-email.me>
 <mhs86jde6h16mojofj0ola9qhocflnl33b@4ax.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2024 18:31:44 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3e329fac6aaef58802dadbc33bab38c4";
	logging-data="2828876"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX182yD2/JW6XhDazKI0Rb3BK"
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird
Cancel-Lock: sha1:ReWUjHlFDpFNj0O2AzuoHUjgti8=
Content-Language: en-US
In-Reply-To: <mhs86jde6h16mojofj0ola9qhocflnl33b@4ax.com>
Bytes: 4222

On 6/8/2024 8:14 AM, Xocyll wrote:
> JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
> spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> 
>> On 01/06/2024 18:19, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 6/1/2024 1:23 AM, JAB wrote:
>>>> On 31/05/2024 19:29, Xocyll wrote:
>>>>> JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
>>>>> spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 29/05/2024 08:52, Xocyll wrote:
>>>>>>> Never heard it called a mat before, always a mouse pad here in Canada.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I did check and it seems to be another British vs American English.
>>>>>
>>>>> Canada usually follows British rules though.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don't know Canadian English so not sure but I've always presumed that
>>>> in terms of grammar and spelling it's more akin to British English but
>>>> for actual terms used I also assumed (not sure why) it would have more
>>>> in common with what's used in the US.
>>>>
>>> Re: "why".  Possibly because the US is the 800 pound gorilla sitting
>>> right next to Canada?  ;)
>>>
>>
>> So how much influence does US culture have on Canada as in the UK it's
>> pretty much limited to music and films*. Saying that I have noticed more
>> and more references to a TV season instead of a TV series.
> 
> Yeah in NA it's the various seasons of a TV series, whereas in Britain
> it's various series of a TV show.
> 
> Of course in Britain, they can run a "series" (year) of a show, take a
> year or two off, then bring it back for the next series.
> In NA that pretty much never happens - it's continuous start to finish,
> then it's truly finished.
> 
> Season one and cancelled, there is never a season 2.
> Some series were officially cancelled, but fans got them reinstated
> before they actually the actually finished filming the current season or
> the actors moved on to other projects, but that's a whole nother thing.
> 
> Brit series tend to be shorter too, often only 4-6 episodes.   VS 10-13
> fairly standard now in NA, and the older ones that were 22-26
> episodes/season.
> 
> IE Primeval went 6/7/10/7/6 eps in  2007/8/9/11/11
> 
> 
>> *Of course we are more than happen to export our own actors as pretend
>> Americans and if you need someone to play the bad guy, well we've got it
>> covered.
> 
> As referenced when Hugh Laurie of House MD fame surprised people with
> his spot on "English Accent" cause they had no idea he was English.
> 
> The number of Brits and Aus/NZ actors who can do perfect American
> accents is surprising.
> 
> The number of American actors who can do perfect Brit/Aus/NZ accents is
> microscopic.
> 
Gorilla don't need to learn how to grunt funny.  :D

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.