I've been around Americans a long time. 1994 I first got online and back then there were next to no Brits online so I made friends with Americans, many of whom are still friends to... moreI've been around Americans a long time. 1994 I first got online and back then there were next to no Brits online so I made friends with Americans, many of whom are still friends today. When I landed on the fair land that is the States we and our hosts constantly jibed each other about the need for an English/American translation dictionary :P I offered to write one.. I could be rich if I did!SO biscuit and cookies... to us they are two different sizes and textures of biscuit.. Anyway... just while browsing idly I saw this article - it's fairly light-hearted :)https://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2014/05/biscuit-vs-cookie/and this.. which ahem agrees with Brits on the matter https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/10/biscuits-different-britainOne thing though... can you even imagine the cookie monster getting anywhere in life if he were called the biscuit monster??? Unthinkable!Disclaimer please dont get mad.. this is meant to be a funny look at language differences less
The GOP in Indiana asked folks to share their "Obamacare Horror Stories". It backfired BIGTIME! They got a few but the abundant majority of the replies were in praise of the Afford... moreThe GOP in Indiana asked folks to share their "Obamacare Horror Stories". It backfired BIGTIME! They got a few but the abundant majority of the replies were in praise of the Affordable Health Care Act. Next time the askers have to be SPECIFIC! Restrict replies ONLY TO THOSE who comply with the point. They were not interested in people's experiences at all if the experiences weren't abysmally awful. They only wanted the bad ones, the terrible ones, the unfortunate ones. Unfortunately there weren't enough of them. Next time? Well you know what to do. Use "alternative facts". Make up the stories and the names and publish those. Fake it. Stack the deck. If you know the outcome you want make it happen yourself. You can't count on the people to give you what you want. Some, maybe many, will honestly tell you what they experienced. That's a gamble when you can't control what they say. Make it like a closed prez press conference where all questions are approved in advance and only friendly folks ... less
