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[helios]

What?

Sorting two dates in DD/MM/YY will only give chronological order when the month and year are the same.

It's no more ambiguous than 2/4/10 or 10/2/4.

I didn't say they were.

Is that less ambiguous?

Yes, but it's still unsortable, and worse still, it contains language.

This is all you need: YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS, YYYYMMDDTHHmmSS (the "T" is an actual letter T).

[z05DSL3A]

chrisname wrote:

I'm from England. That's where the language originates from

Does English originate from 'England'? How far back do you want to go before 'English' was not the native language of the land?

Just the name England comes from the the 'Old English' word Englaland, which means "land of the Angles". I'm sure you know the Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in 'England' during the Early Middle Ages. So English originated from several dialects of West Germanic languages.

UK English, US English, etc are just different dialects of the same language.

[chrisname]

Does English originate from 'England'? How far back do you want to go before 'English' was not the native language of the land?

I know what you're saying... but if you go far that back then I'm not English at all, I'd be Danish. But how much further back should we go than that? Do you want to go all the way back to Pangea? Because I for one have no idea what happened in the 65 million years between the Dinoasaurs and me being born.

I'm sure you know the Angles were one of the Germanic tribes that settled in 'England' during the Early Middle Ages.

Yes, along with the Saxons, Jutes (me!) and others.

UK English, US English, etc are just different dialects of the same language.

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

I guess you're right.

[gcampton]

AUS English ftw.

[Duthomhas]

"American English" is purposefully different than "UK English".

This is because of Noah Webster, who took an interest in refining a distinctly American language. His work, obviously, was very influential and hence we now have two "Englishes".

AFAIK, Aussie English evolved more as a regional dialect than a targeted difference.

[jRaskell]

There's a fairly common saying that I'm sure most here, if not everybody, is familiar with. Starts off with 'When in Rome...'.

In case you didn't notice, Kipkay, the originator of the video that spurred this discussion of the pronunciation of solder, is from New Jersey.

When in the UK, feel free to pronounce solder, use aluminium, type defence, etc.

When in the US though, criticize our usage of 'sodder', aluminum, defense, etc, and you should expect to be bashed mercilessly. We already kicked your asses out of our country once. Is that a suitable attack on the English Empire, chrisname? I only had the urge to say it because you brought it up though. No offense intended, just want to live up to people's expectations of me. ;-)

[z05DSL3A]

jRaskell wrote:

We already kicked your asses out of our country once.

Now that's funny, kicked your asses out our country.

[firedraco]

Grey Wolf wrote:

Now that's funny, kicked your asses out our country.

I don't get it...

[helios]

Shouldn't the emphasis be on "out"?

[z05DSL3A]

I find it funny when 'our country' is used when talking about The American Revolutionary War (AKS American War of Independence). It wasn't 'your country' until after the war.

Edit:
I'm not soiling for a fight, I just find it funny.

[helios]

Well, if you're going to get technical, you could also argue that he himself wasn't actually involved in the kicking out, what with the not existing and all.

[z05DSL3A]

...and I only have one ass.


I also see it as a kind of Godwin's Law

[chrisname]

jRaskell wrote:

Is that a suitable attack on the English Empire, chrisname?

So even after you read

I wrote:

some parts of virtually every post by me are satirical and should be ignored.

you decided to try and provoke me? Nice try.

[Duthomhas]

I'm gonna stop responding to threads since they all turn into spam/troll wars with foul language/ideation.

BTW, I'm in the USA, and I say soldier. Always have. Always will.

[jRaskell]

you decided to try and provoke me? Nice try.

Should I have said no offense or provocation intended? I figured it was inferred. The smiley face at the end should have been an indication that I was joking around as well.

I have a couple co-workers from the UK, and we occasionally get into facetious debates on grammar, spelling, politics, and 'the Colonies' on occasion.

I also see it as a kind of Godwin's Law

Considering this isn't the first time I've played that card with a Brit, I'd have to agree with that.

[chrisname]

I'm gonna stop responding to threads since they all turn into spam/troll wars with foul language/ideation.

Sorry :(

Should I have said no offense or provocation intended? I figured it was inferred. The smiley face at the end should have been an indication that I was joking around as well.

Actually, I usually take something like that as sarcasm. So, sorry for the misunderstanding.

[z05DSL3A]

My apologies to anyone who may have taken offence at anything I have said, it was meant as friendly banter on my part.

[DrChill]

Well, if no one else found it funny I did.

++Grey Wolf