What would the U.S be like today if it hadn't gained independence from the British?

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  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    brain of c wrote:
    moldy.

    Except it would have been spelt Mouldy and not Moldy!
  • Laz
    Laz Posts: 118
    We'd have an awesome soccer team!
  • Wandarah
    Wandarah Posts: 4
    1. you'd have a political system that worked properly.
    2. you'd be able to drink more beer without passing out or crying.
    3. you'd be educated to a higher degree.
    4. you'd have a cricket and a soccer team.
    5. new zealand would be kicking your ass at rugby.
    6. people would like you more.
    Breaking News: Poor people pretty much fucked.
  • flywallyfly
    flywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    danmac wrote:
    Ok, I hate to pull your pud about this, and being from texas I understand your lack of irony / sarcasm antenna with regards my original post, but you are completely wrong. It is not spelt both ways. Bollocks is spelt bollocks. Not Bollucks, or any other crazy derivation you can think of.
    In the Oxford Dictionary of English, Second Edition, Ballocks is the only acceptable alternative. Nothing else. End of, simple as.

    Its a laughing joke that you quote the urban dictionary. It has as much relevance as wikipedia. Check your sources, enhance your vocabulary.

    Move along.

    So much anger. I'm sorry if being from Texas influences my sarcasm antenna (?). You might try using the sarcasm avatar to halt any future misunderstandings. I'm sorry if I offended you "wanker" (did I spell that one correctly?). The urban dictionary was just one of many references I could have used with this particular spelling. I'm sorry I didnt research slang in the Oxford dictionary. I promise you there are numerous slang words used in Texas that you would not spell correctly and I also pledge I wouldnt be an ass about it. As for the stick up the ass reference I was joking but I think i was on the mark evidently. LOL.
  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    I can finally use the word bloke without people looking at me in a strange way.
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    One word: QueenElizabethLeaguer
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  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Wandarah wrote:
    1. you'd have a political system that worked properly.
    2. you'd be able to drink more beer without passing out or crying.
    3. you'd be educated to a higher degree.
    4. you'd have a cricket and a soccer team.
    5. new zealand would be kicking your ass at rugby.
    6. people would like you more.

    Don't you have some sheep to attend to?

    1. the british form of gov't doesn't work better than ours.
    2. you've been drinking with the wrong people, apparently.
    3. debatable. There are very fine institutions of higher learning here. How about New Zealand?
    4. We have a soccer team. How about New Zealand? And cricket? Please.
    5. probably. So nothing would change here.
    6. who cares?
    7. we'd have worse teeth.
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    We'd drink tea instead of coffee?
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  • Wandarah
    Wandarah Posts: 4
    jeffbr wrote:
    Don't you have some sheep to attend to?

    1. the british form of gov't doesn't work better than ours.
    2. you've been drinking with the wrong people, apparently.
    3. debatable. There are very fine institutions of higher learning here. How about New Zealand?
    4. We have a soccer team. How about New Zealand? And cricket? Please.
    5. probably. So nothing would change here.
    6. who cares?
    7. we'd have worse teeth.

    1. *cough*
    2. apparently so. common knowledge though, worldwide. yanks cant drink.
    3. yeah. we do actually. not bad numbers for such a small country. per capita, more than you and better funded with a higher quality. just per capita though.
    4. you dont really have a soccer team.
    5. cry! cry!
    6. ...my mum cares.
    7. you must be thinking of the poms.
    Breaking News: Poor people pretty much fucked.
  • Byrnzie
    Byrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I wonder if there would still be a wild west? And would Buffalo Bill have been known as Buffalo William?
  • fridgehopper
    fridgehopper Posts: 18
    flywallyfly wrote:
    So much anger. I'm sorry if being from Texas influences my sarcasm antenna (?). You might try using the sarcasm avatar to halt any future misunderstandings. I'm sorry if I offended you "wanker" (did I spell that one correctly?). The urban dictionary was just one of many references I could have used with this particular spelling. I'm sorry I didnt research slang in the Oxford dictionary. I promise you there are numerous slang words used in Texas that you would not spell correctly and I also pledge I wouldnt be an ass about it. As for the stick up the ass reference I was joking but I think i was on the mark evidently. LOL.


    Lol, get over it, you were wrong deal with it like an adult. 'Bollocks' might (as in probably never) be spelt 'Bollucks' pheonetically by someone who had the fakest english accent in the world, but it has never been spelt differently than 'bollocks' by anyone who uses proper english and by proper english, I mean even 10p tabloids spell it that way. It would appear that you are the only one with a stick up their 'arse'.
  • Coming back to life
    Coming back to life Posts: 401
    In America the natives would have kept most of the US as the frontiers would have stayed where they are, the slave trade and segregation there would also have ended sooner.
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  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    It would probably be like driving on the other side of the road
  • whygohome
    whygohome Posts: 2,305
    I would have a cooler accent and I would refer to The Beatles as "my mates" and not The Beatles
  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I wonder if there would still be a wild west? And would Buffalo Bill have been known as Buffalo William?
    Texas and most of the Southwest would still belong to Mexico or maybe even Spain. So we'd be speaking Spanish around here and the wild west would probably still be pretty wild, courtesy of drug cartels. :P :lol:
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    fife wrote:
    thankyougrandma wrote:
    is there a plan to throw everyone out? :)

    I guess Edmonton or Calgary will soon become huge multicultural city also, they need so many workers there, they have to rely on immigration, which will be good for the future of this province, i think.

    well they are sending out the portuguese who have been here for 20 years.

    They are evicting them? Why? A link please.
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  • Idris
    Idris Posts: 2,317
    whoprincess wrote:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I wonder if there would still be a wild west? And would Buffalo Bill have been known as Buffalo William?
    Texas and most of the Southwest would still belong to Mexico or maybe even Spain. So we'd be speaking Spanish around here and the wild west would probably still be pretty wild, courtesy of drug cartels. :P :lol:

    Or maybe, drugs would be legal in this parallel universe/Spain/Mexico Wild West? So the cartels would be slightly different no doubt. :lol:

    Another thing, Cricket would be more popular in the US....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFKLqlMAGhs :P
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    Yup, it would be fine or better.....


    some interseting grammar reading. Probably could be its own thread.

    http://www.btinternet.com/~tony.papard/Spelling.htm

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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    Just the fact that we would be watching cricket and soccer instead of football is reason enough to be thankful for what those brave patriots and revolutionaries pulled off in 1776. :D

    Also, entertainment would be vastly differnent if the BBC is any indication of the level of quality you brits are capable of. ;)8-)
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    whoprincess wrote:
    Texas and most of the Southwest would still belong to Mexico or maybe even Spain. So we'd be speaking Spanish around here and the wild west would probably still be pretty wild, courtesy of drug cartels. :P :lol:
    Uh, I've worked in Texas and they are speaking Spanish around there. :shh: :wink:
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