Microsoft Open Directory Project Spoof Part 2

[Brett_Tabke]

Continued from part 1 [webmasterworld.com]

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Is there anything anywhere official by the ODP that talks about the ODP's actions today?

[mivox]

it shows that the US and [at least] the UK have different ideas of what is funny

Hey now! Born and raised in the US here, and I laughed so much I suffered cramps... The paperclip doing the Eliza routine was priceless. Then again, I think I may be considered "odd" by average US standards.

And yes, the "tip-toe 'round Microsoft" attitude is rather shocking to me... OTOH, it makes it much easier to see how they achieved the market dominance they currently enjoy, no?

[NFFC]

>I think I may be considered "odd" by average US standards

Sorry I'm on a spelling crusade, you mispelt e a r t h as U S :)

[mivox]

you mispelt e-a-r-t-h as U-S

Well, look at that! I may be a more normal American than I thought! ;)

[jordancpeterson]

This thread sure got interesting real quick! :)

[agerhart]

NFFC....In the US, or Earth as you say, it is "humor" [dictionary.com]

[TallTroll]

agerhart,

From the link you provided :

Source: The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

I hardly think we should treat an American publication as an authority on the Queens English [oed.com]

Free link : "humour" [askoxford.com]. Note the alternative US spelling

[hasbeen]

Perhaps THIS [peak.org] is what's needed.

The Official American -> British, British -> American dictionary.

edit: something that could have caused an international incident.

[Quadrille]

Who was it who first described the UK and US as "Two nations divided by a common language"

[digitalghost]

Bernard Shaw.

DG

[Quadrille]

Ah, Google ... >> George Bernard Shaw once observed that the UK and the US are two nations divided by a common language. Or as one wag on the BBC wryly acknowledged, "Yes, the English-speaking nations may be said to include the United States."

[mack]

[searchenginewatch.com...] << the april fool page (mdp) :)