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Sent.
Poland9326 Posts
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KwarK
United States44205 Posts
On May 20 2019 18:05 Starlightsun wrote: Why is it that English actors can do such convincing American accents but the reverse never seems to happen? I'm watching The Wire right now and was surprised to google Dominic West and find out he's English. RADA trained English actors aren’t ever going to be using their regional accents anywhere anyway, they’re trained to sound like they’re from the Home Counties. I imagine the first time you lose your accent is the hardest. Americans don’t have the same history of rampant classism. They’re not taught to drop the accent so early. | ||
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pheer
5400 Posts
On May 22 2019 06:27 Sent. wrote: Why did somone name their insurance company "State Farm"? "State Farm began in 1922 as one man's plan to offer low-cost automobile insurance to the farmers of Illinois: hence the name State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. " http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/state-farm-mutual-automobile-insurance-company-history/ | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany7347 Posts
On May 22 2019 07:16 Chairman Ray wrote: TLer's in non-Western countries, do you have a World Food aisle in your supermarket, and what does it contain? What is a World Food aisle? | ||
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
Food aisles with foods attributed to other cultures and countries, a la Mexican food aisle at Walmart with tortillas and salsa and packets of taco seasoning, etc. etc. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18400 Posts
On May 22 2019 07:16 Chairman Ray wrote: TLer's in non-Western countries, do you have a World Food aisle in your supermarket, and what does it contain? When I lived in Brazil: yes and no. There's huge Italian and Japanese immigrant populations, so their cuisine is incorporated into Brazilian diets. So the supermarkets had a section of Japanese stuff and a separate section of Italian stuff. I guess Mexican and southeast Asian stuff was elsewhere, if you could find it at all. We generally had to shop around a bit more for other stuff, but we could find Harissa, Tahine and Greek olives. Just had to search for them. I could even find Stroopwafels, but not much else Dutch. I guess this is mostly about the south of Brazil. South Africa has a huge Indian/Malay influence, so that is easy to find there. It's generally completely incorporated into the local cuisine, so chutney will just be with the sauces rather than in some "exotic" section. I have no idea about other cuisines. Oh, and there's obviously deep freeze pizzas in the freezer all around the world. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7347 Posts
On May 22 2019 17:53 Zambrah wrote: Food aisles with foods attributed to other cultures and countries, a la Mexican food aisle at Walmart with tortillas and salsa and packets of taco seasoning, etc. etc. Ahh I get it You asked for non-western countries but imma anwser anyway  Mostly what I've seen in German supermarkets we have those in special weeks, like this week is Mexican'ish food and stuff, next week is China week and so on. Only the biggest supermarkets have those things all the time available. | ||
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Starlightsun
United States1405 Posts
On May 22 2019 06:34 KwarK wrote: RADA trained English actors aren’t ever going to be using their regional accents anywhere anyway, they’re trained to sound like they’re from the Home Counties. I imagine the first time you lose your accent is the hardest. Americans don’t have the same history of rampant classism. They’re not taught to drop the accent so early. That makes sense. | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
On May 22 2019 17:53 Zambrah wrote: Food aisles with foods attributed to other cultures and countries, a la Mexican food aisle at Walmart with tortillas and salsa and packets of taco seasoning, etc. etc. We would call it "regional food" or "foods of the world" I guess. "World food" sounds wierdly wholesome and misleading at the same time to me; I didn't have a clue what you meant till I read on and was clarified. The supermarket near where I live is huge, so there is an Italian section, a Chinese section, a Japanese section, an Indian section, a Thai section, a Greek section and a Spanish section. More recently a Polish section and a Mexican section and a Korean section has popped up so I guess they are fashionable nowadays or something. There used to be a Turkish section but it got absorbed into the Greek section. The biggest section being the Italian, Chinese, Indian and Greek section (there's loads of Cypriots where I live for some reason.) | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24211 Posts
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5776 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States24211 Posts
On May 23 2019 08:11 Sbrubbles wrote: What does "better off" mean here? I mean other than the mental suffering of suddenly losing loved ones the heroes seemed to have a lot of free time and there wasn't any glaring problems that arose. | ||
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5776 Posts
On May 23 2019 08:35 GreenHorizons wrote: I mean other than the mental suffering of suddenly losing loved ones the heroes seemed to have a lot of free time and there wasn't any glaring problems that arose. I dunno, maybe Galactus almost ate the Earth offscreen | ||
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JimmiC
Canada22817 Posts
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Starlightsun
United States1405 Posts
On May 23 2019 08:37 Sbrubbles wrote: I dunno, maybe Galactus almost ate the Earth offscreen Does he even appear in any of the movies? From what I remember of the comic books, he and silver surfer were central to the plot. | ||
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Sbrubbles
Brazil5776 Posts
On May 23 2019 10:04 Starlightsun wrote: Does he even appear in any of the movies? From what I remember of the comic books, he and silver surfer were central to the plot. No, but I assume he's there whenever the camera looks away On May 23 2019 08:41 JimmiC wrote: Depends if you were part of the group that got snapped away. To be fair, those who were snapped have lots of free time on their hands now that they don't exist, and not existing means they don't even care about problems arising, so by GH's metrics they're better off as well. | ||
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Starlightsun
United States1405 Posts
On May 23 2019 12:04 Sbrubbles wrote: No, but I assume he's there whenever the camera looks away Man that is so lame... glad I didn't watch these films. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7393 Posts
On May 23 2019 08:35 GreenHorizons wrote: I mean other than the mental suffering of suddenly losing loved ones the heroes seemed to have a lot of free time and there wasn't any glaring problems that arose. Thanos' plan was actually idiotic, culling half of life is only a temporary solution, eventually life will have to be culled again, he'd have been smarter to include a birth control clause. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States24211 Posts
On May 23 2019 21:37 Zambrah wrote: Thanos' plan was actually idiotic, culling half of life is only a temporary solution, eventually life will have to be culled again, he'd have been smarter to include a birth control clause. My criticism would be that the MMU didn't address the tons of legitimate problems that could arise from such a crude plan. I'd argue though, as presented, Thanos saved sentient life in the universe, or at minimum, prolonged it's collective lifespan despite the "heroes" best efforts to stop him for relatively selfish reasons. | ||
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