2 unrelated thoughts, i bet the suspense is killing you
3- when you describe height, width and thickness what method do you use to name each one?
is it relative size, or is it a function of the direction of gravity?
for instance a box that is 22x12x4 laying down with the least potential energy, i’d say height=22, width=12 and thickness=4.
for a rhino i’d say height=5, width=10 and thickness=6.
- outing a canadian is recognizing they are from north of the u.s.a. by the way in which they say out.
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I would just assume that they are not unrelated. You found out about (2) when a largish box (about 30" X 40" X 15") was left on your doorstep. When you shook it, it said: “Let me oot! Let me oot!” And you said: “Oh, that explains the Canadian postage!”
@rockblossom are you a physicist or psychic?
the spelling is so close, but the meaning so far (off)
thanks for showing me the light
/youtube show me the money
Puh-leeze. That so-called Canadian accent is no more accurately termed than if we said the “American” accent was the same as what they speak in northern Illinois. Oot and aboot are nearly exclusively confined to Upper Canada (which kind of coincides with Northern Illinois).
In the West (that is west of the Rockies where we don’t give a fuck what Ontario thinks), we sound like the extras on your favourite TV Sci-fi. The Newfie accent cannot be replicated, except possibly by a few talented individuals in Northern Ireland. Quebec is 17th Century French. Alberta is Montana cowboys being invaded by Newfies. Literally. Funny, but I am not sure about Manitoba and Saskatchewan… Just that they don’t sound like UC.
No, no. To out a Canadian, you must merely bump into us or step on our foot. If the first thing you hear is “sorry”… yeah, that one kinda does work.
@Pixy Newfies remind me far more of the welsh than the irish.
Also, I was sitting in a pub in london once upon a time. I was enjoying a few afternoon pints. My fellow patrons were an Irishman, an English gentleman and an Australian. We had a pleasant conversation. Probably 1/2 hour or more. A Welshman can in, sat and ordered a pint. Came down by us and proceeded to talk for probably 2 minutes (it felt like 20). He downed his beer and left. The Australian turned to us and said "did any of you blokes understand a word he said."
We all looked at each other shrugging our shoulders.
@Pixy I’m from Western & Northern NY originally and all my friends make fun of the way I say sorry. It’s very Canadian, apparently.
@Fuzzalini
Upstate NY: Apologies may be a bit more common.
Near NYC: Apologies are totally out of place (based on my experience).
Some exceptions to these 2 rules though.
@Yoda_Daenerys I don’t understand what you are talking about, eh? I have no doubt about it, I say out normally.
I thought the difference was what happens when someone “gets pissed.”
As in, "Man, that makes me get pissed!"
vs. “Let’s go get pissed, eh.”
/giphy get pissed
/giphy Canadian get pissed
When describing a box, it’s height, width, length, depending on how the box is orientated to sit.
/image box height width length
@RiotDemon it’s strange how height and length are often interchanged in our language, as well as width and thickness.
if that box was ‘stood on end’ would height and length change sides?
@Yoda_Daenerys I’ve never heard anyone use thickness instead of width.
Yes, it would change.
@RiotDemon if i ( or anyone) laid a piece of tim foil (or tin foil) on the bar, would you describe the distancw (yea, i know, distance) between the bottom side and top side as width, or thichness (in some languages, i think this is the correct spelling)?
@Yoda_Daenerys
if I understand what you are asking, I would use width.
@f00l welp, i give up then
@Yoda_Daenerys the bottom to the top would be the height.
@Yoda_Daenerys
In normal life these are social terms. Different contexts will have different trad customs. And some contexts will have no common customs, i.e. everyone gets to be confused.
In technical settings, industries usually have internal conventions. I don’t know if these dovetail industry to industry.
So being confused might be normal.
@RiotDemon yea, i hear ya, but that’s just wrong, sorry
/youtube i’m so sorry uncle albert
@pitamuffin well played sir/madam
I use height, width and depth, but not in any particular order, especially when describing people.
Lately, it seems like the easiest way to identify a Canadian is to find an English-speaker with little or no accent who is also beaming at not being an American.
LWH = Length, Width, Height. Thickness is for solid objects. Canadians are weird and fun to talk to.