There's a grocery store in my hometown that used to be called Signalen, "The Signal." Many still call it that even though the store doesn't officially have a name anymore after it got bought by one of the big chains.
Octothorpe > PoundsignSaelune said:Poundsign > Hashtag. #
I also still consider the DS and 3DS to be Gameboys.
Libra Pondo, or Pound Weight, a unit of measurement, and thus I stand by my use of the term Pound Sign, aka the sign of the pound.Zacharious-khan said:Octothorpe > PoundsignSaelune said:Poundsign > Hashtag. #
I also still consider the DS and 3DS to be Gameboys.
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crissy-crossy-chunga-tree-scratch: "name for mark Chunga wrote on tree. Chunga smart. First maker of it. Chunga sure name catch on"Saelune said:Libra Pondo, or Pound Weight, a unit of measurement, and thus I stand by my use of the term Pound Sign, aka the sign of the pound.Zacharious-khan said:Octothorpe > PoundsignSaelune said:Poundsign > Hashtag. #
I also still consider the DS and 3DS to be Gameboys.
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And I totally knew that and did not just look it up on Wikipedia. *shifty eyes*
Agreed on that. It also makes the already hilarious Tokyo Mirage Sessions title that much funnier.Saelune said:Poundsign > Hashtag. #
I can't drop that habit either and I haven't even watched much WWF since the early 2000's...the last episode I did catch involved Dean Ambrose spilling coffee on Chris Jericho's new rug...I think it was Jericho...Scarim Coral said:I sometime still refer WWE to WWF.
Yes I know the World Wildlife Federation won the right to the initials but dammit I watched WWF as a kid with the likes of Hulk Hogen and The Undertaker!
Wow...I totally didn't know that. I remember watching this very long time ago (wasn't into anime yet - it just happened to be on TV) and I do remember being confused about the name. I shrugged it off as just being one of the names that doesn't necessarily correspond to anything.Ezekiel said:The English name ("Princess Spirit/Monster") doesn't make sense, like Mononoke-hime ("Spirit/monster princess") does.
Yep. Europa Universalis 4 has made me more familiar with countries historical names than with their current ones. Though in my case I call Thailand 'Ayyuthaya' and Cambodia 'Khmer'.Sonmi said:I sometimes use Siam to refer to Thailand, it simply gives a better idea of what the country is and where it's located for some reason.
I still sometimes call ex-Yu countries "Yugoslavia".
It is a planet. No one is disputing that. It falls into the subcategory of "dwarf" in the greater category of "planet". Assuming the designation means anything else is like assuming that a pygmy hippo isn't a hippo, or a grizzly bear isn't a bear, or a MacIntosh brand personal computer isn't a personal computer.Xsjadoblayde said:I still refer to Pluto as a planet.
At one point a few months ago, I was talking about the history of the word "dollar" and heard myself mention that the valley was "in modern-day Bohemia". Upon seeing the blank and confused looks, I corrected myself "Sorry. Modern-day Czechoslovakia."Fractral said:Yep. Europa Universalis 4 has made me more familiar with countries historical names than with their current ones. Though in my case I call Thailand 'Ayyuthaya' and Cambodia 'Khmer'.Sonmi said:I sometimes use Siam to refer to Thailand, it simply gives a better idea of what the country is and where it's located for some reason.
I still sometimes call ex-Yu countries "Yugoslavia".
For more fun, call Russia 'Muscovy' but pronounce the v as a w. 'Oh look, Muscowy just annexed Crimea from Ruthenia!' etc.
Yep. I grew up near the McAlpine (Huddersfield), I still call it that (having subsequently being called the Galpharm and the John Smiths Stadium). The tragic thing is, soon people won't get what I'm referring to.Parasondox said:The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales which is now called the "Principality Stadium". Screw that, still calling it Millennium Stadium.
Exactly the same for me. Apparently, it was Woolworths in every other state before VIC hopped on board. A bit like HSC and VCE.Joccaren said:Oh boy.
Alright, so right from the start, fucking Woolworths. Where I live, was always called Safeways, and the damn slogan ran better with Safeways anyway.
Ha, you do now, but the one closest to me fluctuates in name when my family and I are talking about it. It's either Westfield Plenty Valley or Westfield South Morang[footnote]I don't think is personally identifying enough. Correct me if wrong, mods.[/footnote]. If it's clear I mean the one near me, I'll just say Westfield.Also, the damn "Westfield" group. Buying
up a bunch of shopping centers seemingly country wide where I live, and trying to rename them all to "Westfield [Suburb name]". I know literally no-one who calls them by that name.