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I live in a suburb of Detroit that has a lot of Brits who work for Ford Motor Company. One day I was in a restaurant eating breakfast and a table of Brits nearby were getting their food and one Brit says, "There is so much food here, it will take me a fork-knife to eat it."

So my question is: What's a fork-knife? Is that what Brits call sporks or do they have something like a spork in England?

>> No.5467528

Are you sure they didn't say "Fortnight?"

>> No.5467530

>What's a fork-knife?

he probably said fortnight , which is a measurement of time .

>> No.5467534
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>>5467523
Seriously, cut this shit out. I'm tired of seeing this every week because some idiot thinks it's clever.

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>>5467534

>> No.5467568

>>5467534

Yet it still manages to get some newfriends like >>5467528
>>5467530

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5467574

What he probably said was "Pfferk-Nieg." It's a medium to expensive Danish-made flatware that is popular in England. Mid-priced and very durable especially when washed in British dishwashers which are quite hard on utensils.

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>>5467574

okay, you got me

>> No.5467618

>>5467584
That's not Bill Cosby.

>Protip: It's Samuel L. Jackson.

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>>5467618

Man, I always fuck that up.

>> No.5467674

Hey neat I was wondering about this recently.

Is "fortnight" actually an unusual/pompous word to Americans? I was watching The Simpsons episode, "The PTA Disbands", and when Milhouse gets a private tutor he starts talking more ornately. One of the things he says is, "However, it might be feasible in a fortnight," and Bart doesn't understand.
Would this be a weird thing for an ordinary American to say?

>> No.5467692

>>5467674
Weird.
It's an antiquated British time unit, meaning 14 days. UK was past using it before USA came to be.

>> No.5467697

>>5467674
People use it every day in Australia. It's just easier than saying "in two weeks".

>> No.5467709

>>5467692
People still use it regularly here in Britain (or at least here in Yorkshire).

I've seen national businesses use it, for example: I was online banking and setting up a standing order, and one of the options for frequency of payment was "Fortnightly."

It's so common here that, like with >>5467674, it's a surprise to find out Americans find it weird.

>> No.5467744

>>5467534
>can't handle the banter

>> No.5467757

>>5467674
>Would this be a weird thing for an ordinary American to say?
No it wouldn't be unusual. It's a touch old fashioned, and therefore English, because it's used in classic 1800s-1950s literature. If you're well educated, you've heard it all your life.

>> No.5467764

>>5467757

>If you're well educated, you've heard it all your life.

So you're saying nobody in America has heard it?

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>>5467764

>> No.5467786

As an american, I use fortnight alot because I enjoy watching F1

>> No.5467792

>>5467786
>I enjoy watching F1
That's funny, I enjoy pressing F5!

Those F keys are the best.

>> No.5467793

>>5467792
Ctrl+R master race. It's an extra key press but you're pretty much staying in the home row.