altezza Veteran Posted July 30, 2003 Veteran Share Posted July 30, 2003 An American visiting in England asked at the hotel for the elevator. The portiere looked a bit confused but smiled when he realized what the man wanted. "You must mean the lift," he said. "No," the American responded. "If I ask for the elevator I mean the elevator." "Well," the portiere answered, "over here we call them lifts". "Now you listen", the American said rather irritated, "someone in America invented the elevator." "Oh, right you are sir," the portiere said in a polite tone, "but someone here in England invented the language." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enriq760 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 OUCH!! LOL :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samoa Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMaster Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 hauhauhau owned ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Actually no, no it was not invented in England I believe, but a perfect comeback non-the-less. Great joke. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evolution Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Although the english language was derived from various foreign lanugages originally for modern english, it was nonetheless originally used and therefore invented in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedr0 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 PWNED! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted July 31, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted July 31, 2003 Technically, "English" never existed before the printing press was invented and used to create a national dictionary Until that point words were spelled and said differently all over England. This was done in the UK, so I guess we did invent English :) Um, who owns copyright on it? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thexxend Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Hmmm and latin is the basis for? Hmmmm half the worlds languages... hmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted July 31, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted July 31, 2003 Yup, but Latin is NOT English. English is NOT Latin. English may have been derived from Latin, Norse, and a great many others, but it is still a single language by itself, and so Invented In England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thexxend Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 good point... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farquaon Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangoman444 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 heh heh gr8 one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 *cackle* sounds like a joke from Friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darran Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Good One Portiere!! You tell him! lol :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffeee Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 lmao nice comeback Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech_8356 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 man o man...he got told :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted August 4, 2003 Share Posted August 4, 2003 Technically, "English" never existed before the printing press was invented and used to create a national dictionary Until that point words were spelled and said differently all over England. This was done in the UK, so I guess we did invent English :)Um, who owns copyright on it? ;) I believe it must be Amazon... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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