Yes, those are the Botched Italics Brackets of Pity!
English dopers, I’m still waiting for the definitive answer as to why they’re called “public schools”.
ñañi- Inland Northern California? I’ve lived in Sacramento for the past 15 years or so, barring a year in Montana. I think there may be one a year here, and it’s under cover of a “Model Search”.
I think it’s more of a mid-west thing.
Why can’t we get the nice Japanese and European cars here? It wouldn’t be hard to make them fit into our overly harsh (in most cases) smog laws.
Aussies, is it true what I’ve heard, that Aussie chicks dig the US accent?
Are people trained in Martial Arts more prevalent in Asia, or is that just a stereotype?
I’m as mystified as you, but according to this:
Not in Georgia:
K - 5 are elementary school.
6 - 8 are middle school
9 - 12 are high school.
After 6 years here I still can’t reliably get the names of 9 - 12 right. However, next year my son will be a sophomore, so maybe it will sink in then.
jjimm, that’s a new one. The most plausible answer I’d read (probably on the SDMB at some point) was that the term was coined when the alternative for the wealthy was one-on-one tutoring, and poor children just weren’t educated at all. But even that was only offered as a suggestion, I think.
To be honest, what you’ve just said was always my theory too. Will do some more research.
Please do not judge British cooking on the ability of an American fast food joint to cook American-style biscuits.
Guess we’ll never know the truth…
BTW, Davebear, I recommend reading anything by the wonderful Nigel Slater, who will give you more of an indication of the state of British cooking than fast food will.
Or you could try something by Heston Blumenthal, who proves that you don’t have to live in London to eat excellent food in Britain.
‘Foot’… meet ‘it’.
Just kidding, that was funny
Wait a minute. While I grew up with a system more like what amarone mentions (K-4 was Elementary, 5-8 was Middle School, and 9-12 was High School), the areas that I am familiar with that use the term “Junior High” use it to mean 7, 8, and 9th grades. So K-6 is Elementary, 7, 8, 9 is Junior High, and 10, 11, and 12 is Senior High.
Kantalooppi I was also going to mention that the Child Beauty Contest must be a highly regional phenomenon. Other posts here seem to support that, although no region seems to be willing to own up to it yet!
But they’re not biscuit mix. They’re biscuit/pancake/sugar cookies/coffee cake/short cake/cinnamon roll/meat roll/dumplings/waffle/banana-nut bread/cloverleaf roll/muffin/fruit cobbler mix. 
I freely admit I cheated and read the box, since I don’t make half of those things, and would never have thought of them. I’d also add that it’s good for making apple upside down cake, but they don’t have that on the box.
Ah, but the clue is in the name… Bisquik. If they marketed it in the UK, it’d be “Generic batter mix” or something.
So, can you really make biscuits out of pancake batter? I am hatching a cunning plan…
So what’s up with British drinkers? It seems every young person from the UK who I meet is seriously into getting drunk (and often, taking drugs too).* Is the pubbing/clubbing culture really so strong over there?
If so, why? Is it the weather? Is it the lack of outdoor activities? It’s it the strongly urban-based living?
(I’m Australian, which should say something if I’m amazed at the capacity of British folk to have a good time. ;))
An alternative I’ve considered is that the sample of Poms that I meet are young travellers, who tend to be a hard-living bunch. On the other hand, I would’ve thought I’d have met as least ONE abstainer.
- I don’t mean this as a criticism; I always loved the company of the guys and girls from the UK!
And why do young Australians use “it’s” instead of “is”?
:smack:
Case in point. If the accent was invented by South Park, then why can I identify Canadians by the way they pronounce the word?
IANAAC, but from women I know (including a quick poll around the office), the overwhelming answer is no. Quite the reverse, in fact.
That being said, I do know one Aussie chick that seems to almost exclusively go out with Seppos, so YMMV. If you’re planning a trip, she’s living in Melbourne at the moment.
Okay…
Does ANYONE dig the US accent(s)?
chula, Canada is a big place. Lots of space, not a lot of people, and regional accents flourish in that kind of an environment. You will not be able to identify every Canadian in the world by the way they pronounce a single specific word.