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November 11th, 2015: Busted Banger Branch
What's that caught in the branches of that tree? It looks like... could it be, oh my god, some guy's busted banger? Shredded sausage? 
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Yes, yes it is, however it's a British banger, or breakfast sausage to you colonials.
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The contest at the Harwich sausage festival is adjudicated by a cricket umpire "to prevent cheating", organisers said. The record for the furthest-thrown "standard raw" sausage stands at 150ft and 6in (45.9m) and is held by Nick Alway, who also won this year's event. The event is organised by Tendring's branch of Camra (Campaign for Real Ale) and is now in its fifth year. "There's a bit of sausage-throwing but the serious business is sampling sausages from nine local producers," said Richard Oxborrow, vice chair of Tendring Camra and one of the festival organisers. "Nick's been the champion for three years now. He's been pursued by several people but they just can't throw their sausages as far as he can." Tendring Camra posted a photo on Twitter of one of the less successful throws of the competition, captioned: "The last throw's trajectory was interrupted". |
Sundae Wednesday Nov 11 05:20 AM
I would only identify that as a sausage in my nightmares.
HitTheLake Wednesday Nov 11 12:32 PM
<ethnocentric>
Misspelled "organized"
</ethnocentric>
Carruthers Wednesday Nov 11 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by HitTheLake
<ethnocentric>
Misspelled "organized" </ethnocentric> |
The article quoted is from the BBC website which uses English as written and spoken in the UK. Organised is quite correct.
Comprehensive list of American and British spelling differences
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Nov 11 02:59 PM
So, you admit you do it wrong over there. 
Carruthers Wednesday Nov 11 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
So, you admit you do it wrong over there.
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English is like Linux. It's an open source language which we graciously allow anyone to use and adapt to their own requirements.
We still hold the copyright on the kernel.
DanaC Wednesday Nov 11 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Carruthers
English is like Linux. It's an open source language which we graciously allow anyone to use and adapt to their own requirements.
We still hold the copyright on the kernel. |
Gravdigr Wednesday Nov 11 03:21 PM
Kernel who?
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Nov 11 03:36 PM
Not kernel, colonel. 
HitTheLake Thursday Nov 12 11:59 AM
Yeah, I fully realise the spelling differences, but it always pops out at me and I just felt the need to joke about it because, well, as I read each one, it's like a little "bang" goes off in my head. I could have been a proofreader in another life. But I'd have to stick to one sub-dialect apparently.
Ethnocentrism: judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture
Thus my "html" tags in my message. Heh.
glatt Thursday Nov 12 12:38 PM
Oh, they all got the joke, They were going along with it.
xoxoxoBruce Thursday Nov 12 08:38 PM
Yes, what glatt said. We cool. 
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