Snow gates in Scotland

Wood, but not synthetic or natural rubber afaik. Ozone is another problem. Do you have high levels of nitrogen oxides?

don't you manage to get five syllables out of aluminum with the accent on 'u'

I assume that's found in polluted cities, so no. Probably just rubbish tyres, or my driving style.

There's another i in aluminium you're forgetting about. And the accent is on min.

Nope, the accent is on min, its you lot that accent the first u

Perhaps your dictionary did not study Latin.

A strong accent is indicative of low intelligence. Especially stretched out vowels like that, it's as though their brain is taking longer to create the sound.

I was driving home through roadworks on a hot day and one of the young roadworkers had a hivis jacket on, but nothing else on his top half. The hivis was open at the front and he had huge muscles and a good tan. In the car in front were two young lads staring at him. The roadworkman noticed and smiled. I guess all three were either gay or admired a good physique.

In the UK I see more poor people better built. Because they're on the dole and have time for bodybuilding. Not enough time for both exercise and earning money.

Oh, is fora not the correct English word for the plural of forum? As in virri is correct for viruses?

I'd forgotten where the accent goes when there's the extra 'i', or the correct spelling depending on your point of view or perhaps there's a hybrid pronunciation I've heard.

I wasn't talking about any rule, just how we actually say it.

I have never heard anything other than the two pronunciations, the one americans use and the one everyone else uses.

I'm fairly sure I've heard al-U-min-i-um as some sort of bastard child of the accepted British pronunciation and the American a-LU-min-um. I have no idea why that's the special snowflake with lithium, beryllium, magnesium, and so forth.

I also have the suspicion that if you asked 100 American kids who didn't completely sleep through grade or high school science classes you would find several that think aluminium is something completely different than an aluminum frying pan. The first is some sort of weird chemical that will kill you.

On a completely unrelated note, why do people put the word "that" everywhere? In your paragraph above, simply delete both thats and it means precisely the same and is smoother to read:

Later, they took teacher certification so they could work abroad and travel some more. They found out there is strong competition for those year-long jobs, so their first one was the least attractive (for climate and tourist spots), Kuwait.

The best built person I ever saw outside of actual bodybuilders was a brig rat. I'll save you the look-up:

(US, military, slang) Somebody who has spent time in the brig; an offender in the military.

The sucker could do one arm pullups until told to stop. I understand the US prison system can tune-up inmates too.

Trouble is that makes the bad guys tougher - not a good idea.

On the subject of pullups, when I was 15 and skinny, I could do 17 pullups, yet I've seen people on the internet who are well built saying 20 pullups is quite an achievement most people can't do. WTF? If a skinny boy can do 17, surely a fit man can do way more than that. I'd expect 50+.

Sounds like a chemical element. Maybe that's advertising.

Is that a jewish term?

You mean a rucksack? It took you three attempts to figure that out?!

You thought we still lived in caves?

No socks is better, then they can't get wet. There is no need for socks.

For some reason I think people pulling suitcases along on wheels looks ridiculous/snobby.

I've never owned a suitcase and don't understand why you'd want a stiff container.

Why are you scared of water?

Fora is the right plural to use when discussing the meeting places of ancient Rome. Whether it is the right plural for internet discussion groups, where forum is a borrowed word in the English language, is a matter of debate.

I thought pullups are something that toddlers wear if they can't control their bladders.