Yes, that is true. And do you know what this, “ghot”, according to GB Shaw might spell?
Cheers,
Raphael Lasar
Matawan, NJ
And I still don’t know what marmite is.
Don’t know what Marmite is. Don’t know who George Crum is. Do you know who Mr. Google is?
I know who George Crum is, I don’t know what relation he has to marmite, just potato chips in general.
Ah, there it is.
No need to be so rude.
Sorry to tell all you Americans out there but you are the ones who are actually spelling it wrong. Flavour, colour, mum and there’s many others.
We spell it the same way here in Australia.
But the biggest piece of evidence why you are spelling it wrong:
People in Britain invented the language, so they get to decide whether it’s flavour or flavor. Ever wondered why the language is called English.
Robbie
PS. Convert to the metric system already ya bogans!
Mr. PopeSam,
Here’s the semi-quick story:
Two years ago, the British contingent came to town for UNICON in Seattle. If I remember it correctly, Greg Harper started the whole shebang by proclaiming that Thomas Kemper root beer was the best root beer in the world. Seems our (or should I spell it “or”) British friends had never tasted root beer. Although my family and I had to agree that T.K. root beer was pretty darn good, our out-of-town guests announced almost in unison that root beer tasted like toilet bowl cleanser. We’re still not sure how they know what toilet bowl cleanser tastes like but it was a pretty discriptive statement.
Carol McLean then discovered that our across-the-pond friends had also never tasted Hershey’s chocolate or Twinkies. So our little soap opera blossomed into taste tests of other types of strange food. When all was said and done, the British folk stated that, although we may have these strange and wonderful foods, cough, cough…they had Marmite. We couldn’t let a challenge go so here’s the results:
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19849&highlight=marmite
and
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19966&highlight=marmite
and
http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23265&highlight=marmite
Hope that helps. Sure wish we could’ve experienced Toyko this summer. Who knows what tempting Japanese morsels await the unsuspecting foreigners.
Bruce
What does marmite taste like? You know, the flavour. Also, what colour is it? Lastly, do people eat it in the theatre? Ok, that made no sense, just had to throw “theatre” in there.
I thought it was “ghoti”
Adam,
We might have to initiate Marmite World Tour 2004. We could print up tee-shirts and the like…
Bruce
GB Shaw was a great supporter of the phonetic alphabet.
ghot = fish (gh as in enough, o as in women, and t as in the second t in station).
Marmite is actually pretty revolting (assuming that the British stuff isn’t MUCH tastier than the stuff we get in South Africa). It is thick and black and rich in vitamin B. It is best enjoyed spread in a thin layer on top of toasted cheese. (That would be grilled cheese for those of you in the US) I am not particularly fond of marmite, but I know people who eat the stuff by the spoonfull.
There isn’t much chance of my getting to the USA but I can bring some to Canada when I’m there in September / October to give away to any interested Canadians.
Jayne
Thats like saying unicycling is wrong, its not its just different.
Squid and Cheddar flavored pringles.
I’m not kidding.