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The irony of North American English

Old Mar 5th 2015, 9:03 pm
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Originally Posted by plasticcanuck
Ah, Hugh Grant, isn't he the actor who usually plays a bumbling idiot type?
Just ask for a Small Regular in future.
We bear a striking resemblance to each other in so many ways
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Old Mar 5th 2015, 10:04 pm
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Originally Posted by Mallory
Hemi Dave is from Glasgow, and Orly is from N Ireland, and you can't fathom out why Canadians can't understand you? I hate to state the obvious!
My accent is basically identical to that semi-famous golfer chap, Rory McIlroy if you need a comparison.

I'd say it should be fairly simple to follow
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Old Mar 5th 2015, 10:26 pm
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In your wet dreams
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Old Mar 5th 2015, 11:42 pm
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Originally Posted by rivingtonpike
I was in Tims yesterday ordering a small coffee with 1 cream and 1 sugar...
Ah, Tim Hortons.
"Regular Black Coffee please."
"Milk or cream?"

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Old Mar 6th 2015, 3:29 pm
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Ah, McDonalds.

Just a Big Tasty please.
Does that complete your order?
Yes
And will there be anything else?

(Every single time! Though is suppose it is a million dollar question/script.)
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Old Mar 6th 2015, 5:23 pm
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I had to explain Belt & Braces again today.
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Old Mar 6th 2015, 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by orly
..... I've found people, if I've never met them before, quickly hear my accent but they're not able to place it at all. This causes them to not concentrate on what I'm actually saying. ......
I find this, especially with women, aged anywhere from 18 to 80, who seem fascinated with my accent (a muted Sheffield accent that I have hung on to from my youth) but they get a daft grin and their eyes glaze over. I call it "accent glaze".
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Old Mar 6th 2015, 7:35 pm
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We were having dinner at the girlfriend’s house last week and her mum said that she’d been ice skating but as the surface was a bit dodgy, she'd ended up with a wet and sore fanny. Her grandmother then said, that her mum should rest it and then get it seen to by a massage therapist.

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Old Mar 6th 2015, 8:12 pm
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Her mum's right, a spunky message therapist should be able to sort her out.
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Old Mar 6th 2015, 8:13 pm
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I can understand most British accents provided the person doesn't start using slang, that is where I get confused since the slang used in NA isn't the same at all, but if just talking using normal run of the mill words, I can generally understand the accent.

Irish is a little harder for me though, not sure why.
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Old Mar 6th 2015, 8:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Shard
Her mum's right, a spunky message therapist should be able to sort her out.
They call a bum a fanny but then they mean a someone's a Kant when they call them a bum. Its all very confusing.
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Old Mar 7th 2015, 12:37 am
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In spring in Port Hope they float fannies down the Ganny
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Old Mar 7th 2015, 5:28 am
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Originally Posted by orly
My accent is basically identical to that semi-famous golfer chap, Rory McIlroy if you need a comparison.

I'd say it should be fairly simple to follow
Is it supposed to be pronounced 'Macalroy', as they do here, or Mc Ilroy?

(ongoing arguement)

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Old Mar 7th 2015, 6:10 am
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He was the one caught with his knob In a hookers mouth .....
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Originally Posted by Oink
We were having dinner at the girlfriend’s house last week and her mum said that she’d been ice skating but as the surface was a bit dodgy, she'd ended up with a wet and sore fanny. Her grandmother then said, that her mum should rest it and then get it seen to by a massage therapist.
Uh oh ! Lol
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