Originally Posted by daft batty (Post 5896427)

like a lorry??

Originally Posted by AlvicSK (Post 5896928)

Ah it's great to see the word lorry used -last night when we were at our Pastor's house and said about the speed the lorries went on the #1 Highway, they just stared at us blankly.

Finally they understood - SEMI'S:eek::blink:

Originally Posted by AlvicSK (Post 5896928)

Ah it's great to see the word lorry used -last night when we were at our Pastor's house and said about the speed the lorries went on the #1 Highway, they just stared at us blankly.

Finally they understood - SEMI'S:eek::blink:

Originally Posted by daft batty (Post 5897054)

semi?? not a truck?

Originally Posted by manghams (Post 5897194)

I always thought a semi was a house? :confused:

Originally Posted by daft batty (Post 5896913)

hmm, let me think..............nope not working, can't think of anything:ohmy:

Originally Posted by manghams (Post 5897194)

I always thought a semi was a house? :confused:

Originally Posted by manghams (Post 5897194)

I always thought a semi was a house? :confused:

Originally Posted by oldbag (Post 5899340)

You're kidding, right? Articulation as in manner of speaking, remarks, utterances etc. But then you knew this.....;)
Apologies beforehand if this sounds snooty....don't mean it to

Originally Posted by nagajara (Post 5899566)

Jingsamichty - are you related to Oor Wullie? Whars yer buket?

:rofl:;):D

Originally Posted by daft batty (Post 5899653)

So did I, so I checked with a Canadian friend last night,
"Whats a semi? said I,
" A house" said she,
"Anything else?" said I
"Halfway between a floppy and an erect" said she
:rofl:
So not a lorry or a truck

Originally Posted by daft batty (Post 5899659)

Yep, I was joking, I obviously didn't articulate my thoughts clearly:rofl:

Originally Posted by budda (Post 5901185)

I am Scottish and a colleague thought I was Russian

Originally Posted by edsask (Post 5883662)

As my wife knows, I have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about the phrase 'British accent'. Every time someone uses it here (in sunny California) it drives me up the wall, since a 'British' accent doesn't exist. I suppose you could mix up English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish into an accent, but that would sound very peculiar …

Are Canadians at least able to distinguish between English/Scottish/Welsh/N.Irish accents, and name them as such? Please tell me so, because if one more American says 'British accent', I'll do something I won't regret.

Originally Posted by shazza151 (Post 5907412)

Hi everyone,
My husband (scots) and I (english) are always accused of being Australian, but we're not as we came from Britain. But we once met an American, who refused to believe we were anything but Australian?????:frown: and just wouldn't give it a rest. :curse: So I knew from his accent (Texan) and cowboy hat that this guy was American, so i said to him............"oh, so your Canadian then"!! :pThat went down like a lead balloon and got his back up cos he angrily replied "IM FULL BLOODED AMERICAN"!!! he never spoke us after that..........yes!!!!!!:thumbup::lol:

Originally Posted by Judy in Calgary (Post 5907429)

We can only thank our lucky stars that you didn't accuse him of sounding like a Yankee. This way you're still with us. :p

Originally Posted by Mrs Madmac (Post 5908998)

At at place I worked I overheard a conversation about me! An English man was asking a Canadian lady if she thought people would have trouble understanding me because I was Scottish....... it gets better...... the place was full of Asian, Indian, and Hungarians who did not have a good command of the English language!:)

Originally Posted by Mrs Madmac (Post 5908998)

At at place I worked I overheard a conversation about me! An English man was asking a Canadian lady if she thought people would have trouble understanding me because I was Scottish....... it gets better...... the place was full of Asian, Indian, and Hungarians who did not have a good command of the English language!:)

Originally Posted by daft batty (Post 5909125)

I understood you and I was lipreading......

Originally Posted by Mrs Madmac (Post 5909166)

:thumbsup:

Originally Posted by LHK (Post 5891736)

Hi, Novocastrian!

Well, about a little over two years ago I started listening to Radio BBC Cumbria (no specific reason - just wanted to listen to a regional radio) and to participate in the quiz-contests (won a prize once - a small notebook and a pen!). After a while I was invited by Paul Braithwaite to be interviewed in his programme (he interviews people all over the world and I was probably one of the few listeners from Brazil) and talk a bit about São Paulo and my life. I was interviewed two or three times then I had to stop - after my son was born. Paul's programme is a bit too late for me to be on the phone.

Hope this was interesting. ;)

Cheers,
LHK

Originally Posted by Howard1944 (Post 5894744)

:zzz:

Originally Posted by Elaine B. (Post 5897040)

Oh yeah and who ever heard of a Bin Lorry everyone knows it's a Garbage Truck!

Originally Posted by or4ngecrush (Post 5911276)

Some people in Edinburgh call it a bucket lorry :rofl:

Originally Posted by or4ngecrush (Post 5911276)

Some people in Edinburgh call it a bucket lorry :rofl:

Originally Posted by MrsLauder99 (Post 5883841)

Nope austrailian!! :rofl::rofl:

Actually, we've been to the US (New Hampshire/Boston) on numerous occassions and quite a lot of the US folk thought we had Irish accents. And worst of all I had an American ask - now wait for it - hope your sitting down - ask if I was a Canadian!! Sorry it made me laugh so hard. How could you possibly mistake Scottish for Canadian (where would that have come from?:blink:). Maybe it's that Manchester mix (my Grandparents were from Machester) that's throwing them!! :rofl:

I think accents are great. I love hearing different terms and chatting to folk about what they call things. I had a discussion with a girl from Surrey who was on the same nursing course as me and every week we did a "scottish" word and she had to guess what it was (she asked to do this for a laugh!). Like Oxters! Gave us a good laugh.

Originally Posted by edsask (Post 5883662)

As my wife knows, I have a bit of a bee in my bonnet about the phrase 'British accent'. Every time someone uses it here (in sunny California) it drives me up the wall, since a 'British' accent doesn't exist. I suppose you could mix up English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish into an accent, but that would sound very peculiar …

Are Canadians at least able to distinguish between English/Scottish/Welsh/N.Irish accents, and name them as such? Please tell me so, because if one more American says 'British accent', I'll do something I won't regret.