Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 25th 2008 | 6:07 am
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem is that they dont seem to have bothered to erecting the accompanying sign that announces when you actually arrive in "The North".
Maybe I never quite went far enough, but I did have to go all the way to the northern end of the M1 to get to Uni
and I'm pretty sure Yorkshire is proper North.
Maybe I never quite went far enough, but I did have to go all the way to the northern end of the M1 to get to Uni
and I'm pretty sure Yorkshire is proper North.
Sep 25th 2008 | 6:08 am
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The problem is that they dont seem to have bothered to erecting the accompanying sign that announces when you actually arrive in "The North".
Maybe I never quite went far enough, but I did have to go all the way to the northern end of the M1 to get to Uni and I'm pretty sure Yorkshire is proper North.
Thinking about it, Leicester CANT be "The North"
They still have roadsigns to "The north" once you get there
http://www.ukmotorists.com/highway_c...s/signs137.gif
Maybe I never quite went far enough, but I did have to go all the way to the northern end of the M1 to get to Uni
and I'm pretty sure Yorkshire is proper North.Thinking about it, Leicester CANT be "The North"
They still have roadsigns to "The north" once you get there
http://www.ukmotorists.com/highway_c...s/signs137.gif
Sep 25th 2008 | 6:13 am
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't be ridiculous, you still have a definate aura of 'Lunnon' about you. You can take the boy of of London but not the London out of the boy etc etc.
I still have my 'generally rp, occasionally tinged with estuarial essex' accent. What I have picked up are local colloquialisms and manners of speaking. It's entirely normal for me to enquire 'whats on the go?', get something 'clued up' and use that universal Newfoundland expression of 'Whaaaaaa?' in enquiry or simply as an automated response to a half heard question.
I do draw the line at 'Lord 'tunderin jaysus' though. By's that's some Newfie sterotyping going on.
I still have my 'generally rp, occasionally tinged with estuarial essex' accent. What I have picked up are local colloquialisms and manners of speaking. It's entirely normal for me to enquire 'whats on the go?', get something 'clued up' and use that universal Newfoundland expression of 'Whaaaaaa?' in enquiry or simply as an automated response to a half heard question.
I do draw the line at 'Lord 'tunderin jaysus' though. By's that's some Newfie sterotyping going on.
Sep 25th 2008 | 6:14 am
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Sep 25th 2008 | 6:19 am
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Sep 25th 2008 | 6:34 am
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Sep 25th 2008 | 6:34 am
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From the sounds of it, "the North" is either a moving target, like the North Magnetic Pole, or it is merely a frame of mind and you will know instinctively know when you have arrived in Royston Varney.
Sep 25th 2008 | 6:41 am
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Sep 25th 2008 | 6:47 am
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The north starts with Yorkshire as far as I am concerned.
Sep 25th 2008 | 6:48 am
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
black humour
inbuilt stubborness
lack of interest in arts and culture
stodgy fat- and sugar- filled diet
talking in loud incomprehensible dialects
the art of shouting/beating
enhanced manners of "brusqueness"
low fears of marrying/mating with close relatives
complex mating rituals involving farm animals
arcane Gazza-worship
/etc
Sep 25th 2008 | 6:52 am
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Sep 25th 2008 | 7:20 am
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sep 25th 2008 | 7:22 am
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Re: Talking Canadian !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I say it the way I always did. This provokes consternation among the Somalis who work at Harvey's. I repeat myself once, forcefully. If they still do not latch on I resort to saying "those red things".
