Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Nov 16th 2004, 6:46 pm
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Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
According to BBC TV and Radio 4 newsreader and current affairs host John Humphrys:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...sh_language_dc
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...sh_language_dc
Nov 16th 2004, 7:17 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Englishmum
According to BBC TV and Radio 4 newsreader and current affairs host John Humphrys:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...sh_language_dc
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...sh_language_dc
Nov 16th 2004, 7:49 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Manc
Did it not escape John that neither Tony nor George are English?
Nov 16th 2004, 7:51 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by tony_2003
I think his issue is with the English language rather than nationality mate.
Nov 16th 2004, 8:17 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Manc
the English language is more than just the Home Counties though.
Nov 16th 2004, 8:19 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Manc
Did it not escape John that neither Tony nor George are English?
where's he from then?
Nov 16th 2004, 8:20 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
Tony blair's not English? where's he from then?
where's he from then?
Nov 16th 2004, 8:49 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by tony_2003
True. This Humphrys guy would probably do away with regional accents and slang and have everyone in the English speaking world talk like the Queen.
Nov 16th 2004, 8:50 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Mighty Duck
isn't the queen a German??
Nov 16th 2004, 8:53 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by tony_2003
Edinburgh
Welsh though....gets more compliments
Nov 16th 2004, 9:02 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Manc
Frau Vindsor unt kinders will be sure to drag you off to the tower.
Nov 16th 2004, 9:03 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Mighty Duck
LMAO......but I believe a health bribe of Bratwurst does wonder for your 'inside' privileges........not that I'm saying I'd like to slip queeny a pound of german sausage or anything!!!!!!!!
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Nov 16th 2004, 9:07 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
that's surprising! he sounds posh to me ...isn't it amazing if we all really tried it'd be easy to pull off a posh English accent...i think i'll stick with common
Welsh though....gets more compliments
Welsh though....gets more compliments
I used to work with a guy (in Edinburgh) born and raised in Liverpool and he spoke with a straight Blair type English accent. He said it was a conscious effort to get rid of his scouse brogue so he could be taken more seriously.
Was very weird...he'd been so succesful at it that when I asked him to go back to his scouse accent it sounded very fake
Nov 16th 2004, 9:08 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
wish i hadn't read that, I'm scarred for life :scared:
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Nov 16th 2004, 9:33 pm
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Re: Bush & Blair "Are Mangling English"
[QUOTE=tony_2003]It's fairly easy to live in Edinburgh and not have the accent if you are surrounded by toffs. Especially if you go to a school like this...
eeeekk that's a school? it looks like it probably has a few dungeons :scared:
eeeekk that's a school? it looks like it probably has a few dungeons :scared: