A cup of ... what???
Jun 7th 2006, 9:58 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
Partystar, you made me vomit! How CREEPY are those guys????
Jun 7th 2006, 10:01 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by Partystar
I like them, plus I respect them, because they've made millions doing that! Good for them!
Jun 7th 2006, 10:02 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
4 grown men singing toddler songs? Argh...they're creepy!
Jun 7th 2006, 10:10 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by Elvira
WTF are you guys on about now?
Jun 7th 2006, 10:10 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by Elvira
Toemaytoes is easy! But I simply cannot say woadder - not without sounding completely ridiculous.
Why should I anyway? Is 'water' really that difficult to understand?
Why should I anyway? Is 'water' really that difficult to understand?
me: bottle of water please
her: a pretzel?
me: no a bottle of water please
her: a salted pretzel:
me: no, water, a bottle of water please, this was said whilst doing the actions of lifting a cup to my mouth
her: sorry, what kind of pretzel again?
me: leans over counter picks up a bottle of water and smacks her round head with it..no one of these please.
****ing dumb ass..
Jun 7th 2006, 10:17 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by woodsey
obviously it is my worst experience of asking for water was..
me: bottle of water please
her: a pretzel?
me: no a bottle of water please
her: a salted pretzel:
me: no, water, a bottle of water please, this was said whilst doing the actions of lifting a cup to my mouth
her: sorry, what kind of pretzel again?
me: leans over counter picks up a bottle of water and smacks her round head with it..no one of these please.
****ing dumb ass..
me: bottle of water please
her: a pretzel?
me: no a bottle of water please
her: a salted pretzel:
me: no, water, a bottle of water please, this was said whilst doing the actions of lifting a cup to my mouth
her: sorry, what kind of pretzel again?
me: leans over counter picks up a bottle of water and smacks her round head with it..no one of these please.
****ing dumb ass..
And how did the story end?
Jun 7th 2006, 10:19 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by Elvira
And how did the story end?
Jun 7th 2006, 10:23 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
I've told this one before.
A close friend came over two years into us moving here and was extremely put out when he heard me on the phone to an American friend, as I had 'put on the accent' as he stated, and he really laid into me for trying to be imitate them.
I told him, if I didn't talk like that, she wouldn't understand a word I was saying. He said that he'd never had a problem in any of his trips around the world (not here but elsewhere) with people understanding him..blah blah.
A day or so later we stopped at a light and a tramp asked for the time. He kept saying eight o'clock and the reply of 'huh?' kept coming back to him until I said 'eighta'kluck!'. He apologised to me.
A close friend came over two years into us moving here and was extremely put out when he heard me on the phone to an American friend, as I had 'put on the accent' as he stated, and he really laid into me for trying to be imitate them.
I told him, if I didn't talk like that, she wouldn't understand a word I was saying. He said that he'd never had a problem in any of his trips around the world (not here but elsewhere) with people understanding him..blah blah.
A day or so later we stopped at a light and a tramp asked for the time. He kept saying eight o'clock and the reply of 'huh?' kept coming back to him until I said 'eighta'kluck!'. He apologised to me.
Jun 7th 2006, 10:37 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by Partystar
I dunno, I tried to order at Sonic the other day, kept asking for a burger, to which I got 'a what?', 'a burger', 'a what?', 'a burger', 'a what?', 'a burger'!
I felt like the Indian lady from Fat Fighters in 'Little Britain'!
I felt like the Indian lady from Fat Fighters in 'Little Britain'!
Say't again, say't again.
Jun 7th 2006, 10:56 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by TouristTrap
I said 'eighta'kluck!'. He apologised to me.
So what you're saying is that they understand chickens more than they understand Brits!
Jun 7th 2006, 11:14 pm
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by Partystar
She smacked her around the head with the bottle, knocked her out & then proceeded to rob the store! Right Woodsey?!
Jun 8th 2006, 12:15 am
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Re: A cup of ... what???
I have just finished 2 months of assessing kindergarten children and for the first time I found myself talking with an extremely strong US accent. A few that stick in my mind are..
"How many ducks are in the wadder?"
"Point to the Quadder and the Dime"
"Point to the ledder ..." (repeated several times for different letters)
I don't think they'd have understood my usual accent "How many ducks int' wa'er?". I also had to pronounce Z as zee and R as orrr. My colleague thinks I have todally got the hang of the NJ accent now but I think I sound like Lloyd Grossman.
The 2 words I still refuse to say in public are wadder and pardy.
"How many ducks are in the wadder?"
"Point to the Quadder and the Dime"
"Point to the ledder ..." (repeated several times for different letters)
I don't think they'd have understood my usual accent "How many ducks int' wa'er?". I also had to pronounce Z as zee and R as orrr. My colleague thinks I have todally got the hang of the NJ accent now but I think I sound like Lloyd Grossman.
The 2 words I still refuse to say in public are wadder and pardy.
Jun 8th 2006, 12:20 am
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Re: A cup of ... what???
NJ Water- Warder, usually works.
Jun 8th 2006, 12:24 am
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
NJ Water- Warder, usually works.
or woider
Jun 8th 2006, 1:50 am
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Re: A cup of ... what???
Originally Posted by Partystar
The Wiggles!
Partystar's somewhat biased about the Wiggles. They are Aussies...
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