Speak f**kin English !
May 2nd 2006, 5:02 am
#151
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
I honestly don't know how you do it. Living with Americans would send me over the edge...
It's life, Jim - but not as we know it.
May 2nd 2006, 5:12 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by lionheart
This thread reminds me of the time I ran into this American woman, she was married to an Irish guy and she explained her FIL was over and he didn't like the bacon compared to what you could get in the UK/Eire. After listening to him compalin she had ran around various American shops asking for Ticker Bacon to no avail and was very frustrated?????????????
When she got home she learnt from her hubby that his old man was complaining that the bacon back home was thicker. I pissed myself when she told me
When she got home she learnt from her hubby that his old man was complaining that the bacon back home was thicker. I pissed myself when she told me
May 2nd 2006, 5:56 am
#153
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
I should probably keep silent, but there have been tomes while watching an English movie (or Irish or Scottish or Aussie...) that I have such a damn hard time understanding it that I will turn on the f**king subtitles to help me understand wtf they're saying.
May 2nd 2006, 7:52 am
#154
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Sallyanne
Isn't there a French saying about small breasts meaning you are closer to the heart? Won't bother looking it up, I'll wait for Elvira.
May 2nd 2006, 9:44 am
#155
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Couple of years back I was a party in Virginia, knocking back some crappy beers and playing pool (British rules) when a woman who was even more drunk than me (not easy) noticed I was English and shouted "Say something English! Come on! Say something English!"
She was seriously putting me off my game. So I replied, "F**k away off, yer manky bint."
Seemed to shut her up.
She was seriously putting me off my game. So I replied, "F**k away off, yer manky bint."
Seemed to shut her up.
May 2nd 2006, 12:25 pm
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
OK, so we had an open house at work tonight with all our clients and people involved with the company.
Me and another guy are standing by my desk when one of the guests comes up and introduces himself to which we introduce ourselves. Next thing I know this guy is putting on a terrible Scottish accent "Duncan Roberts, from Scotland" and proceeds to tell me about a guy working with him who is Scottish. I politely tell him I'm English and he repeats the same thing in what I assume was supposed to be an English accent but sounded very similar to his Scottish one. Then he goes off on one about the Scottish and English fighting and warring to which I'm kind of speech less. Then he asks if I keep up to date about the fighting then walks off leaving me scratching my head wondering what just happened.
Later on he's doing another sweep introducing himself and I happen to be in a group he hasn't met so he's going through them and comes to me "I know you, Brit guy" and moves on.
Mad as a box of frogs.
Me and another guy are standing by my desk when one of the guests comes up and introduces himself to which we introduce ourselves. Next thing I know this guy is putting on a terrible Scottish accent "Duncan Roberts, from Scotland" and proceeds to tell me about a guy working with him who is Scottish. I politely tell him I'm English and he repeats the same thing in what I assume was supposed to be an English accent but sounded very similar to his Scottish one. Then he goes off on one about the Scottish and English fighting and warring to which I'm kind of speech less. Then he asks if I keep up to date about the fighting then walks off leaving me scratching my head wondering what just happened.
Later on he's doing another sweep introducing himself and I happen to be in a group he hasn't met so he's going through them and comes to me "I know you, Brit guy" and moves on.
Mad as a box of frogs.
May 2nd 2006, 12:28 pm
#157
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Duncan Roberts
OK, so we had an open house at work tonight with all our clients and people involved with the company.
Me and another guy are standing by my desk when one of the guests comes up and introduces himself to which we introduce ourselves. Next thing I know this guy is putting on a terrible Scottish accent "Duncan Roberts, from Scotland" and proceeds to tell me about a guy working with him who is Scottish. I politely tell him I'm English and he repeats the same thing in what I assume was supposed to be an English accent but sounded very similar to his Scottish one. Then he goes off on one about the Scottish and English fighting and warring to which I'm kind of speech less. Then he asks if I keep up to date about the fighting then walks off leaving me scratching my head wondering what just happened.
Later on he's doing another sweep introducing himself and I happen to be in a group he hasn't met so he's going through them and comes to me "I know you, Brit guy" and moves on.
Mad as a box of frogs.
Me and another guy are standing by my desk when one of the guests comes up and introduces himself to which we introduce ourselves. Next thing I know this guy is putting on a terrible Scottish accent "Duncan Roberts, from Scotland" and proceeds to tell me about a guy working with him who is Scottish. I politely tell him I'm English and he repeats the same thing in what I assume was supposed to be an English accent but sounded very similar to his Scottish one. Then he goes off on one about the Scottish and English fighting and warring to which I'm kind of speech less. Then he asks if I keep up to date about the fighting then walks off leaving me scratching my head wondering what just happened.
Later on he's doing another sweep introducing himself and I happen to be in a group he hasn't met so he's going through them and comes to me "I know you, Brit guy" and moves on.
Mad as a box of frogs.
May 2nd 2006, 3:56 pm
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by ironporer
I should probably keep silent, but there have been tomes while watching an English movie (or Irish or Scottish or Aussie...) that I have such a damn hard time understanding it that I will turn on the f**king subtitles to help me understand wtf they're saying.
Don't even get me started on people who try to copy it. Absolutely excruciating.
The Australian accent is a lot harder to mimic than most people think. It's not as complex as many English accents, but it is highly nuanced.
Last edited by Vash the Stampede; May 2nd 2006 at 3:59 pm.
May 3rd 2006, 10:44 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede
The Australian accent is a lot harder to mimic than most people think. It's not as complex as many English accents, but it is highly nuanced.
"g'day mate, cor look at the size of that croc, isn't she a beauty, lets throw her on the barbie and don't forget to bring the Fosters and yer sheila"
see......
May 3rd 2006, 10:47 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
yeah right the aussie accent is easy peasey
"g'day mate, cor look at the size of that croc, isn't she a beauty, lets throw her on the barbie and don't forget to bring the Fosters and yer sheila"
see......
"g'day mate, cor look at the size of that croc, isn't she a beauty, lets throw her on the barbie and don't forget to bring the Fosters and yer sheila"
see......
May 3rd 2006, 10:49 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Celtic_Angel
yeah right the aussie accent is easy peasey
"g'day mate, cor look at the size of that croc, isn't she a beauty, lets throw her on the barbie and don't forget to bring the Fosters and yer sheila"
see......
"g'day mate, cor look at the size of that croc, isn't she a beauty, lets throw her on the barbie and don't forget to bring the Fosters and yer sheila"
see......
May 3rd 2006, 10:50 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Sallyanne
Kath and Kim..."look at mooyyyy, Kim, look at mooyyyy...."
"It's supposed to be a statue of baby Jesus, not baby cheeses!"
May 5th 2006, 6:53 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
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How often do you get reactions like that ?
How often do you get reactions like that ?
'I'll translate what he said - he's fresh off the boat'.
'Oh don't worry, he's English'.
Once I asked for help in RadioShack after waiting patiently in line for several minutes, and as soon as the assistant heard my accent he said 'I can't understand you, I'll get someone else', and then I had to wait several more minutes to speak to somebody else. He didn't even try to listen, and treated me like I had no business being in his country.
Sometimes it happens the other way around.. Once I phoned up a cereal company to complain I had found something rather unwanted in the cereal I was eating. I felt really bad complaining when the woman on the other end said 'Oh I really love your accent, where in England are you from?'
May 5th 2006, 10:24 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Elvira
Never actually.
I usually I get the "I just love your accent!!!" and "Which part of England are you from?" comments.
That's if they're not wondering whether I'm from Australia or South Africa...
The only real problem I have is obtaining a glass of "water"...
I usually I get the "I just love your accent!!!" and "Which part of England are you from?" comments.
That's if they're not wondering whether I'm from Australia or South Africa...
The only real problem I have is obtaining a glass of "water"...
May 5th 2006, 2:21 pm
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Boiler
England and Wales are seperate countries, Spain has many regions. The only Gaelic connection I can think of with England is Cornish but that is essentially a dead language, maybe a few hundred speakers and I would not expect anyone outside the UK to know that.
Afrikaan is based on Dutch, Lower German? and I believe has little connection with any form of English.
Afrikaan is based on Dutch, Lower German? and I believe has little connection with any form of English.
I didn't say anything..... but boy did I want to!!
