Them being Americans, *I*...(stands up and sharply clicks his heels) am Canuckistani. Now we know geoff is a cockney.
Them being Americans, *I*...(stands up and sharply clicks his heels) am Canuckistani. Now we know geoff is a cockney.
Bloody hayseeds!
Bwahahaha.
How little you know.
American english is an adaptation of the most local rural dialects of the most religiously intolerant sects of the UK.
And I speak BBC English..the local dialect of the educated..
No, they speak a dialect of English that split off from the London dialect a few Centuries ago. All three have since been modified by pronouncing things the way they are spelt, altering the spelling due to laziness and by misunderstanding what's been said by someone from outside the area. If you say it's tea-time, I need to know where you're from to know whether to get a knife and fork out and head for the dining room, or a cup and saucer and head for the drawing room.
What I speak is probably closer to standard English than most, because I travel round a lot, and pick up bits and pieces from all over, which get incorporated into my speech. I get accused of sounding like a Southerner up North, a Northerner down South, and those in the middle don't quite know where I'm from.
In France, I've also been accused of coming from Paris while speaking French, but that's a completely different marmite de poissons.
To the citizens of the United States of America, in the light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy. Your new prime minister (The Right Honourable David Cameron, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:
Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up vocabulary. Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication. Look up interspersed. There will be no more 'bleeps' in the Jerry Springer show. If you're not old enough to cope with bad language then you shouldn't have chat shows. When you learn to develop your vocabulary then you won't have to use bad language as often.
Thank you for your co-operation and have a great day.
Less cockney than your beloved royal family, I'll have you know
That right there's purty funny.
The Henchman wrote the following:
I find the actress Emma Thompson has the most pleasing British accent.
In message , willshak writes
Not Mary Poppins?
A friend of my uncle's talked to our (holiday home) Breton neighbours and they commented that he spoke French with no accent (not sure how that's possible) ... while talking English, he has a *very* strong Scots accent.
SteveW
In Britanny, I could understand that, as Breton, the local language, comes from the same roots as Gaelic, which is what gives the Scots their accent in English. I often have trouble working out what they're saying in that area due to their accent.
The bible is written in Yorkshire dialect. This shows it is gods own country.
----------------------------- To each his own.
Lew
"Phil L" wrote
Nah! Not immdeiately!
It would be more fun to do it gradually,
Jeff
French colleagues described an English colleague as speaking French with an Oxford accent.
The bible is written in Yorkshire dialect. This shows it is gods own country.
************************Then why, has there been so many people emigrate from Yorkshire to invade our little island of OZ ??
In message , Lew Hodgett writes
Harry invents his own reality
They made a mistake.
The neighbours however, by their own admission, speak "proper" French, the equivalent of "The Queen's" English. I must admit that they do speak very clearly. They are definitely local, although he did spend part of the war in the UK (Haydock Park), part as a Marine on Russian Convoys and part in Burma. After that he returned to France as a Gendarme - a very interesting guy. They do consider themselves Bretons before being French.
SteveW
I thought /you/ did everything with ARM hardware :-)
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