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Posted: 11/17/2016 4:12:22 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There's a reason Brits can pull off a Southern accent better than a Yankee can. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Is it weird that I've unconsciously begun reading the posts from our Brit members with a British accent? Anyone else? But which British accent are you doing me in? I'm from Doncaster so will accept Jeremy clarkson or at a pinch Sean bean. You'd better not make me sound southern  Southern...hmm. I don't know if I could pull off a British accent and a Southern draw at the same time. I know what you meant, but I always thought southern people sound like mentally challenged Brits. Is it just me? There's a reason Brits can pull off a Southern accent better than a Yankee can. I wonder what British people think of when they think "American accent". Is it Southern? Minnesota? Boston? NY? Or just a normal, non-regional diction like mine? Curious. |
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Posted: 11/17/2016 4:15:21 PM EST
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I wonder what British people think of when they think "American accent". Is it Southern? Minnesota? Boston? NY? Or just a normal, non-regional diction like mine? Curious. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Is it weird that I've unconsciously begun reading the posts from our Brit members with a British accent? Anyone else? But which British accent are you doing me in? I'm from Doncaster so will accept Jeremy clarkson or at a pinch Sean bean. You'd better not make me sound southern Southern...hmm. I don't know if I could pull off a British accent and a Southern draw at the same time. I know what you meant, but I always thought southern people sound like mentally challenged Brits. Is it just me? There's a reason Brits can pull off a Southern accent better than a Yankee can. I wonder what British people think of when they think "American accent". Is it Southern? Minnesota? Boston? NY? Or just a normal, non-regional diction like mine? Curious. I think of a red head with a Deep South accent. |
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Posted: 11/17/2016 4:17:07 PM EST
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Do it, James. Blow them all to hell! Southern...hmm. I don't know if I could pull off a British accent and a Southern draw at the same time. I know what you meant, but I always thought southern people sound like mentally challenged Brits. Is it just me? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Is it weird that I've unconsciously begun reading the posts from our Brit members with a British accent? Anyone else? But which British accent are you doing me in? I'm from Doncaster so will accept Jeremy clarkson or at a pinch Sean bean. You'd better not make me sound southern Southern...hmm. I don't know if I could pull off a British accent and a Southern draw at the same time. I know what you meant, but I always thought southern people sound like mentally challenged Brits. Is it just me? Yeah I meant southern English I'm a northerner remember when somebody explained above about us calling you all yanks? Same thing. |
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Posted: 11/17/2016 4:20:18 PM EST
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Posted: 11/17/2016 5:50:47 PM EST
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And after driving over there for a couple months I learned to love roundabouts. They keep traffic flowing. We have far too many stop signs and traffic lights in the States. Imagine how many hours of time and gallons of gas are wasted every year in this country by people sitting at stop signs or waiting for the light to change. One thing we have that is good is right on red. Over there it would be a left on red. Roundabouts actually are a good idea. The problem is idiots don't know how to use them. |
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Posted: 11/17/2016 5:52:02 PM EST
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I don't make the rules. I just follow them. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/577/03/ Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Only if you're English. Or you are trying to communicate effectively. I don't make the rules. I just follow them. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/577/03/ Fuck the (grammar) police! 
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Posted: 11/17/2016 5:53:43 PM EST
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What do you guys call a bread roll. This does my nut in over here. It's a fucking bread roll. I drive around the country for work people just look at you with blank expressions when you ask for a sausage sanwhich or a bread roll I n some cafes. Oh you mean a barmcake? No I mean a fucking bread roll. If I can't even be understood over here I have no idea how you guys manage. :) https://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/great-british-bread-debate_5370cb779ecb9.jpg I thought it was just a roll, I had no idea there were so many different names for it. I'm from the south, so I guess the chart is accurate. If someone asked me for anything on that list other than a bun or a muffin, they'd get a WTF look. If they asked for a muffin they would get this. 
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Posted: 11/17/2016 7:11:29 PM EST
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When people ask me how many languages I can speak, I tell'em 6:
American English (of course) British English Canadian English Irish English Caribbean English (Jamaica, Bahamas, Bermuda and other places) Scottish English (but only when a tad liquored up) I understand all you wankers and your slang!
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Posted: 11/17/2016 7:39:15 PM EST
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What do you guys call a bread roll. This does my nut in over here. It's a fucking bread roll. I drive around the country for work people just look at you with blank expressions when you ask for a sausage sanwhich or a bread roll I n some cafes. Oh you mean a barmcake? No I mean a fucking bread roll. If I can't even be understood over here I have no idea how you guys manage. :) https://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/great-british-bread-debate_5370cb779ecb9.jpg Bun, everywhere here. Or a roll but not usually in the context of a sandwich. |
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Posted: 11/17/2016 9:08:13 PM EST
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In this part of Louisiana, fizzy drinks are referred to as "cold drinks," even if the drink in question has been sitting out and is not, in fact, cold. "Coke" for the north of the state, as far as I can tell. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Coke is coke. Even Pepsi is coke. Pop is a generic term for fizzy drinks, but it isn't used as much these days from what I see. Actually, it depends on the region of the country. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-64yi--ZsMiE/UKVeApqLUlI/AAAAAAAAJ0I/MvDdaaMW5xI/s1600/pop_vs_soda_map.gif
Sodee? I'm going to guess a southern expression, maybe Louisiana? In this part of Louisiana, fizzy drinks are referred to as "cold drinks," even if the drink in question has been sitting out and is not, in fact, cold. "Coke" for the north of the state, as far as I can tell. Any sliced meat or cheese from a delicatessen in CT were "cold cuts" whereas in NJ and PA they are referred to as "deli meats" or "deli cuts" even if they are cheeses. Regional differences abound within the United States - even within the same state.
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Posted: 11/17/2016 10:18:10 PM EST
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I wonder what British people think of when they think "American accent". Is it Southern? Minnesota? Boston? NY? Or just a normal, non-regional diction like mine? Curious. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Is it weird that I've unconsciously begun reading the posts from our Brit members with a British accent? Anyone else? But which British accent are you doing me in? I'm from Doncaster so will accept Jeremy clarkson or at a pinch Sean bean. You'd better not make me sound southern Southern...hmm. I don't know if I could pull off a British accent and a Southern draw at the same time. I know what you meant, but I always thought southern people sound like mentally challenged Brits. Is it just me? There's a reason Brits can pull off a Southern accent better than a Yankee can. I wonder what British people think of when they think "American accent". Is it Southern? Minnesota? Boston? NY? Or just a normal, non-regional diction like mine? Curious. Whats really interesting is you think you have no regional accent. I live in MD and depending on what end of PA I am in you have a accent and I can tell. I have had family in northern Wisconsin tell me I sound like a "Kennady" Really Massachusetts no F-ing way I dont hear it. They dont think they sound like they are in Fargo either lol. I was utterly insulted. Massatwoshits WTF |
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Posted: 11/17/2016 10:45:44 PM EST
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Any sliced meat or cheese from a delicatessen in CT were "cold cuts" whereas in NJ and PA they are referred to as "deli meats" or "deli cuts" even if they are cheeses. Regional differences abound within the United States - even within the same state.
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... Actually, it depends on the region of the country. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-64yi--ZsMiE/UKVeApqLUlI/AAAAAAAAJ0I/MvDdaaMW5xI/s1600/pop_vs_soda_map.gif
Sodee? I'm going to guess a southern expression, maybe Louisiana? In this part of Louisiana, fizzy drinks are referred to as "cold drinks," even if the drink in question has been sitting out and is not, in fact, cold. "Coke" for the north of the state, as far as I can tell. Any sliced meat or cheese from a delicatessen in CT were "cold cuts" whereas in NJ and PA they are referred to as "deli meats" or "deli cuts" even if they are cheeses. Regional differences abound within the United States - even within the same state.
Lunch meat, and the Brits are the only ones in Europe smart enough not serve it for breakfast. 
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Posted: 11/17/2016 11:27:38 PM EST
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Roundabouts actually are a good idea. The problem is idiots don't know how to use them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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And after driving over there for a couple months I learned to love roundabouts. They keep traffic flowing. We have far too many stop signs and traffic lights in the States. Imagine how many hours of time and gallons of gas are wasted every year in this country by people sitting at stop signs or waiting for the light to change. One thing we have that is good is right on red. Over there it would be a left on red. Roundabouts actually are a good idea. The problem is idiots don't know how to use them. I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. |
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Posted: 11/17/2016 11:49:33 PM EST
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I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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And after driving over there for a couple months I learned to love roundabouts. They keep traffic flowing. We have far too many stop signs and traffic lights in the States. Imagine how many hours of time and gallons of gas are wasted every year in this country by people sitting at stop signs or waiting for the light to change. One thing we have that is good is right on red. Over there it would be a left on red. Roundabouts actually are a good idea. The problem is idiots don't know how to use them. I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. The car approaching the roundabout yields to the car(s) already in the roundabout. If you approach and there is no traffic coming, you proceed without making a full stop. They are one way, and in the U.S. you turn right and drive counter clockwise. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 12:53:12 AM EST
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Roundabouts exist here.
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Posted: 11/18/2016 12:53:40 AM EST
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I don't mean PA specifically I mean America as a whole.
They're just very uncommon. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 1:02:22 AM EST
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I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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And after driving over there for a couple months I learned to love roundabouts. They keep traffic flowing. We have far too many stop signs and traffic lights in the States. Imagine how many hours of time and gallons of gas are wasted every year in this country by people sitting at stop signs or waiting for the light to change. One thing we have that is good is right on red. Over there it would be a left on red. Roundabouts actually are a good idea. The problem is idiots don't know how to use them. I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. Better get used to them. ODOT has started putting them in in high traffic intersections on state routes. Put three new ones in on 161 west of Columbus by Dublin. Found a couple here and there around the state as well. 235 and 41 in Clark County. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 1:30:50 AM EST
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Better get used to them. ODOT has started putting them in in high traffic intersections on state routes. Put three new ones in on 161 west of Columbus by Dublin. Found a couple here and there around the state as well. 235 and 41 in Clark County. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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And after driving over there for a couple months I learned to love roundabouts. They keep traffic flowing. We have far too many stop signs and traffic lights in the States. Imagine how many hours of time and gallons of gas are wasted every year in this country by people sitting at stop signs or waiting for the light to change. One thing we have that is good is right on red. Over there it would be a left on red. Roundabouts actually are a good idea. The problem is idiots don't know how to use them. I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. Better get used to them. ODOT has started putting them in in high traffic intersections on state routes. Put three new ones in on 161 west of Columbus by Dublin. Found a couple here and there around the state as well. 235 and 41 in Clark County. My oldest son and I went to Natalie's coal fired Pizza last Thursday to see Scott Miller. I saw one of the roundabouts, but he was driving. So I guess I goofed up above. I hear they put on in the middle of Urbana, but I haven't driven down that way in years; usually go around on 235. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 4:49:23 AM EST
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The car approaching the roundabout yields to the car(s) already in the roundabout. If you approach and there is nok traffic coming, you proceed without making a full stop. They are one way, and in the U.S. you turn right and drive counter clockwise. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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And after driving over there for a couple months I learned to love roundabouts. They keep traffic flowing. We have far too many stop signs and traffic lights in the States. Imagine how many hours of time and gallons of gas are wasted every year in this country by people sitting at stop signs or waiting for the light to change. One thing we have that is good is right on red. Over there it would be a left on red. Roundabouts actually are a good idea. The problem is idiots don't know how to use them. I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. The car approaching the roundabout yields to the car(s) already in the roundabout. If you approach and there is nok traffic coming, you proceed without making a full stop. They are one way, and in the U.S. you turn right and drive counter clockwise. I grew up in New Jersey and we had circles (as we called them) in a lot of towns on the shore and other central and southern counties. They had done away with most of them by the mid 80's. Definitely fun to drive on them, but annoying to run into drivers that had no idea how to navigate their way around one. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 7:46:28 AM EST
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I wonder what British people think of when they think "American accent". Is it Southern? Minnesota? Boston? NY? Or just a normal, non-regional diction like mine? Curious. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Is it weird that I've unconsciously begun reading the posts from our Brit members with a British accent? Anyone else? But which British accent are you doing me in? I'm from Doncaster so will accept Jeremy clarkson or at a pinch Sean bean. You'd better not make me sound southern Southern...hmm. I don't know if I could pull off a British accent and a Southern draw at the same time. I know what you meant, but I always thought southern people sound like mentally challenged Brits. Is it just me? There's a reason Brits can pull off a Southern accent better than a Yankee can. I wonder what British people think of when they think "American accent". Is it Southern? Minnesota? Boston? NY? Or just a normal, non-regional diction like mine? Curious. Growing up in the UK I thought there were 3 American accents: 1) "American" (what people spoke on most TV shows) 2) "Cowboy" (aka John Wayne / Clint Eastwood movies) 3) "Southern" (aka Jodie Foster in silence of the lamb) |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 9:31:03 AM EST
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My oldest son and I went to Natalie's coal fired Pizza last Thursday to see Scott Miller. I saw one of the roundabouts, but he was driving. So I guess I goofed up above. I hear they put on in the middle of Urbana, but I haven't driven down that way in years; usually go around on 235. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Roundabouts actually are a good idea. The problem is idiots don't know how to use them. I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. Better get used to them. ODOT has started putting them in in high traffic intersections on state routes. Put three new ones in on 161 west of Columbus by Dublin. Found a couple here and there around the state as well. 235 and 41 in Clark County. My oldest son and I went to Natalie's coal fired Pizza last Thursday to see Scott Miller. I saw one of the roundabouts, but he was driving. So I guess I goofed up above. I hear they put on in the middle of Urbana, but I haven't driven down that way in years; usually go around on 235. Yeah, Urbana has a roundabout in the center of town around the statue. Troy has a roundabout in the center of town as well. Greenville has one. All of these have been there as long as I have been driving (20+ years). Bunch of them in the expensive housing developments around Muirfield. I take some shortcuts to the zoo through there and it seems like every intersection is one. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 10:14:08 AM EST
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I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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And after driving over there for a couple months I learned to love roundabouts. They keep traffic flowing. We have far too many stop signs and traffic lights in the States. Imagine how many hours of time and gallons of gas are wasted every year in this country by people sitting at stop signs or waiting for the light to change. One thing we have that is good is right on red. Over there it would be a left on red. Roundabouts actually are a good idea. The problem is idiots don't know how to use them. I am not an idiot, but I don't know how to use one. I have never driven one. Never seen one. Don't expect to. They look like one big game of chicken to me. Oh, you need to see the Magic Roundabout. I drove across it a couple times. My tech skills on my phone are weak, but you can Google it. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 12:10:02 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Whats really interesting is you think you have no regional accent. I live in MD and depending on what end of PA I am in you have a accent and I can tell. I have had family in northern Wisconsin tell me I sound like a "Kennady" Really Massachusetts no F-ing way I dont hear it. They dont think they sound like they are in Fargo either lol. I was utterly insulted. Massatwoshits WTF Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I wonder what British people think of when they think "American accent". Is it Southern? Minnesota? Boston? NY? Or just a normal, non-regional diction like mine? Curious. Whats really interesting is you think you have no regional accent. I live in MD and depending on what end of PA I am in you have a accent and I can tell. I have had family in northern Wisconsin tell me I sound like a "Kennady" Really Massachusetts no F-ing way I dont hear it. They dont think they sound like they are in Fargo either lol. I was utterly insulted. Massatwoshits WTF Perhaps I have a crazy accent I don't know about. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 12:20:34 PM EST
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Growing up in the UK I thought there were 3 American accents: 1) "American" (what people spoke on most TV shows) 2) "Cowboy" (aka John Wayne / Clint Eastwood movies) 3) "Southern" (aka Jodie Foster in silence of the lamb) Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Do it, James. Blow them all to hell! Southern...hmm. I don't know if I could pull off a British accent and a Southern draw at the same time. I know what you meant, but I always thought southern people sound like mentally challenged Brits. Is it just me? There's a reason Brits can pull off a Southern accent better than a Yankee can. I wonder what British people think of when they think "American accent". Is it Southern? Minnesota? Boston? NY? Or just a normal, non-regional diction like mine? Curious. Growing up in the UK I thought there were 3 American accents: 1) "American" (what people spoke on most TV shows) 2) "Cowboy" (aka John Wayne / Clint Eastwood movies) 3) "Southern" (aka Jodie Foster in silence of the lamb) Yeah that was the sum of my initial capacity for distinguishing accents. 
I can distinguish the Bawston/New Yoik/Noo Joyzee accents from the rest of America. I can also distinguish the southern drawl, which I find rather pleasant - Texas, Louisiana, and the like. More lately I have been able to pick up the more Northern accents from North Dakota, Minnesota and Montana. The western Coast from California to the top of Washington State seems to be rather similar to me - kinda of a typical universal American accent without notable inflections. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 12:26:58 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do it, James. Blow them all to hell! Southern...hmm. I don't know if I could pull off a British accent and a Southern draw at the same time. I know what you meant, but I always thought southern people sound like mentally challenged Brits. Is it just me? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Is it weird that I've unconsciously begun reading the posts from our Brit members with a British accent? Anyone else? But which British accent are you doing me in? I'm from Doncaster so will accept Jeremy clarkson or at a pinch Sean bean. You'd better not make me sound southern Southern...hmm. I don't know if I could pull off a British accent and a Southern draw at the same time. I know what you meant, but I always thought southern people sound like mentally challenged Brits. Is it just me? When I flew to South Africa in 2008 I had a 12 hour layover at Heathrow. I called home to tell my parents I got there fine but I couldn't figure out how to use the pay phone and my calling card. So i figured I could talk to the operator, the operator had the most incomprhensible mix between your classic garbage British accent and an Indian accent (dot not feather). I just hung up on them since I couldn't understand them anyway. |
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Posted: 11/18/2016 8:35:21 PM EST
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Crack on you uphill gardeners.
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Posted: 11/20/2016 10:47:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They are great, cost a bloody fortune over here. Get me those, smoky bacon flavor, and Jaffa cakes, and I'm in heaven. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So much win. I kid you not. They are great, cost a bloody fortune over here. Get me those, smoky bacon flavor, and Jaffa cakes, and I'm in heaven. |
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Posted: 11/20/2016 10:54:13 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I always wondered that. I've traveled quite a bit in Central America and UK/Europe and have my opinions about many places. I always wondered what people visiting here think of us. Also, I don't know if Brits know it, but they are becoming what I call Americanized. Over the past 20 years as I've been in the UK it grows more and more like a 51st State in my mind. At least culturally. I blame TV. There seem to be UK analogs of all sorts of "American" things these days. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: <snip> Nicest bunch of people I've met when abroad. Took me a day or two to get used to the the generosity and kindness. I always wondered that. I've traveled quite a bit in Central America and UK/Europe and have my opinions about many places. I always wondered what people visiting here think of us. Also, I don't know if Brits know it, but they are becoming what I call Americanized. Over the past 20 years as I've been in the UK it grows more and more like a 51st State in my mind. At least culturally. I blame TV. There seem to be UK analogs of all sorts of "American" things these days. Yes, my niece went to her Prom ... a Prom ... in Scotland!!! |
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Posted: 11/21/2016 6:33:15 AM EST
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I have no idea how my speech would be classified. I grew up in north central Pennsylvania and have lived in the South a number of years. I suppose it would be some sort of mongrelized thing.
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