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I've been covering a different shift at work and there's this guy from SW England and I can't understand half of what he says. It's hard b/c he pronounces all of his "th" sounds as an "f". Things like that.
Also, I was watching Trainspotting the other day and I had to put the subtitles on just to understand it. :wacko:
Would you have an equally hard time understanding me (I'm from Texas) if I were there? :unsure:
ziggyjuarez
09-30-2005, 03:54 AM
also its very annoying.
Nil responses eh? Perhaps they cannot understand my southern lingo. :unsure:
NikkiD
09-30-2005, 07:03 AM
It's not the accents I have trouble with, it's the slang. :wacko:
And they mix it up all the time. That bisquits/cookies thing always gets me. :lol:
I do have a bit of problem understanding Deep South and 'hood' type accents sometimes (when watching Gerry Springer type shows), but I also have trouble understanding strong Geordie (Rat Faced) and Scottish (JPaul) accents....and don't get me started on the Scousers (Liverpool).
Of course, I speak beautifully clearly, never use slang or owt me duck!
DarthInsinuate
09-30-2005, 08:40 AM
i can't fecking stand Europeans and their accents, actually i don't really understand their language either, or their fecking currency
Gripper
09-30-2005, 08:55 AM
Tis all an act we put on to fool Johnny Foreigner,we are bloody awful at speaking the queens english,the people who speak english the best are foreigners who have learned english and people from the some parts of Scotland,Trainspotting was set in Glasgow I think and they are hard to understand at the best of times,watch Snatch and try and figure out what they are saying:)
Good luck squire
Mr. Mulder
09-30-2005, 08:57 AM
it would be a lot easier if America, France and other third world countries spoke English instead of "there own extra special version of it" :ermm:
Cheese
09-30-2005, 09:27 AM
:schnauz:
I've been covering a different shift at work and there's this guy from SW England and I can't understand half of what he says. It's hard b/c he pronounces all of his "th" sounds as an "f". Things like that.
Would you have an equally hard time understanding me (I'm from Texas) if I were there? :unsure:
The Westcountry accent is my least favourite accent, everyone down here sounds like an idiot. The "Janner" accent in Plymouth is even worse:
"I's goin down Plymcos to gets me Lotteries, then we's going Millenniums"
"Ere bey! You startin! I'm gonna ave ya, ya Goff twat."
"Reet bey. Are got escort wiv fat wheel an at."
Janners love putting an 'S' on the end of inappropriate words...
Personally I don't have a problem understanding American accents (apart from laughing at how silly you all sound in real life), perhaps that is to do with the fact that we have a heavy satuaration of American television and films in this country?
missie
10-01-2005, 03:51 AM
It's hard b/c he pronounces all of his "th" sounds as an "f".
i'm guilty of that.
i have a lazy tongue. :lookaroun
Busyman
10-01-2005, 09:55 AM
Tis all an act we put on to fool Johnny Foreigner,we are bloody awful at speaking the queens english,the people who speak english the best are foreigners who have learned english and people from the some parts of Scotland,Trainspotting was set in Glasgow I think and they are hard to understand at the best of times,watch Snatch and try and figure out what they are saying:)
Good luck squire
I love snatch, I mean Snatch.
i'm guilty of that.
i have a lazy tongue.
Perhaps it needs a workout.
GepperRankins
10-01-2005, 12:34 PM
It's hard b/c he pronounces all of his "th" sounds as an "f".
i'm guilty of that.
i have a lazy tongue. :lookaroun
me too. i tried to fix it but it got worse because now i pronounce my Fs as THs :fist:
NikkiD
10-01-2005, 01:03 PM
I do have a bit of problem understanding Deep South and 'hood' type accents sometimes (when watching Gerry Springer type shows), but I also have trouble understanding strong Geordie (Rat Faced) and Scottish (JPaul) accents....and don't get me started on the Scousers (Liverpool).
Of course, I speak beautifully clearly, never use slang or owt me duck!
Ahhhh, yeah, I have to admit, I do have some trouble with RF's Geordie accent at times. But to be honest, it's a combination of the accent, slang, and his being so soft spoken that gets me.
peat moss
10-01-2005, 02:18 PM
Brad Pitt must of had a hell of time in Snatch , how did he audition for the role I wonder .
In my travling days people thought I was from NZ anywhere but Canada . Never knew us canuks had an accent eh ? Try talking to a few of my newfie friends . :)
Santa
10-01-2005, 10:31 PM
wat een stelletje eikels dat ze ons niet begrijpen
peat moss
10-01-2005, 10:35 PM
wat een stelletje eikels dat ze ons niet begrijpen
Huh ? Was Sie Willis bedeuten. :)
Translation : What you talking about Willis . :D
Santa
10-01-2005, 10:44 PM
goder hombre no conozco ningun "Willis"
bueno conozco a ese gringo Bruce pro el no tiene pelo
Smith
10-01-2005, 11:33 PM
No offence to any southerners on the board, but when I went to florida, that damn southern accent drove me crazy. Very nice people but the way they talked made me want to kill someone.
I like the british accent...
Europeans have accents? :huh: :huh:
Guillaume
10-01-2005, 11:38 PM
You'll find them in charmap.exe.
Yes, I know, another failed attempt at a j'polism.
peat moss
10-01-2005, 11:41 PM
goder hombre no conozco ningun "Willis"
bueno conozco a ese gringo Bruce pro el no tiene pelo
Were's bable when you need it ? :) Funny I quoted from bable and my German wife laffed at me saying you butthead thats not right ! :D
You'll find them in charmap.exe.
Yes, I know, another failed attempt at a j'polism.
Which?
The Europeans or the accents?
You're right.
JP wouldn't do this.
We better stop, huh?
Gripper
10-02-2005, 10:53 AM
goder hombre no conozco ningun "Willis"
bueno conozco a ese gringo Bruce pro el no tiene pelo
to goder man I do not know ningun "good Willis" I know that gringo Brushes pro does not have hair
that makes sense :P stupid babble fish
Dark Steno
10-02-2005, 11:38 AM
I can't understand English.
I can't understand English.
I see that. :huh:
brotherdoobie
10-02-2005, 04:02 PM
Canadian accents are the hardest European accent to understand,aye.
Peace bd
Gemby!
10-02-2005, 04:03 PM
all accents sound the same to me .... i honestly cant tell the difference half the time
brotherdoobie
10-02-2005, 04:58 PM
all accents sound the same to me .... i honestly cant tell the difference half the time
...and the other half?
Peace bd
Gemby!
10-02-2005, 06:12 PM
all accents sound the same to me .... i honestly cant tell the difference half the time
...and the other half?
Peace bd
im not sure - never got to use that half :cry:
Busyman
10-02-2005, 07:21 PM
The few Brits that I've met at work, I understood perfectly.
One was the telecom guy at Agence France Presse (yes everyone else was French) and the other was the telecom guy at United Press International (weirdly enough eveeryone else seemed...Arab :huh: ).
It's that shit in some of the movies that gets me. It sure ain't English.
Gemby!
10-03-2005, 04:55 PM
The few Brits that I've met at work, I understood perfectly.
One was the telecom guy at Agence France Presse (yes everyone else was French) and the other was the telecom guy at United Press International (weirdly enough eveeryone else seemed...Arab :huh: ).
It's that shit in some of the movies that gets me. It sure ain't English.
what stuff in what movies ? :huh:
DarthInsinuate
10-03-2005, 04:59 PM
the little words at the bottom
Gemby!
10-03-2005, 05:09 PM
the little words in your head ?
Rat Faced
11-12-2005, 05:17 PM
I do have a bit of problem understanding Deep South and 'hood' type accents sometimes (when watching Gerry Springer type shows), but I also have trouble understanding strong Geordie (Rat Faced) and Scottish (JPaul) accents....and don't get me started on the Scousers (Liverpool).
Of course, I speak beautifully clearly, never use slang or owt me duck!
Ahhhh, yeah, I have to admit, I do have some trouble with RF's Geordie accent at times. But to be honest, it's a combination of the accent, slang, and his being so soft spoken that gets me.
I dont have a strong accent (for around here) nor do i speak slang that much.. :snooty:
/me is a professional person :ph34r:
Gripper
11-12-2005, 05:43 PM
/me thinks RF tells fibs and then wonders where he's been hiding???
manker
11-12-2005, 05:54 PM
/me wonders what the feck being a professional person has to do with how you speak.
manker
11-12-2005, 05:54 PM
/me is now wondering what the feck a professional person is :blink:
enoughfakefiles
11-12-2005, 05:58 PM
These were very professional if that helps.
http://www.londonpostcard.co.uk/images/ga/ga2260.jpg
manker
11-12-2005, 06:01 PM
These were very professional if that helps.
http://www.londonpostcard.co.uk/images/ga/ga2260.jpg
:lol:
Effy, I think Mulder is the forum telly king - but to give you your dues; you're definitely the forum king of 70s and 80s telly :D
Guillaume
11-12-2005, 06:21 PM
These were very professional if that helps.
http://www.londonpostcard.co.uk/images/ga/ga2260.jpg
Oh, I feel old now. :dry:
Gripper
11-12-2005, 06:35 PM
These were very professional if that helps.
http://www.londonpostcard.co.uk/images/ga/ga2260.jpg
Bodie,cowley and doyle
aka Effy,manker and Guilluame!!!
manker
11-12-2005, 06:38 PM
I wanna be the one with the perm :kiss:
enoughfakefiles
11-12-2005, 06:58 PM
Bodie was in the sas in who dares wins as well.
Bodie = Rock hard.:naughty:
bashnu
11-12-2005, 07:03 PM
europe is an area of land, all peoples have the same problems.
manker
11-12-2005, 07:04 PM
europe is an area of land, all peoples have the same problems.What's your point.
enoughfakefiles
11-12-2005, 07:04 PM
europe is an area of land, all peoples have the same problems.
No they don't.
Rat Faced
11-12-2005, 07:54 PM
I agree, they dont.
Mankers problems mainly rotate around supporting Manchester United and sheep...
Mine, many as they are, dont involve either... unless i have to go into Northumberland :ph34r:
Busyman
11-12-2005, 10:26 PM
I agree, they dont.
Mankers problems mainly rotate around supporting Manchester United and sheep...
...and don't forget arsethumbery.:mellow:
Proper Bo
11-12-2005, 11:24 PM
aah daint heve a strang accent, yu bastaads, ahll fuckin twat enny cunt tha sez ahh does
(jsut as hard to understand when im not pished)
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