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Years ago,I first heard Clarke Kent say"Gee Lois,that's just Swell" Fucking Swell???
Now I'm hearing"TTYL" alot,which apparently means(talk to you later)
Is there anything else that needs getting a grip of in Mooksville,linguistically??
The cheap'Awesome'not withstanding.
Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote:
That's not curious,that's downright mysterious Fradds.
Edit: I know,I know...
Double edit: Imagine Tony Pullis's on the pull..
The tactically astute Doctor Love Long Throw giving it..
"Hump the fucker up to Billy Whitehurst and the job is R.."
Tony Pulis is a love machine, I'll have you know. He knows how to get the job done. Not pretty, but fucking effective. "Work 'aaard" is his motto. Make of that what you will.
Besides, I thought this was a regional dialect-inflected thread about "mucky" Americanisms. Y'know, like they way they are incapable of saying the word "twat".
It always comes out "twort", like how you'd imagine Her Maj saying it.
Cretins.
Cretin is one of my favourites.
My mate,is known as 'Seggsy' by all an sundry,barr his mother.
She calls him 'Cretin'
He's 39
You don't even have to be there to appreciate that.
I know those yanky mooks pinch bits and bats but I've yet to hear the bastardised "Twort"
In the interests of fairness.I'll level with you and tell you what really tickles me...
When those Italian Americans say "biscwitts"
The way they say Iraq gets on my tits...
as in 'EYERACK'....
Bombing the fuck out of a place you can't pronounce...
c___s..
Burt Reynolds wrote: The way they say Iraq gets on my tits...
as in 'EYERACK'....
Bombing the fuck out of a place you can't pronounce...
c___s..
"TWORTS", surely?
Nevermind that convenient indiscretion Burt... Dem same Yanky doodle dandy punks just like,totally call Vietnam a draw..Gimme a break.
Have you heard dem sons a bitches say"Oregano?"
That's the kinda shit I'm alluding to..
"Tuna" massacred as "Toooona".
"Garage" massacred as "Garasche".
"Boot" massacred as "Trunk"
Yes, lots of massacring going on.
Anything this man says:
Ally wrote: "Tuna" massacred as "Toooona".
"Garage" massacred as "Garasche".
There's a bloke I know that pronounces it like that 
In a linguistics class that I had to take, the old cassette we listened to in class had a guy with an American accent speaking some stuff.
One pronunciation that made me scratch my head was the pronunciation of the word 'measure'. He pronounced it exactly like 'major'.
Sort of like 'may-jer' (I can't describe it well.)
I've looked the word up in my electronic dictionary, and in one of the English-Japanese dictionaries, it noted that said pronunciation is an American regionalism.
Are there really regions in the US that have people saying 'measure' like 'major'?
All accents outside the home counties are inpenetrable to outsiders. What the hell is 'mooky' for starters?
Yer all just jealous that people outside our country can actually understand us when we speak
leather_girl wrote: In a linguistics class that I had to take, the old cassette we listened to in class had a guy with an American accent speaking some stuff.
One pronunciation that made me scratch my head was the pronunciation of the word 'measure'. He pronounced it exactly like 'major'.
Sort of like 'may-jer' (I can't describe it well.)
I've looked the word up in my electronic dictionary, and in one of the English-Japanese dictionaries, it noted that said pronunciation is an American regionalism.
Are there really regions in the US that have people saying 'measure' like 'major'?
the midwest on down through the south
EdelBrock wrote: Yer all just jealous that people outside our country can actually understand us when we speak
Eh?
Have you ever actually left your country to test that theory? 
Or even left your state?
He's just upset because his country has only managed to come up with endless variations of "slightly brain damaged with varying degrees of intoxication and genetic redundancy", instead of the miriad of fabulous accents the British Isles have cooked up.
As for clarity...there's a few accents from the arse end of the other bit of Ireland that could baffle anyone from more than 2 miles down the road from their home. Geordies can be tricky depending on just how pissed they are, the same with some Scots (particularly from the fair city of Glassgow). However, last night I spoke to a Stokie, and as far as I could tell, his accent was Martian (actual native Martian, not Hungarian)......I swear I could understand Fradley quite well up until a certain blood alcohol level, and I MUST have spoken with many others, but me and this fella could NOT communicate, very very strange indeed, especially since I had me posh phone voice on, the one with "you" and "the" instead of "Y'" and "'a'".
eg....." I shall see you in the pub in ten minutes"...."Al c y' inna bar in ten"
Doctor? wrote: He's just upset because his country has only managed to come up with endless variations of "slightly brain damaged with varying degrees of intoxication and genetic redundancy"
Their accents seem to be dependant on skin colour too.
Their black blokes never sound like their white blokes, do they?
True dat. :\ohwell:
leather_girl wrote: Are there really regions in the US that have people saying 'measure' like 'major'?
No.
that can't pronounce acronyms properly either
nato has a t in it (unless there is a special us version with the acronym naydo?)
chongotronic wrote:
leather_girl wrote: In a linguistics class that I had to take, the old cassette we listened to in class had a guy with an American accent speaking some stuff.
One pronunciation that made me scratch my head was the pronunciation of the word 'measure'. He pronounced it exactly like 'major'.
Sort of like 'may-jer' (I can't describe it well.)
I've looked the word up in my electronic dictionary, and in one of the English-Japanese dictionaries, it noted that said pronunciation is an American regionalism.
Are there really regions in the US that have people saying 'measure' like 'major'?
the midwest on down through the south
interesting, since I've lived in Texas and Mississippi, and spent time working in Louisiana and Alabama...I've never once heard the word measure pronounced like major in "the south"...
El Jarvo wrote:
EdelBrock wrote: Yer all just jealous that people outside our country can actually understand us when we speak
Eh?
Have you ever actually left your country to test that theory?
Or even left your state?
Yah.. don't forget he's been to EYERACK, and been chillin' wiv' da 'E-mums'..
Burt Reynolds wrote:
El Jarvo wrote:
EdelBrock wrote: Yer all just jealous that people outside our country can actually understand us when we speak
Eh?
Have you ever actually left your country to test that theory?
Or even left your state?
Yah.. don't forget he's been to EYERACK, and been chillin' wiv' da 'E-mums'..
Ireland, Kuwait, Thailand, S. Korea, Japan, Bali, Mexico, Canada (if that even counts) and of course, eyerack.
Lived in 6 states and stayed for a month or so in at least 5 others.
Not saying I'm the most traveled around these parts, but I have not stayed in one place either.
EdelBrock wrote:
Burt Reynolds wrote:
El Jarvo wrote:
EdelBrock wrote: Yer all just jealous that people outside our country can actually understand us when we speak
Eh?
Have you ever actually left your country to test that theory?
Or even left your state?
Yah.. don't forget he's been to EYERACK, and been chillin' wiv' da 'E-mums'..
Ireland, Kuwait, Thailand, S. Korea, Japan, Bali, Mexico, Canada (if that even counts) and of course, eyerack.
Lived in 6 states and stayed for a month or so in at least 5 others.
what went wrong?
Burt Reynolds wrote:
EdelBrock wrote:
Burt Reynolds wrote:
El Jarvo wrote:
EdelBrock wrote: Yer all just jealous that people outside our country can actually understand us when we speak
Eh?
Have you ever actually left your country to test that theory?
Or even left your state?
Yah.. don't forget he's been to EYERACK, and been chillin' wiv' da 'E-mums'..
Ireland, Kuwait, Thailand, S. Korea, Japan, Bali, Mexico, Canada (if that even counts) and of course, eyerack.
Lived in 6 states and stayed for a month or so in at least 5 others.
what went wrong?
Funny part is that everywhere I went, people said I had no accent (my best guess is that I'm from California, so talk like all dem movie folk, which people are accustomed to).
As for ya Brits, outside of Britian or possibly Europe, nobody can bloody well understand ya...
EdelBrock wrote:
Burt Reynolds wrote:
El Jarvo wrote:
EdelBrock wrote: Yer all just jealous that people outside our country can actually understand us when we speak
Eh?
Have you ever actually left your country to test that theory?
Or even left your state?
Yah.. don't forget he's been to EYERACK, and been chillin' wiv' da 'E-mums'..
Ireland, Kuwait, Thailand, S. Korea, Japan, Bali, Mexico, Canada (if that even counts) and of course, eyerack.
Lived in 6 states and stayed for a month or so in at least 5 others.
Not saying I'm the most traveled around these parts, but I have not stayed in one place either.
A septic with a passport's rare enough, but with MULTIPLE STAMPS IN IT?????????????????/ I bet you're on a couple of "watch lists" for that.
El Jarvo wrote:
Doctor? wrote: He's just upset because his country has only managed to come up with endless variations of "slightly brain damaged with varying degrees of intoxication and genetic redundancy"
Their accents seem to be dependant on skin colour too.
Their black blokes never sound like their white blokes, do they?
True dat. :\ohwell:
True indeed, black yanks sound more like humans in general (street gang types not withstanding). In fact in general, when I think of "Americans" somehow I'm not usually thinking of black folks. There's like a Venn diagram in my head showing septics and black people living in America, and there's a little crossing area of those few black chaps who emulate their white compatriots by being more cuntish.
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:
chongotronic wrote:
leather_girl wrote: In a linguistics class that I had to take, the old cassette we listened to in class had a guy with an American accent speaking some stuff.
One pronunciation that made me scratch my head was the pronunciation of the word 'measure'. He pronounced it exactly like 'major'.
Sort of like 'may-jer' (I can't describe it well.)
I've looked the word up in my electronic dictionary, and in one of the English-Japanese dictionaries, it noted that said pronunciation is an American regionalism.
Are there really regions in the US that have people saying 'measure' like 'major'?
the midwest on down through the south
interesting, since I've lived in Texas and Mississippi, and spent time working in Louisiana and Alabama...I've never once heard the word measure pronounced like major in "the south"...
I think she meant measure pronounced as may-shur rather than meh-shur. It is pronounced as may-shur by my extended family in the midwest.
chongotronic wrote:
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:
chongotronic wrote:
leather_girl wrote: In a linguistics class that I had to take, the old cassette we listened to in class had a guy with an American accent speaking some stuff.
One pronunciation that made me scratch my head was the pronunciation of the word 'measure'. He pronounced it exactly like 'major'.
Sort of like 'may-jer' (I can't describe it well.)
I've looked the word up in my electronic dictionary, and in one of the English-Japanese dictionaries, it noted that said pronunciation is an American regionalism.
Are there really regions in the US that have people saying 'measure' like 'major'?
the midwest on down through the south
interesting, since I've lived in Texas and Mississippi, and spent time working in Louisiana and Alabama...I've never once heard the word measure pronounced like major in "the south"...
I think she meant measure pronounced as may-shur rather than meh-shur. It is pronounced as may-shur by my extended family in the midwest.
never heard it pronounced that way either...but then again, I talk funny...so maybe I just don't notice it...I tell you who talks funny...them people from Bah-stun...
El Jarvo wrote:
Doctor? wrote: He's just upset because his country has only managed to come up with endless variations of "slightly brain damaged with varying degrees of intoxication and genetic redundancy"
Their accents seem to be dependant on skin colour too.
Their black blokes never sound like their white blokes, do they?
True dat. :\ohwell:
James Earl Jones only sounds funny cuz of that Darth Vader mask...
Most of these examples seem to be from parts of America where I do not live so I say :P :P
and EYE-rack is definitely a hillbilly pronunciation.
EdelBrock wrote: As for ya Brits, outside of Britian or possibly Europe, nobody can bloody well understand ya...
That's one of the oddest things I've ever seen written on this forum.
And that's saying something. 
Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:
El Jarvo wrote:
Doctor? wrote: He's just upset because his country has only managed to come up with endless variations of "slightly brain damaged with varying degrees of intoxication and genetic redundancy"
Their accents seem to be dependant on skin colour too.
Their black blokes never sound like their white blokes, do they?
True dat. :\ohwell:
James Earl Jones only sounds funny cuz of that Darth Vader mask...
James Earl Jones-His voice is great!
A bit like a slightly less theatrical American twist on Brian Blessed's booming mutherfucker..
Always engaging audio from Jonesy.Exception to the'Yanks talk like mooks'rule,section 12 paragraph 7.
I can see why I've stayed away from these boards so long. Mostly a bunch of cranky Brits bitching and moaning about everything under the sun, especially America.
Buck Hill wrote: WTF is mooky??
Ah, Brits and their provincialism.
I believe it's an American term, certainly heard it in some mafia movie, and it's also a common term in the music biz for record company suited vermin.
BTW, you cannot be guilty of linguistic provincialism, when you are the ORIGINATORS AND CENTRE OF THE LANGUAGE.
Just cos you bunch of book-dodgers can't spell night, don't try and deflect the shit back at us.
Doctor? wrote: He's just upset because his country has only managed to come up with endless variations of "slightly brain damaged with varying degrees of intoxication and genetic redundancy", instead of the miriad of fabulous accents the British Isles have cooked up.
As for clarity...there's a few accents from the arse end of the other bit of Ireland that could baffle anyone from more than 2 miles down the road from their home. Geordies can be tricky depending on just how pissed they are, the same with some Scots (particularly from the fair city of Glassgow). However, last night I spoke to a Stokie, and as far as I could tell, his accent was Martian (actual native Martian, not Hungarian)......I swear I could understand Fradley quite well up until a certain blood alcohol level, and I MUST have spoken with many others, but me and this fella could NOT communicate, very very strange indeed, especially since I had me posh phone voice on, the one with "you" and "the" instead of "Y'" and "'a'".
eg....." I shall see you in the pub in ten minutes"...."Al c y' inna bar in ten"
That's the first time I have ever seen the Stokie accent being referred to as 'Martian'....
Stupid fuckwit yanks say stuff like:
Ass instead of ARSE butt instead of BOTTOM fanny for bottom/arse instead of vagina....
a-hole instead of arsehole
pants instead of jeans/trousers
PANTS ARE UNDERWEAR FOR FUCKS SAKE
sneakers instead of TRAINERS!
Nucular instead of NUCLEAR
Aluminum instead of ALUMINIUM
john instead of TOILET
Bathroom instead of TOILET
cellphone instead of MOBILE
Plus many more to come!
Strange thing is the Yank accent,seems to me there are 3 or 4 distinct accent types:
1,new yoik 2,texan/southern drawl 3,boston (poss due to all the oirish) 4,african american/latino american
But hey i could be wrong,answers on a postcard to:
webmaster @ http://neworderinfoweb.piczo.com
Doctor? wrote:
Buck Hill wrote: WTF is mooky??
Ah, Brits and their provincialism.
I believe it's an American term, certainly heard it in some mafia movie.
Very observant. A really neither here nor there evolution of the Eytie- American word 'Mook'
Would be multicultural progress right there! Ya feel me?
Hang the linguistics,pass me the fuckin biscwits!
hibster wrote: what are ya brits anyway?
Here's one for you Hibster.Guess what Bristols are? Hazzard a guess,nail your answer to the mast,gargle on a set of knackers,and just blurt the cunt out West Country style...
Cockerneys are not allowed to answer this one,that's just plain crazy! No one likes a cheat....or a Cockney!
Even if you Bow Bells bitches have the 3rd best accent in the whole of Blighty,which you don't!You're up there though,credit where it's due. Sshhhh mammary glands
That particular creep must have gone right down in your estimation,Nuts.
Nuff said.
Bristols are tits, you don't need to be a cock ney to know that........
"Arthur negus has held Bristols, that's not a result, that's just a bit of gossip" --M.Python, election night special, 1971.
There are no cockneys under 60 anyway, the Luftwaffe blew the Bow Bells into splitshot.
Doctor? wrote: Bristols are tits, you don't need to be a cock ney to know that........
"Arthur negus has held Bristols, that's not a result, that's just a bit of gossip" --M.Python, election night special, 1971.
There are no cockneys under 60 anyway, the Luftwaffe blew the Bow Bells into splitshot.
I object to your lewd assertions Cambo in the strongest possible terms!
Every man and his dog knows Bangorians should at the very least be able to fish their way around any of the coastal provinces,home and away,with one hand tied behind their back,having been brought up on a diet of hunting,fishing and fighting..in that order,trigger finger!
Ok,same same but different,I'll give you that gobshite!
Bristols are tits,natch..but there is no need to be so crass about it!
Boatraceface wrote:
That particular creep must have gone right down in your estimation,Nuts.
Nuff said.
Well considering we invented the blasted thing that would chalk up
America - 1
Brits - 0
Sam wrote:
Doctor? wrote: He's just upset because his country has only managed to come up with endless variations of "slightly brain damaged with varying degrees of intoxication and genetic redundancy", instead of the miriad of fabulous accents the British Isles have cooked up.
As for clarity...there's a few accents from the arse end of the other bit of Ireland that could baffle anyone from more than 2 miles down the road from their home. Geordies can be tricky depending on just how pissed they are, the same with some Scots (particularly from the fair city of Glassgow). However, last night I spoke to a Stokie, and as far as I could tell, his accent was Martian (actual native Martian, not Hungarian)......I swear I could understand Fradley quite well up until a certain blood alcohol level, and I MUST have spoken with many others, but me and this fella could NOT communicate, very very strange indeed, especially since I had me posh phone voice on, the one with "you" and "the" instead of "Y'" and "'a'".
eg....." I shall see you in the pub in ten minutes"...."Al c y' inna bar in ten"
That's the first time I have ever seen the Stokie accent being referred to as 'Martian'....
No-one with a proper Potteries accent would think I was from Stoke - I'm far too posh. (These things are relative, before anyone sneers.)
And, in fairness to Steve, if you do come across a proper old school resident of the Potteries speaking in full-on North Staffs dialect, it's fucking impenetrable to anyone who didn't grow up round here.
Back on topic: Americans say 'capsicum' and 'eggplant'. THE BIG FUCKING SMELLY-ARSED GAYERS.
Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote:
No-one with a proper Potteries accent would think I was from Stoke - I'm far too posh.
:sneer:
Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote:
(These things are relative, before anyone sneers.)
Ha too late you Stokey gayer fuckshit bastered.
I used to work with a blewke from Stewke and he was one of the biggest twats I've ever met. That's how he spewke though. Like a bit Stewkey twat. Like he couldn't even get being a Brummie right. The shit bastered.
EDIT: Hewpe this helps.
Diamond 383 wrote:
Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote:
No-one with a proper Potteries accent would think I was from Stoke - I'm far too posh.
:sneer:
Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote:
(These things are relative, before anyone sneers.)
Ha too late you Stokey gayer fuckshit bastered.
I used to work with a blewke from Stewke and he was one of the biggest twats I've ever met. That's how he spewke though. Like a bit Stewkey twat. Like he couldn't even get being a Brummie right. The shit bastered.
EDIT: Hewpe this helps.
Very good. You plastic Manc.
Ass instead of ARSE butt instead of BOTTOM fanny for bottom/arse instead of vagina....
Not really, ALL Yanks say stuff like that...
Only when they're trying not to say asshole...
PANTS ARE UNDERWEAR FOR FUCKS SAKE
We call that "commando."
yep!
Yep, stupid fuckwit Yanks DO say stuff like that.
john instead of TOILET
Bathroom instead of TOILET
cellphone instead of MOBILE
Yep, yep, yep, yep...
Strange thing is the Yank accent,seems to me there are 3 or 4 distinct accent types:
1,new yoik 2,texan/southern drawl 3,boston (poss due to all the oirish) 4,african american/latino american
But hey i could be wrong,
Oh, you are.
New York City alone has several accents: Brooklyn, the Bronx (I know they're different accents, but couldn't tell you what the difference is), Manhattan (same accent as California, I believe). Don't know if Queens and Staten Island have their own accents, but they well may. In addition to these Borough accents, there are several ethnic accents to be heard in New York City-- Jewish, Italian, and Puerto Rican immediately come to mind (although what I think of as "Italian" may be one of the Borough accents, Brooklynese, for example, but probably more 'hood-oriented, like Bedford-Stuy...). Jonathan?
The Southern drawl also varies from state to state, although I couldn't even begin to guess at which backwater the "speaker" hails from (with the exception that Floridian is the absolute most incomprehensible mangling of proper American English pronunciation I have ever had the misfortune to hear).
New England, which includes Bostonian, although again I don't know enough about the accent to know with certainty if one can distinguish between, say, a New Englander from Boston and one from Maine (although I'm fairly sure that Bostonian is a distinct variant of the New England accent).
African-American-- As near as I can tell, a Southern variant transplanted to "Northern" cities.
"Latino-American"-- Nobody would call it that. "Latino," yes, WEST of the Mississippi. . Hispanic," yes, EAST of the Mississippi. "Mexican-American" (Or Cuban-American," or "Puerto Rican", etc.), yes. But never "Latino-American."
And as should be obvious, distinct from "African-American." And probably distinct from each other, as well. I.e., a Mexican-American accent will be different from a Cuban-American accent, etc.
And saving the best for last, Californian, which, like the identical accent in Manhattan, is the national standard for proper, accent-less standard American English.
El Jarvo wrote: Tomayto Aloominum Lootenant
Don't forget "potayto"....
Ally wrote: "Tuna" massacred as "Toooona"
I've never heard it pronounced as "toooona."
"Toona," yes, as it should be. But never "toooona."
Ally wrote: "Garage" massacred as "Garasche".
More like "guh-RAHJ."
leather_girl wrote: the pronunciation of the word 'measure'. He pronounced it exactly like 'major'.
Sort of like 'may-jer'...
Are there really regions in the US that have people saying 'measure' like 'major'?
Not that I know of. It should be "meh-zhur."
ShugZV wrote: Math
But of course!
Comrade Shampanyov wrote:
Ass instead of ARSE butt instead of BOTTOM fanny for bottom/arse instead of vagina....
Not really, ALL Yanks say stuff like that...
Only when they're trying not to say asshole...
PANTS ARE UNDERWEAR FOR FUCKS SAKE
We call that "commando."
yep!
Yep, stupid fuckwit Yanks DO say stuff like that.
john instead of TOILET
Bathroom instead of TOILET
cellphone instead of MOBILE
Yep, yep, yep, yep...
Strange thing is the Yank accent,seems to me there are 3 or 4 distinct accent types:
1,new yoik 2,texan/southern drawl 3,boston (poss due to all the oirish) 4,african american/latino american
But hey i could be wrong,
Oh, you are.
New York City alone has several accents: Brooklyn, the Bronx (I know they're different accents, but couldn't tell you what the difference is), Manhattan (same accent as California, I believe). Don't know if Queens and Staten Island have their own accents, but they well may. In addition to these Borough accents, there are several ethnic accents to be heard in New York City-- Jewish, Italian, and Puerto Rican immediately come to mind (although what I think of as "Italian" may be one of the Borough accents, Brooklynese, for example, but probably more 'hood-oriented, like Bedford-Stuy...). Jonathan?
The Southern drawl also varies from state to state, although I couldn't even begin to guess at which backwater the "speaker" hails from (with the exception that Floridian is the absolute most incomprehensible mangling of proper American English pronunciation I have ever had the misfortune to hear).
New England, which includes Bostonian, although again I don't know enough about the accent to know with certainty if one can distinguish between, say, a New Englander from Boston and one from Maine (although I'm fairly sure that Bostonian is a distinct variant of the New England accent).
African-American-- As near as I can tell, a Southern variant transplanted to "Northern" cities.
"Latino-American"-- Nobody would call it that. "Latino," yes, WEST of the Mississippi. . Hispanic," yes, EAST of the Mississippi. "Mexican-American" (Or Cuban-American," or "Puerto Rican", etc.), yes. But never "Latino-American."
And as should be obvious, distinct from "African-American." And probably distinct from each other, as well. I.e., a Mexican-American accent will be different from a Cuban-American accent, etc.
- You forgot some. The midwest accent, for example. Very distinct. And the upper-midwest accent (the "Minnewegian" heard in Fargo, and from the illustrious mouth of Sarah Palin). I have it on good authority that there's a "Mormon accent," most likely heard in Utah, although I have no idea what a "Mormon accent" sounds like. It's likely that there are other regional accents that I'm forgetting...
And saving the best for last, Californian, which, like the identical accent in Manhattan, is the national standard for proper, accent-less standard American English.
Mostly the variation in accent is due to the parts of Europe, Africa and Asia from whence they originally came. The good thing about the US is the fact that the gene pool is so widely varied. I also rather like the logical approach to everyday phrases: 'cellphone', 'center' and 'median' for example are much more direct and to the point.
'Yes maaam' is a nice form of address too.
so basically EVERYTHING i said is CORRECT,but then again Lord is never wrong!
except for your silly little accent:p
You said it well,of course you did...but you're still a right wrong un,gaaaaaadge!
Brotherhood all the way wrote:
Comrade Shampanyov wrote:
Ass instead of ARSE butt instead of BOTTOM fanny for bottom/arse instead of vagina....
Not really, ALL Yanks say stuff like that...
Only when they're trying not to say asshole...
PANTS ARE UNDERWEAR FOR FUCKS SAKE
We call that "commando."
yep!
Yep, stupid fuckwit Yanks DO say stuff like that.
john instead of TOILET
Bathroom instead of TOILET
cellphone instead of MOBILE
Yep, yep, yep, yep...
Strange thing is the Yank accent,seems to me there are 3 or 4 distinct accent types:
1,new yoik 2,texan/southern drawl 3,boston (poss due to all the oirish) 4,african american/latino american
But hey i could be wrong,
Oh, you are.
New York City alone has several accents: Brooklyn, the Bronx (I know they're different accents, but couldn't tell you what the difference is), Manhattan (same accent as California, I believe). Don't know if Queens and Staten Island have their own accents, but they well may. In addition to these Borough accents, there are several ethnic accents to be heard in New York City-- Jewish, Italian, and Puerto Rican immediately come to mind (although what I think of as "Italian" may be one of the Borough accents, Brooklynese, for example, but probably more 'hood-oriented, like Bedford-Stuy...). Jonathan?
The Southern drawl also varies from state to state, although I couldn't even begin to guess at which backwater the "speaker" hails from (with the exception that Floridian is the absolute most incomprehensible mangling of proper American English pronunciation I have ever had the misfortune to hear).
New England, which includes Bostonian, although again I don't know enough about the accent to know with certainty if one can distinguish between, say, a New Englander from Boston and one from Maine (although I'm fairly sure that Bostonian is a distinct variant of the New England accent).
African-American-- As near as I can tell, a Southern variant transplanted to "Northern" cities.
"Latino-American"-- Nobody would call it that. "Latino," yes, WEST of the Mississippi. . Hispanic," yes, EAST of the Mississippi. "Mexican-American" (Or Cuban-American," or "Puerto Rican", etc.), yes. But never "Latino-American."
And as should be obvious, distinct from "African-American." And probably distinct from each other, as well. I.e., a Mexican-American accent will be different from a Cuban-American accent, etc.
- You forgot some. The midwest accent, for example. Very distinct. And the upper-midwest accent (the "Minnewegian" heard in Fargo, and from the illustrious mouth of Sarah Palin). I have it on good authority that there's a "Mormon accent," most likely heard in Utah, although I have no idea what a "Mormon accent" sounds like. It's likely that there are other regional accents that I'm forgetting...
And saving the best for last, Californian, which, like the identical accent in Manhattan, is the national standard for proper, accent-less standard American English.
Mostly the variation in accent is due to the parts of Europe, Africa and Asia from whence they originally came. The good thing about the US is the fact that the gene pool is so widely varied. I also rather like the logical approach to everyday phrases: 'cellphone', 'center' and 'median' for example are much more direct and to the point.
Brotherhood all the way....more logical and direct as opposed to what?
Get a fucking grip,General Lee!
Talk proper,it's not even that aaard to do!Good golly Miss Molly!
Boatraceface wrote:
Brotherhood all the way wrote:
Comrade Shampanyov wrote:
Ass instead of ARSE butt instead of BOTTOM fanny for bottom/arse instead of vagina....
Not really, ALL Yanks say stuff like that...
Only when they're trying not to say asshole...
PANTS ARE UNDERWEAR FOR FUCKS SAKE
We call that "commando."
yep!
Yep, stupid fuckwit Yanks DO say stuff like that.
john instead of TOILET
Bathroom instead of TOILET
cellphone instead of MOBILE
Yep, yep, yep, yep...
Strange thing is the Yank accent,seems to me there are 3 or 4 distinct accent types:
1,new yoik 2,texan/southern drawl 3,boston (poss due to all the oirish) 4,african american/latino american
But hey i could be wrong,
Oh, you are.
New York City alone has several accents: Brooklyn, the Bronx (I know they're different accents, but couldn't tell you what the difference is), Manhattan (same accent as California, I believe). Don't know if Queens and Staten Island have their own accents, but they well may. In addition to these Borough accents, there are several ethnic accents to be heard in New York City-- Jewish, Italian, and Puerto Rican immediately come to mind (although what I think of as "Italian" may be one of the Borough accents, Brooklynese, for example, but probably more 'hood-oriented, like Bedford-Stuy...). Jonathan?
The Southern drawl also varies from state to state, although I couldn't even begin to guess at which backwater the "speaker" hails from (with the exception that Floridian is the absolute most incomprehensible mangling of proper American English pronunciation I have ever had the misfortune to hear).
New England, which includes Bostonian, although again I don't know enough about the accent to know with certainty if one can distinguish between, say, a New Englander from Boston and one from Maine (although I'm fairly sure that Bostonian is a distinct variant of the New England accent).
African-American-- As near as I can tell, a Southern variant transplanted to "Northern" cities.
"Latino-American"-- Nobody would call it that. "Latino," yes, WEST of the Mississippi. . Hispanic," yes, EAST of the Mississippi. "Mexican-American" (Or Cuban-American," or "Puerto Rican", etc.), yes. But never "Latino-American."
And as should be obvious, distinct from "African-American." And probably distinct from each other, as well. I.e., a Mexican-American accent will be different from a Cuban-American accent, etc.
- You forgot some. The midwest accent, for example. Very distinct. And the upper-midwest accent (the "Minnewegian" heard in Fargo, and from the illustrious mouth of Sarah Palin). I have it on good authority that there's a "Mormon accent," most likely heard in Utah, although I have no idea what a "Mormon accent" sounds like. It's likely that there are other regional accents that I'm forgetting...
And saving the best for last, Californian, which, like the identical accent in Manhattan, is the national standard for proper, accent-less standard American English.
Mostly the variation in accent is due to the parts of Europe, Africa and Asia from whence they originally came. The good thing about the US is the fact that the gene pool is so widely varied. I also rather like the logical approach to everyday phrases: 'cellphone', 'center' and 'median' for example are much more direct and to the point.
Brotherhood all the way....more logical and direct as opposed to what?
Get a fucking grip,General Lee! Talk proper,it's not even that aaard to do!Good golly Miss Molly!
AWESOME!
this is the most amusing post I have seen in a while..
BTW Canadians speak English better!!!
Exeter wrote: this is the most amusing post I have seen in a while..
BTW Canadians speak English better!!!
no they don't...aboot??? what the fuck is that all about???
and they can't spell...centre...puh-lease...
I'm very used to and tolerant of Americans that can't understand my accent, or indeed think I'm Australian. 
The only time I got offended was when a tech at Lockheed Martin asked "are you sure?" when I told him my name was Clive. He seemed to think it should have been Clyde...
Strange thing is the Yank accent,seems to me there are 3 or 4 distinct accent types:
1,new yoik 2,texan/southern drawl 3,boston (poss due to all the oirish) 4,african american/latino american
That is kind of like an American saying there's only Queens English and Cockney. (I've head this often)
There's more than 4 distinct Philly accents among natives alone (not counting all the fucking transplants). Same with New York.
Every time I've visited the U.S of A,which is once,the most common question I got asked is "Oh,you're Briddish....Oh.My.Gaaard!Awesome!Do you like,totally know The Queen?"
Like we live in the same road,or something.
I'd say something like"Who Betty?Sure,we do brunch on Thursdays.."
They'd say"OH MY GAAARD!Can you,just like,totally say hi for me..I love you Briddish!"
Everyone goes home happy.
Boatraceface wrote: most common question I got asked is "Oh,you're Briddish....Oh.My.Gaaard!Awesome!Do you like,totally know The Queen?"
"Youre from Scaaatlaaand,my friend xxxxx (enter some mad yank name here) lives in Scaaatlaaaand,do you know him?
Boatraceface wrote: Every time I've visited the U.S of A,which is once,the most common question I got asked is...
Every time I've visited the U.K. (which is once), the most common question I got asked IN THE U.S. is "Do you speak the language?"
In the U.K., I was complimented on my command of English...
Boatraceface wrote: Every time I've visited the U.S of A,which is once,the most common question I got asked is "Oh,you're Briddish....Oh.My.Gaaard!Awesome!Do you like,totally know The Queen?"
Like we live in the same road,or something.
I'd say something like"Who Betty?Sure,we do brunch on Thursdays.."
They'd say"OH MY GAAARD!Can you,just like,totally say hi for me..I love you Briddish!"
Everyone goes home happy.
Us continental folk figure that those on a small island eventually have to breed close to the family tree, thus making you, somehow or way, related to the Queen.
Only a bunch of twats who stole WAY more country from it's owners than they actually needed, would consider the UK a small Island.
Rathlin is a small island, Rockall is a very small island.
Then again I suppose a US atlas shows the US and a smattering of tiny dots under the banner "here be terrorists".
EdelBrock wrote: Its not big enough to drive a decent 60's Cadillac on it.:p
Agreed, but most US cars, particularly those of greater vintage, have the power to weight ration of Ayre's Rock, and the turning circle of a planetoid. (they also have brakes made from butter)
People who speak English correctly only say they're sick when there is actually a pile of carrots and peas coming out of their mouths.
Americans say it when their nose is running or they have a headache.
Go figure 
Diamond 383 wrote: People who speak English correctly only say they're sick when there is actually a pile of carrots and peas coming out of their mouths.
Americans say it when their nose is running or they have a headache.
Go figure
I've never had piles of peas and carrots coming out of my mouth, so I guess I'm just going to have to agree with you on this one...
Gazman wrote:
Boatraceface wrote: most common question I got asked is "Oh,you're Briddish....Oh.My.Gaaard!Awesome!Do you like,totally know The Queen?"
"Youre from Scaaatlaaand,my friend xxxxx (enter some mad yank name here) lives in Scaaatlaaaand,do you know him?
"you live in Philadelphia? Do you know the Fresh Prince? What about Rocky?"
It works both ways.
Chrissy wrote:
Gazman wrote:
Boatraceface wrote: most common question I got asked is "Oh,you're Briddish....Oh.My.Gaaard!Awesome!Do you like,totally know The Queen?"
"Youre from Scaaatlaaand,my friend xxxxx (enter some mad yank name here) lives in Scaaatlaaaand,do you know him?
"you live in Philadelphia? Do you know the Fresh Prince? What about Rocky?"
It works both ways.
Anyone from norn iron says that to you, let me know, I'll be waiting on the cunt at the airport.
Very vigilant,Cambo.
You remind me of The Righteous Brothers classic 'Unhinged Melody'Good work.
Doctor? wrote:
EdelBrock wrote: Its not big enough to drive a decent 60's Cadillac on it.:p
Agreed, but most US cars, particularly those of greater vintage, have the power to weight ration of Ayre's Rock, and the turning circle of a planetoid. (they also have brakes made from butter)
ahhhh.. the days when they built cars like a tank so that they would go through anything that got in their way... the way cars should be made
