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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 19:00:55 GMT -6
Another favourite of mine is when my Texan friend Becky says "Yaaaaaaaan't toooooo?"
Simon
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 29, 2006 19:01:15 GMT -6
Do you think I'm spreading my likes too thin where accents come in?? I doubt anyone could spread too much.
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 19:02:10 GMT -6
Do you think I'm spreading my likes too thin where accents come in?? I don't anyone could spread too much. ;D ;D ;D Simon
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 29, 2006 19:08:32 GMT -6
Actually Gary I quite like your voice - I'm also a sucker for a New Yawk accent.... don't ask me why.... New York accents sound cool to British ears too. [/size] Simon[/quote] I'm actually sensitive to how I sound. Downstate N.Y. is cruel to the English language in my view, each borough of N.Y. has it's own inflection and I'd say Brooklyn is the most extreme. The rest of the country sounds more refined to me in comparison.
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 19:21:20 GMT -6
In some parts of England the accent doesn't even sound like English. Newcastle has its own Geordie accent that is a language in itself, for instance : "Ah man, wee but a feul wad hae sold off his furnitor and left his wife. Noo, yor a fair doon reet feul, not an artificial feul like Billy Purvis! Thous a real Geordie! gan man an hide thysel! gan an' get thy picks agyen. Thou may de for the city, but never for the west end o' wor toon." (Rough translation: "Oh man, who but a fool would have sold off his furniture and left his wife? Now, you're a fair downright fool, not an artificial fool like Billy Purvis! You're a real Geordie! Go, man, and hide yourself! Go and get your pick (axes) again. You may do for the city, but never for the west end of our town!") and its own vocabulary : * canny for "pleasant" (the Scottish use of canny is often somewhat less flattering) * hyem for "home" * deek for "look at" * ket for "sweets/treats" * knaa for "to know/know" * divn't for "don't" * bairn/grandbairn for "child/grandchild" * hacky for "dirty" * gan for "to go/go" * hoy for "to throw" * toon for "Town" * haddaway for "get away" * spon for "money" * hinny for "a term of endearment" * hadd for "hold/ ie keep a hadd/ keep a hold/ had yer gob/ keep quiet" * divvie for "stupid person" * twiftah for "cigarette" * chore for "pal/mate. pronounced CHEEYORE/ IE here chore/ exscuse me mate" * gallawah for "a horse" * chiv for "knife" * nappah for "head" * scratcha for "bed" * liggie for "a marble" as in the song wor geordies lost his liggie. Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeordiesPeople from Birmingham in the Midlands have such an appalling accent that they actually find it hard to get work elsewhere in the UK as nobody can stand to listen to their horrible 'Brummie' accent. Simon
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 30, 2006 12:46:41 GMT -6
Thanks for that post Simon. It's interesting how in only a few miles dialects vary.
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 30, 2006 15:42:43 GMT -6
Thanks for that post Simon. It's interesting how in only a few miles dialects vary In a 50 radius of where I live you can hear six different accents : There's my Essex accent (yes I live somewhere with sex in it!!) The Suffolk 'sarfark' accent. Norfolk 'Narfark' - similar to the Suffolk accent but stronger and even more unintelligible. We call people from Suffolk and Norfolk, which are major agricultural areas, 'carrot crunchers' because of the way they talk. North 'nooorff' London. South 'saaarff' London. And Cockney which is the accent of people from East London who also use their own language known as Cockney Rhyming Slang Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney_rhyming_slangThis is a full dictionary of Cockney Rhyming Slang www.phespirit.info/cockney/slang_to_english.htmSimon
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 30, 2006 18:36:11 GMT -6
It's really quite remarkable. Cockney is almost another language or shall I say a very complete set of "Dicky Birds".
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 30, 2006 18:45:37 GMT -6
...or shall I say a very complete set of "Dicky Birds". You're a fast learner Grasshopper. Simon "When you can take the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave"
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 30, 2006 18:56:34 GMT -6
Well it's getting late here and I've had a few Britney Spears and have to be up early in the gipsy's warning, so it's time I went up the apples and pears on my Jack Jones to my skein of thread. Tomorrow I have a few things to sort out with my trouble and strife so I need a clear loaf of bread.
Simon
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 30, 2006 18:58:51 GMT -6
Or as a cockney would say it :
Well it's getting late here and I've had a few Britney's and have to be up early in the gipsy's, so it's time I went up the apples on my jack to my skein. Tomorrow I have a few things to sort out with my trouble so I need a clear loaf.
Simon
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 31, 2006 10:20:03 GMT -6
Or as a cockney would say it : Tomorrow I have a few things to sort out with my trouble so I need a clear loaf. In the states there is "pinch a loaf". It's gross but it's all we have.
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 31, 2006 13:12:59 GMT -6
That's a pretty gross reference - where is BB to save you on that one Gary???
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 31, 2006 13:18:34 GMT -6
When I was visiting with my sister we went to a castle in the middle of Scotland called Eilean Donan - there was an old woman in the first room we ventured into who had the loveliest Scottish accent - think Sean Connery's voice but in a woman. I really hadn't given it much thought that his accent would be attirbutable to a certain area in Scotland but it is. I really enjoyed talking to her. My sister got peeved with her about things she was saying about the Scots but I thought it was interesting. We started off talking about the fact that my family is distantly related to Robert the Bruce and she really opened up about things in the past that she knew. Donna got mad at her because she felt all her opinions were just "political speculation" and not borne out of fact. (this is one of the few times I've felt my sister acted more Scottish then American - was interesting to see!) I wasn't offended in the least and would have gladly talked with the woman a while longer. I had to ask my sister later and got quite a tirade out of her as to why the old woman pissed her off...
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 31, 2006 13:19:53 GMT -6
BTW, Simon, I would be hopelessly lost in Cockney.... ;D
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 31, 2006 17:08:58 GMT -6
When we have the house to ourselves my wife gets hopelessly lost in Cockney too. (that was a bad one, forgive me) hold on...
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 31, 2006 18:22:39 GMT -6
Watching Lily Allen right now performing Smile on 'Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny' ;D
Simon
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 31, 2006 18:26:57 GMT -6
Don't get me started on Jools Holland, I saw him play many times in the late 1970 with Elvis Costello.
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 31, 2006 18:28:33 GMT -6
Forgive me but Lily Allen is such a cutie.
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 31, 2006 18:30:53 GMT -6
Don't get me started on Jools Holland, I saw him play many times in the late 1970 with Elvis Costello. No fucking way!! I had no idea his fame extended outside the UK!! And Elvis Costello... DAMN!! Simon
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 31, 2006 18:31:58 GMT -6
Forgive me but Lily Allen is such a cutie. Yep, and if I was ten years younger... I'd still be too old Simon
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 31, 2006 18:38:52 GMT -6
Elvis has permeated every musical genre known and Jools Holland has been quite of here for years.
He was with Squeeze in their early days if I remember correctly. I saw Squeeze many times to. These guys always seemed to draw the Gothic style crowd except for me in my disco designer jeans and flared collar. Hideous thought but we had fun. A very quiet audience and wine soaked as it was sponsored by Mateus.
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 31, 2006 18:40:59 GMT -6
I know, I feel guilty looking at her and the drool on my keyboard makes it worse.
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 31, 2006 18:45:37 GMT -6
How about Paul Weller's first band the Jam? They were big here at the same time as Squeeze and Elvis Costello? Now there was a British sound with some real attitude!! Did they ever break in the US?
Simon
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 31, 2006 18:50:18 GMT -6
'Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny' just got better!! Ade Edmonson is performing the Sex Pistol's 'Anarchy in the UK' in a Frank Sinatra big band style.
Simon
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Post by innit Geezer on Jan 1, 2007 10:01:34 GMT -6
The song I'm most familiar with from Paul Weller is "From the Floor Boards Up."
Paul gets airplay on public radio here in the states which is what I listen too nearly exclusively. Sometimes people will ask me "what is that music?" in a so-so uncomplimentary way. I enjoy different artists, how many times can you listen to the same generic music anyway?
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Post by innit Geezer on Jan 1, 2007 10:07:20 GMT -6
'Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny' just got better!! Ade Edmonson is performing the Sex Pistol's 'Anarchy in the UK' in a Frank Sinatra big band style.
Simon I'm not familiar with Ade Edmonson but I'd trade Jools show sight unseen for the shit they put on here. ABC TV had teeny bop-per hip-hop artist in mini-skirts. It's a touch sad because the quality lacks and the target audience is limited to one age group. It would be nice to include us 40-50 year old geezers.
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Post by Irish Stu on Jan 1, 2007 10:33:13 GMT -6
I really love 'The ch-ch-changing Man" but other than that I'm not a big fan of Paul Weller's post-Jam work. I was a huge fan of The Jam though, and still play their music a lot, especially if I want something to lift my mood or get me feeling motivated. If you don't have any I'm sure you'd enjoy one of their greatest hits albums. A few years ago my 'soon to be ex wife's' sister Debbie worked with Weller's girlfriend at a women's day spa in London. I had to meet Debbie after work one day, and as men weren't allowed in I waited for her outside, leaning back against the wall next to the door and smoking a cigarette (I've long since stopped smoking). A minute or two later I looked around and saw Weller waiting for his girlfriend and leaning against the wall on the other side of the door and also smoking a cigarette. I decided not to risk losing my street cred by bothering him. Then a couple of years later at Debbie's wedding I saw his girlfriend, so I went over to her and said "Hi, you go out with Paul Weller don't you?" She replied "No that finished a year ago. I go out with Lennox Lewis now." I beat a hasty retreat Simon
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Post by Irish Stu on Jan 1, 2007 10:35:32 GMT -6
Ade (Adrian) Edmonson played Vivian in the 1980's British TV show 'The Young Ones', a crazy comedy about four students sharing a house.
Simon
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Post by pixiedust on Jan 1, 2007 11:31:44 GMT -6
'Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny' just got better!! Ade Edmonson is performing the Sex Pistol's 'Anarchy in the UK' in a Frank Sinatra big band style.
Simon I'm not familiar with Ade Edmonson but I'd trade Jools show sight unseen for the shit they put on here. ABC TV had teeny bop-per hip-hop artist in mini-skirts. It's a touch sad because the quality lacks and the target audience is limited to one age group. It would be nice to include us 40-50 year old geezers. They may have been thinking that Rascal Flatts appeals to our age group since they are country/crossover singers but I have to agree with you Gary - we ended the evening with the History Channel and a show about whether a comet or asteroid hit the Earth in Russia.... Dick Clark was doing better and looked way better but he still has a hard time with his speech, it wasn't as painful this year to watch him though. Randy didn't see him last year and was quite shocked - thought that Dick should hang it up... (I don't) (our first post New Year's debate...)
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