On A Daily Basis...

[baldy01]

Some of our dialects are all but foreign gibberish to the rest of us Brits. Your "British" characters on your TV very rarely sound like any Brit I've ever heard, and I've worked all over the UK.

We call my Glasweigen boss 20%, cos you can only understand 20% of everything he says!

 

[ban-all-sheds]

The reason that English has dominated as a language is that it is fluid, adaptable, isn't afraid of adopting new words from other languages and is the most descriptive language in the world (apparently). This means that English has many different branches, dialects, if you want, none of which are "right" and none of which are "wrong"

Try telling that to the loonies from the Simplified Spelling Society, or Cut Spelling Society, who want to start spelling words the way they sound, thus at a stroke telling people, for example, who don't call a large container for warm soapy water a "barth" that not only can they not speak properly, but they now cannot spell properly either.

 

[baldy01]

Some people might even tell you to go and get in the "barf", and you really just don't want to go there......

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I expect Julie can get you an injection for it...

 

[2scoops0406]

Unfortunately British isn't a language, and not all British subjects or citizens speak English. Most can have a good stab at gibberish though.

 

[securespark]

But is that pronounced the proper way, "Larther?" Or in some weird non-correct Northern way?

Check your dictionary.

Are you telling me you pronounce "lather" differently to "larther"?

 

[johnny_t]

Some years ago, I was sorting out the company website, which was to be hosted by demon. The girl who I had kind of dealing with it, insited on pronouncing it 'Demond', with the second 'd' being particularly pronounced and it used to annoy the f*ck out of me. Still does, even now, just thinking about it.


Also "And he was like 'don't even go there girlfriend'". Actually, He said 'and don't even go there girlfriend', he was not 'like' it at all......

 

[noodlz]

What's that Australian Questioning Intonation thing about, where they end sentences in a raised questioning intonation even though its not a question?

Sometimes I've caught myself doing it and have to slap myself...I quite enjoy that part, but that's another topic

 

[ban-all-sheds]

We call my Glasweigen boss 20%, cos you can only understand 20% of everything he says!

I used to work with a Glaswegian, in London, and he was perfectly intelligible, he just had a Scottish accent.

We went flew to Glasgow once, and he was perfectly intelligible, he just had a Scottish accent.

We walked out of the airport to get a cab, and he was perfectly intelligible, he just had a Scottish accent.

By the time we got into the centre of the city I couldn't understand a word he said...

 

[splinter]

We call my Glasweigen boss 20%, cos you can only understand 20% of everything he says!

I used to work with a Glaswegian, in London, and he was perfectly intelligible, he just had a Scottish accent.

We went flew to Glasgow once, and he was perfectly intelligible, he just had a Scottish accent.

We walked out of the airport to get a cab, and he was perfectly intelligible, he just had a Scottish accent.

By the time we got into the centre of the city I couldn't understand a word he said...

I find it Easy to understand them "sweaties" sober

 

[AndersonC]

Coming back to the original discussion, some things that get on my t*ts:

The '*' symbol being described as a cartoon character called Asterix. It's an asterisk!

And when people start off their line of conversation with "I'm not being funny but......." then they make some remark which gets your back up.

 

[baldy01]

Or they start a question with " Its none of my business but...." This line of enquiry should be terminated after "but". Preferably with a comment like "Oh OK, shut up then."

 

[JohnD]

I heard a very amusing response:

"It's none of my business but.... (long opinion or advice)"

"I agree with you................. It is none of your business."

 

[mlb3c]

a.k.a the big but