02-11-2009, 05:49 PM | #33581 |
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British accents are annoying, man. Welsh, Scottish, and Irish accents are cool, yes. But British accents just grate on a guy.
I'm pretty sure the other things you listed probably fit only when you're speaking of the stereotype. |
02-11-2009, 05:55 PM | #33582 |
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haha Maybe a stereotype, but I love them anyway. And I for one love their accents, but that's just me, and you're alowed to have your own opinion... lol
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02-11-2009, 06:07 PM | #33583 |
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I'll agree with that up to a point. Our British friends have certainly made innumerable contributions to the world at large and to modern Western culture in particular. Brits as a group are "cool" without a doubt, but "the coolest"? Hmmm...
I'd say that depends largely upon which areas of the United States you've experienced. Some British accents are way cool, for sure. However, there are a vast array of accents that can collectively be called "British" but which are quite separate and distinct one from another. A few of them could be considered a verbal assault on the ears of a listener, though. I'm not sure I understand exactly to what you are referring, so please provide some examples. Oh, you are gonna get in so much trouble with our British friends for that statement!
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02-11-2009, 06:08 PM | #33584 | |
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02-11-2009, 06:32 PM | #33585 |
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Hey man, I've lived in Kentucky and Tennessee. Quite a few Southerners speak with such a heavy accent that you can't even understand what they're trying to say. It is not cool.
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02-11-2009, 06:41 PM | #33586 |
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Some of us do.
We do that on purpose just to confuse transplanted Yankees. We give directions which depend on landmarks that haven't existed for 20 years or more for the same reason.
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02-11-2009, 07:21 PM | #33587 |
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Heh.
That reminds me of a sign on the side of the road near a small town in Kentucky which reads, and I quote exactly, "BUBAS PAYLAKE". |
02-12-2009, 12:35 AM | #33588 | |
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02-12-2009, 05:13 AM | #33589 |
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I concur. Though I can't check the Oxford English Dictionary at the moment...
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02-12-2009, 05:54 AM | #33590 | |
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Ye know ye go down dere to Possum Mill Road den ye follow Feral Hog creek fer a mile er two Ahn yer right there at the skidoo (Won't find this on the web. A skidoo in Western KY stands for a concrete creek ford). Den ye go over two hollers (valleys) ahn he's on dat top hill dere. |
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02-12-2009, 06:38 AM | #33591 |
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Whatever.
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02-12-2009, 07:05 AM | #33592 |
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Hey, guys! My game is at http://www.thebuckmans.com/Mory/Perfect.exe !
Heh, heh. If that doesn't kill the thread, nothing can. |
02-12-2009, 07:16 AM | #33593 |
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Nice try.
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02-12-2009, 08:28 AM | #33594 |
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Brits!!!!
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02-12-2009, 10:23 AM | #33597 |
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02-12-2009, 11:01 AM | #33599 |
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Nice thesaurus usage there, Giligan.
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02-12-2009, 11:34 AM | #33600 |
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Um...Giligan. I have no idea what you just said up there, and I tried to udnerstand that, since my name was in it! Can you err, explain it to me again? Man, I sound stupid.
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