Lovable Chimney Sweep (Monday, 15 Aug 2011) Reply
blimey, guv'nor, those are the most poshest spoken folks in the land, they are, 'pon my word!
blimey, guv'nor, those are the most poshest spoken folks in the land, they are, 'pon my word!
Rocket (Monday, 15 Aug 2011)
Stop sesquipedalian loquaciousness henceforth
Stop sesquipedalian loquaciousness henceforth
@Rocket (Tuesday, 16 Aug 2011)
Please eschew obfuscation, yourself.
Please eschew obfuscation, yourself.
Oh (Monday, 15 Aug 2011) Reply
No no, my good man. The meaning is still the same in the quotes. My advice to you is: "Try not to speak".
No no, my good man. The meaning is still the same in the quotes. My advice to you is: "Try not to speak".
Movie Critic (Monday, 15 Aug 2011) Reply
Say, I've seen many English movies, visited England extensivly, and I've never heard any english person speak like that. This is made up. Struth!
Say, I've seen many English movies, visited England extensivly, and I've never heard any english person speak like that. This is made up. Struth!
Clod (Tuesday, 16 Aug 2011)
Bullocks.
Bullocks.
Cambrius (Thursday, 18 Aug 2011)
@M.C: Quite right. Nobody has spoken like this in decades. 'Thee' and 'thou' died out even further back, but why spoil a joke based on crude national stereotypes with truth? E.g: a wealthy Englishman would have excellent teeth; it's only the poor who can't afford dentistry.
@Clod: Lol; nearly there, mate!
@M.C: Quite right. Nobody has spoken like this in decades. 'Thee' and 'thou' died out even further back, but why spoil a joke based on crude national stereotypes with truth? E.g: a wealthy Englishman would have excellent teeth; it's only the poor who can't afford dentistry.
@Clod: Lol; nearly there, mate!
makr (Monday, 15 Aug 2011) Reply
Jokes about British English beyond pointing out fags being cigarettes? How shall the Internet be able to comprehend that?
Jokes about British English beyond pointing out fags being cigarettes? How shall the Internet be able to comprehend that?
Jeff (Monday, 15 Aug 2011)
"British English" only exists in Microsoft. There is only one English language. There is English, and then there are wrong versions of English e.g "hola, coma insta felafel?" Do you like my Spanish? No, its not wrong, its just a different version.
"British English" only exists in Microsoft. There is only one English language. There is English, and then there are wrong versions of English e.g "hola, coma insta felafel?" Do you like my Spanish? No, its not wrong, its just a different version.
@Jeff (Monday, 15 Aug 2011)
Not sure where in the world you have learned that "spanish", but you fail at it.
Second, there are many dialects and ways they use the language i.e. Color = Colour, one is used in US, the other in England.
Not sure where in the world you have learned that "spanish", but you fail at it.
Second, there are many dialects and ways they use the language i.e. Color = Colour, one is used in US, the other in England.
Jeff (Monday, 15 Aug 2011)
"Not sure where in the world you have learned that "spanish", but you fail at it." Exactly...exactly.
"Not sure where in the world you have learned that "spanish", but you fail at it." Exactly...exactly.
Cambrius (Thursday, 18 Aug 2011)
@Jeff: I'm baffled. The way English is spoken varies widely even within England. Put a Cockney, a Brummie, a Geordie and a Scouser in the same room and see how easily they communicate. (See also Dude, at foot of page.) And, are you saying that Serbo-Croat is just a "different version" of Chinese? Or that Hindi is just a "different version" of French? Well, they're not.
@Jeff: I'm baffled. The way English is spoken varies widely even within England. Put a Cockney, a Brummie, a Geordie and a Scouser in the same room and see how easily they communicate. (See also Dude, at foot of page.) And, are you saying that Serbo-Croat is just a "different version" of Chinese? Or that Hindi is just a "different version" of French? Well, they're not.
makr (Tuesday, 16 Aug 2011) Reply
Definitions of words change over time, English is merely a denomination for the subsets of concrete interpretations of the language. Has actually been like that long before MS had any influence on public opinion.
Definitions of words change over time, English is merely a denomination for the subsets of concrete interpretations of the language. Has actually been like that long before MS had any influence on public opinion.
Desmond (Tuesday, 16 Aug 2011)
Why not...?
Why not...?
Eemnee (Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011)
To be sure, to be sure
To be sure, to be sure
Dude (Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011) Reply
Last 4 (from bottom up) translated into Scottish:
Ah'm no awa' tae bide awa'
It isnae right
Och, awa' wa' ye
Ah'm seein' deid yins
Last 4 (from bottom up) translated into Scottish:
Ah'm no awa' tae bide awa'
It isnae right
Och, awa' wa' ye
Ah'm seein' deid yins
Cambrius (Friday, 19 Aug 2011)
Nearly happened: Trainspotting was based on a novel by Irvine Welsh which is written entirely like this. A tough read if you're not a Scot!
Nearly happened: Trainspotting was based on a novel by Irvine Welsh which is written entirely like this. A tough read if you're not a Scot!
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