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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Doctor Gollum on 23 April 2017, 09:59:46
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Apparently no-one here speaks Spanish, so it would seem that I brought the wrong phrase book... ::)
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:D :D :D
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Aye.....yes. Nay.......no. You can usually get by with that, we're people of few words. The odd grunt wouldn't go amiss. ;D
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Dónde estás? or translated
Where art thee?
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Not forgetting, of course, that there are about 15 different flavours of Northern.
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Not forgetting, of course, that there are about 15 different flavours of Northern.
I have heard evidence of Manchester, Leeds, Both halves of Geordieland, Scotch and Swedish... Oh and possibly some German ::)
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Dónde estás? or translated
Where art thee?
Estoy en Gran Canaria 8)
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A bet very few of thi can understand Wiganese.... ;D
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/dialect2.php?opt=dialect2
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Im Northern, from the proper northern parts of Lancashire...... not them namby pamby Yorkshire folks.... they only think they're northern....
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A bet very few of thi can understand Wiganese.... ;D
I'll give it a go Andy :) :y
Proper name is 'Lanky Dialect' :)
Theres an old recording available that was made by an old friend of my Dads called 'Lanky Spoken Here' by Dave Dutton, its also a book .... Very very funny, and proper speaking folks on it too....
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I have no trouble understanding any dialect, including Geordie and Glaswegian. Well......maybe, sometimes, a rushed, Northern Irish one gets me...a bit.
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A bet very few of thi can understand Wiganese.... ;D
I'll give it a go Andy :) :y
Proper name is 'Lanky Dialect' :)
Theres an old recording available that was made by an old friend of my Dads called 'Lanky Spoken Here' by Dave Dutton, its also a book .... Very very funny, and proper speaking folks on it too....
It's taken me 10 yrs to understand some of them here ....... and I'm still learning
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Dónde estás? or translated
Where art thee?
Estoy en Gran Canaria 8)
Muy agradable también, buenas fiestas
In rural Andalucia , the old boys speak Andalus dialect with many unique words unintelligible to most folk including proper Spanish speakers. One key feature is that they do not pronounce the letter S . Big problem if your English name begins with an S! The funniest word is Wicky (whiskey)
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Dónde estás? or translated
Where art thee?
Estoy en Gran Canaria 8)
surely you looked up 1 to 10 and the Spanish for beer before you left? Sangria and paella are Spanish words anyway, so that's a couple of weeks sorted
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Dónde estás? or translated
Where art thee?
Estoy en Gran Canaria 8)
surely you looked up 1 to 10 and the Spanish for beer before you left? Sangria and paella are Spanish words anyway, so that's a couple of weeks sorted
;D
The Spanish I can blag...
Dos cervesa por favor... Muchos gracias :D
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Dónde estás? or translated
Where art thee?
Estoy en Gran Canaria 8)
Muy agradable también, buenas fiestas
In rural Andalucia , the old boys speak Andalus dialect with many unique words unintelligible to most folk including proper Spanish speakers. One key feature is that they do not pronounce the letter S . Big problem if your English name begins with an S! The funniest word is Wicky (whiskey)
Gracias Senor V. Está calentando muy bien...
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Coming from the South, it is so refreshing when I go North to hear the different Northern accents. I love them, and (this will upset some in the South) I have found, away from the cities at least, everyone is prepared to just talk and pass the time of day and I can try and identify where they are from. There is no "I am not here; do not talk to me" stance either as you find down South.
Here so many (not all!) keep there heads down and hope you don't start speaking to them. And before anyone suggests it, no, it is not me, but so many people I know say the same. ;)
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I have no trouble understanding any dialect, including Geordie and Glaswegian. Well......maybe, sometimes, a rushed, Northern Irish one gets me...a bit.
Waddyameangetsyaareyoozetakinthepissoutathewaywespeak,Ithinkyearesoyeareandthatsnotfunnysoitisnt. Sentence to be completed in no more than 1.3seconds. ;D
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Coming from the South, it is so refreshing when I go North to hear the different Northern accents. I love them, and (this will upset some in the South) I have found, away from the cities at least, everyone is prepared to just talk and pass the time of day and I can try and identify where they are from. There is no "I am not here; do not talk to me" stance either as you find down South.
Here so many (not all!) keep there heads down and hope you don't start speaking to them. And before anyone suggests it, no, it is not me, but so many people I know say the same. ;)
I moved from London to Wales about 3 years ago. I know more people down here after three years than I did in London after 40+ years. People talk to each other. :y
In London if a car hoots, it's assumed that a driver is 'aving a go at someone. Down here, it's because the driver has seen someone they know and is saying "hello". This took some getting used to ;D
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Coming from the South, it is so refreshing when I go North to hear the different Northern accents. I love them, and (this will upset some in the South) I have found, away from the cities at least, everyone is prepared to just talk and pass the time of day and I can try and identify where they are from. There is no "I am not here; do not talk to me" stance either as you find down South.
Here so many (not all!) keep there heads down and hope you don't start speaking to them. And before anyone suggests it, no, it is not me, but so many people I know say the same. ;)
I moved from London to Wales about 3 years ago. I know more people down here after three years than I did in London after 40+ years. People talk to each other. :y
In London if a car hoots, it's assumed that a driver is 'aving a go at someone. Down here, it's because the driver has seen someone they know and is saying "hello". This took some getting used to ;D
Yet again I spent two weeks up in Yorkshire last year. As I have always found, I as well got to know so many people who a few minutes before had been strangers. They told me their life stories, what family they had, where they lived; everything! As you say you can live in London for 40+ years and hardly know a soul. Up North, and in your case Wales, you can spend 40 minutes sitting somewhere and know someone straight away. If I could, and it was practical, I would move to Yorkshire / Lancashire in a heart beat! :y :y
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I went to Ireland for an Easter break a few years back, when things were less settled than now and of course I was full of trepidation. I stayed in Blackwater, towards the south-east.
I need not have worried, the people were amazingly friendly, waving and smiling as soon as they recognised my GB number plates on the car!
I did have trouble understanding much of what they said, especially when they spoke quickly - when don't they?
The only issue was when I said to a colleague that I was planning on visiting Dublin: she suggested parking in Bray and taking the train - the "rattler" - in to Dublin if I wanted any car left to come back to!
As it happened, I loved the train journey, all along the beautiful east coast (cheap tickets, too) and Dublin itself was just MAD! Unbelievable - but I just cannot take to Guiness!
Ron.
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Im Northern, from the proper northern parts of Lancashire...... not them namby pamby Yorkshire folks.... they only think they're northern....
You Southern poof!
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Coming from the South, it is so refreshing when I go North to hear the different Northern accents. I love them, and (this will upset some in the South) I have found, away from the cities at least, everyone is prepared to just talk and pass the time of day and I can try and identify where they are from. There is no "I am not here; do not talk to me" stance either as you find down South.
Here so many (not all!) keep there heads down and hope you don't start speaking to them. And before anyone suggests it, no, it is not me, but so many people I know say the same. ;)
I moved from London to Wales about 3 years ago. I know more people down here after three years than I did in London after 40+ years. People talk to each other. :y
In London if a car hoots, it's assumed that a driver is 'aving a go at someone. Down here, it's because the driver has seen someone they know and is saying "hello". This took some getting used to ;D
Yet again I spent two weeks up in Yorkshire last year. As I have always found, I as well got to know so many people who a few minutes before had been strangers. They told me their life stories, what family they had, where they lived; everything! As you say you can live in London for 40+ years and hardly know a soul. Up North, and in your case Wales, you can spend 40 minutes sitting somewhere and know someone straight away. If I could, and it was practical, I would move to Yorkshire / Lancashire in a heart beat! :y :y
Lincs Robert isn't from Lincolnshire, but moved here 8 years ago after 22 years in leafy Bucks commuter land. So, I know exactly what you mean Lizzy ....
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
..................and very, very expensive!! :D :D ;)
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
..................and very, very expensive!! :D :D ;)
Expensive for STEMO or houses, or both?
We were only about 5 miles from Beaconsfield, so more of the same really. They have an excellent model village there.
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
..................and very, very expensive!! :D :D ;)
Expensive for STEMO or houses, or both?
We were only about 5 miles from Beaconsfield, so more of the same really. They have an excellent model village there.
I knew Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross back in the early 1990's, and the house prices then made me shudder. Talk about THE place to live to the West of London! :y
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Coming from the South, it is so refreshing when I go North to hear the different Northern accents. I love them, and (this will upset some in the South) I have found, away from the cities at least, everyone is prepared to just talk and pass the time of day and I can try and identify where they are from. There is no "I am not here; do not talk to me" stance either as you find down South.
Here so many (not all!) keep there heads down and hope you don't start speaking to them. And before anyone suggests it, no, it is not me, but so many people I know say the same. ;)
Quite agree Lizzie, the estate i live on has quite a number of said individuals, now i don,t even try, :(
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
When I was on the tools, I used to hate being sent their, full or arrogant "new money" tossers.
As LR says, Beaconscot is worth a visit if you like model villages :y
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. . . . . . If I could, and it was practical, I would move to Yorkshire / Lancashire in a heart beat! :y :y
I'm not sure it's a good idea to use "Yorkshire" and "Lancashire" in the same sentence ;D
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
..................and very, very expensive!! :D :D ;)
Expensive for STEMO or houses, or both?
We were only about 5 miles from Beaconsfield, so more of the same really. They have an excellent model village there.
I knew Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross back in the early 1990's, and the house prices then made me shudder. Talk about THE place to live to the West of London! :y
Do you recall the "interesting event" which occurred when they were building the Tesco over the railway line?
Well worth a Google if you aren't aware of it ::)
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
..................and very, very expensive!! :D :D ;)
Expensive for STEMO or houses, or both?
We were only about 5 miles from Beaconsfield, so more of the same really. They have an excellent model village there.
I knew Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross back in the early 1990's, and the house prices then made me shudder. Talk about THE place to live to the West of London! :y
Do you recall the "interesting event" which occurred when they were building the Tesco over the railway line?
Well worth a Google if you aren't aware of it ::)
:-*
No I do not recall that. Can you give me more info please?
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
..................and very, very expensive!! :D :D ;)
Expensive for STEMO or houses, or both?
We were only about 5 miles from Beaconsfield, so more of the same really. They have an excellent model village there.
I knew Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross back in the early 1990's, and the house prices then made me shudder. Talk about THE place to live to the West of London! :y
Do you recall the "interesting event" which occurred when they were building the Tesco over the railway line?
Well worth a Google if you aren't aware of it ::)
It was only the Chiltern Slug. TBH, buses are probably faster than their trains :P ;D
I do always think to myself, I hope it holds, every time it goes dark on the Slug.
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
..................and very, very expensive!! :D :D ;)
Expensive for STEMO or houses, or both?
We were only about 5 miles from Beaconsfield, so more of the same really. They have an excellent model village there.
I knew Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross back in the early 1990's, and the house prices then made me shudder. Talk about THE place to live to the West of London! :y
Do you recall the "interesting event" which occurred when they were building the Tesco over the railway line?
Well worth a Google if you aren't aware of it ::)
:-*
No I do not recall that. Can you give me more info please?
They decided to build a new Tesco over the Chiltern railway line, its in a cutting there. They used a "new" technique to line the resultant tunnel. After the backfill with soil started the tunnel failed - the line was closed for months whilst it got sorted! Nobody hurt but some embarrassment by the civil engineers.
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I've only been to Buckinghamshire once. To appear at Beaconsfield magistrates court for being naughty on the M40. Very leafy, very quiet.
..................and very, very expensive!! :D :D ;)
Expensive for STEMO or houses, or both?
We were only about 5 miles from Beaconsfield, so more of the same really. They have an excellent model village there.
I knew Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross back in the early 1990's, and the house prices then made me shudder. Talk about THE place to live to the West of London! :y
Do you recall the "interesting event" which occurred when they were building the Tesco over the railway line?
Well worth a Google if you aren't aware of it ::)
:-*
No I do not recall that. Can you give me more info please?
They decided to build a new Tesco over the Chiltern railway line, its in a cutting there. They used a "new" technique to line the resultant tunnel. After the backfill with soil started the tunnel failed - the line was closed for months whilst it got sorted! Nobody hurt but some embarrassment by the civil engineers.
Thanks for that LR :y
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Broken... Well slightly ruined... :-[
Not been sick, but it were daylight when I passed out...
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Im Northern, from the proper northern parts of Lancashire...... not them namby pamby Yorkshire folks.... they only think they're northern....
You Southern poof!
I went to Glasgow once, subcontracting CCTV installations and got called that there too....??
You up in Teeside (besides a proper Lancs accent) have the best accents .... I might be confusing myself with 'Geordies' there too though...?
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I work with lads from all over the place nowadays and have a nasty habit of picking up accents without knowing it :-\
Its nearly got me into a spot of trouble on a couple of occasions with people thinking I was taking the piss :-X :-X ;D
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Three weeks ago my flat, amongst others, had an electrical inspection, with new socket faces, switches, and light fittings installed.
The two electricians were lads from Liverpool; they came down on the Monday, and went back Friday. They had, as you would expect, great Liverpudlian accents. 8) 8) 8) :y
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How do you say in Northern, Can I have a pint of shandy please? :-\ ::) :D ;D
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How do you say in Northern, Can I have a pint of shandy please? :-\ ::) :D ;D
You don't.
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How do you say in Northern, Can I have a pint of shandy please? :-\ ::) :D ;D
You don't.
Ah I've heard that you can't get a decent pint of shandy anyway. :-\ ::)
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How do you say in Northern, Can I have a pint of shandy please? :-\ ::) :D ;D
You don't.
You're not wrong... Bar opens at 11, first order, "What you avin?" Beer please...
Gin and Tonic duly arrives, followed by a vodka and coke ::)
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Nice to read that in the UK you have the same daily difficulties, I have here in Germany. I am a northern man from the North Sea strand. Born in Bremen grown up under liberal hanseatic tradition.
Now I live deep down southwest. OK, the weather is fine, can have a barbecue in the garden, sometimes in midwinter.
But I do not understand the language here. It is called "Badisch" and has around some corners something to do with German. :o
Rolf (nordic by nature)
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It would transpire that I might actually need to learn Polish
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It would transpire that I might actually need to learn Polish
Get in! :y 8) :)
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It would transpire that I might actually need to learn Polish
Sounds very straight forward compared with Thai. "Really, do all Thai women have man bits?" ::) ::) :o :o ;D ;D
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It would transpire that I might actually need to learn Polish
never trusted them since I found out the polish word for dog.
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It would transpire that I might actually need to learn Polish
never trusted them since I found out the polish word for dog.
;D ;D ;D They don't actually put them in the pies, unlike the Koreans and Chinese. Dirty bastards.
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It would transpire that I might actually need to learn Polish
never trusted them since I found out the polish word for dog.
;D ;D ;D They don't actually put them in the pies, unlike the Koreans and Chinese. Dirty bastards.
Far too nice a person for that... ;)