Guest sibon Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 The wife's Atlanta dialect. 18 years together and she still baffles me sometimes. US English is a whole new ball game:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a wasp Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Oh yes. When we met, I was speaking in my usual Sheffield dialect to a friend from Manchester in an Irish pub in Hamburg (as one does) and she said, "Oh, you sound so cute, are you a Cockney?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 US English is a whole new ball game:) Why so? Accents may vary by region but generally there aren't words used that shouldn't be part of modern English. What the heck is "gannin" "yan" used by people in North England round Newcastle way? Then there's good old Yorkshire, the language of my early years "Sithee" "Geeooer" "Mardy" "daft aipeth" For any foreigner who invested a considerable amount of money on a Berlitz English language course that stuff above must sound like anything from Greek to pig Latin but of course it's really left overs from early Danish with a bit of old Frisian thrown in. Oh yes, Cockney rhyming slang musnt forget that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10mainly Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 What is an English issue? The latest crazes in Morris Dancing? The price of PG Tips? An English issue is anything to do with England....This country where we live and graciously allow former subjects of the Empire to reside Maybe you should be only allowed to cast a vote in elections if your ancestors have lived here for say, 10 generations? I think Im being generous and inclusive at only 10 generations, maybe it should be more like 20? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereolab Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 An English issue is anything to do with England....This country where we live and graciously allow former subjects of the Empire to reside Maybe you should be only allowed to cast a vote in elections if your ancestors have lived here for say, 10 generations? I think Im being generous and inclusive at only 10 generations, maybe it should be more like 20? Have you traced all 65000 ancestors then? Or have you realised what an idiotic idea that was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 An English issue is anything to do with England....This country where we live and graciously allow former subjects of the Empire to reside Maybe you should be only allowed to cast a vote in elections if your ancestors have lived here for say, 10 generations? I think Im being generous and inclusive at only 10 generations, maybe it should be more like 20? :hihi: A vote in the English elections? What are English elections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10mainly Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 Have you traced all 65000 ancestors then? Or have you realised what an idiotic idea that was yes i have.....its the inbreeding that makes it so easy..... No "X Factor" to watch in them days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10mainly Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 :hihi: A vote in the English elections? What are English elections? They are what we will have when Mr Salmond rids us of the Jocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsalleh Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 What's the half language? It would be useful to anyone who marries a half German woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 yes i have..... Going back 10 generations gives you a total of 1022 people. I refuse to believe you've researched every single one. It's beyond comprehension. Maybe, just maybe, if you're an aristocrat - you may be able to search back 10 generations so easily, and if that is true then I doubt every single one was English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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