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 Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:58 pm
So I can get a British accent! Oh, and also 'cause I don't like the United States.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:12 pm
Who does these days? Well, we only have to endure Bush and his constant mistakes for another 2 years. gas prices suck, but in Europe, Japan and elsewhere, the price translates to around 4-7 dollars a gallon.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:40 pm
Yoder Who does these days? Well, we only have to endure Bush and his constant mistakes for another 2 years. gas prices suck, but in Europe, Japan and elsewhere, the price translates to around 4-7 dollars a gallon. If leaving the country for political reasons is your motive then Britain would not be a very good place at the moment. Blair appears to be Bush's lapdog.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 4:57 pm
*hates politics and has no idea* I was speaking of any foreign country (more specifically in Europe).
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:30 am
Yay for typical British accents! XD
But you know there's loads of British accents, right?
Geordie, where I live, is one I really don't like. And Cockney...
I love England. And I ignore politics...
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:18 pm
If I knew what "Gordie" and "Cockney" meant, I might actually understand what you're saying! No, I get it, every portion of the US has different accents and dialects.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:31 pm
Yoder If I knew what "Gordie" and "Cockney" meant, I might actually understand what you're saying! No, I get it, every portion of the US has different accents and dialects.
Geordie's most famous saying is "why aye man" or "ya ganin' doon the toon?".
And Cockney has the infamous 'Cockney rhyming slang'.
I know very few sayings...but I know 'apples and pears' means stairs, supposedly.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 2:39 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:42 pm
Yep. Makes for some good comedy sketches though.
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 4:10 pm
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 8:28 pm
Man, I'd love to talk like those guys on the BBC.
Have you heard of 'Live from the Apollo' hosted by Jack Dee? It's some British comedy I was introduced to on my plane flight to London...and back to the United States. (Sadly, London was only a pit stop for the plane.) I didn't understand many of the jokes (probably because they were British inside jokes), but I still found the show interesting. Jack Dee would, at times, pull out a cellphone and read jokes that the television viewers would text him.
For example: "What is the difference between a washing machine and a hooker? One doesn't spit your load out."
Yes, that was disgusting, but it was the only one I could think of at the moment.
EDIT: I make VRs (voice recordings) for my friends...you could listen to a couple if you'd like: http://filelodge.bolt.com/profile/xumbra/. Since it's just between friends, I just say stuff about my life (might be boring to you guys, though), rant on random thoughts...'tis just me.
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Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:24 am
Xumbra Man, I'd love to talk like those guys on the BBC.
Have you heard of 'Live from the Apollo' hosted by Jack Dee?
And...no.
I want to murder the creators of Little Britain. gonk Do you have Little Britain in the US?
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 4:49 pm
Little Britain? Probably not, I've never heard of it until now.
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Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 11:43 pm
It's huge. Or it was huge (it's died down a little now). Everyone went around repeating it...and it's all the same joke over and over and over...and they weren't even funny to begin with!
Regardless of how much I love some British comedy, that...that is just a disgrace to its name...
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:52 pm
You should see me listening to podcasts. For example, BBC Today.
I like how they say 'laboratory'. We, Americans, say it as laa-bruh-tor-ee, while the British say it as la-bore-uh-tree.
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