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12-18-2010, 05:57 PM
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...So that I could say "Brilliant" and not sound strange. Admittedly, this was probably brought on by me rereading the Harry Potter books and watching all those funny Guiness commercials.
That is all.
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12-18-2010, 06:01 PM
|  | Friends, Romans, Bass Players... | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Spencer, MA, USA | | One thing I've heard the British say from time to time that I like, is the expression "I daresay".
Then there's Onslow's "Oh, noice!" 
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12-18-2010, 06:15 PM
|  | I'm gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Memphis/Knoxville TN | | | I've thought about living in England once I'm done with school. I find the culture rather fascinating. |
12-18-2010, 07:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Tampa,Fla | | | I say mate, bloody, and a few others, I have no problems saying anyof those things even though I'm American.
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12-18-2010, 07:34 PM
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12-18-2010, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Kwesi ...So that I could say "Brilliant" and not sound strange. Admittedly, this was probably brought on by me rereading the Harry Potter books and watching all those funny Guiness commercials.
That is all. | On the downside, you'd also have to say 'lorry' and 'petrol'. They always sound strange.
Oh, and you have to eat marmite, too. 
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12-18-2010, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya I've thought about living in England once I'm done with school. I find the culture rather fascinating. | You aren't the only one.
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12-18-2010, 08:28 PM
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12-18-2010, 08:30 PM
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12-18-2010, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by JimB52 Oh, and you have to eat marmite, too.
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Me, I adore the stuff.
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12-18-2010, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Kwesi ...So that I could say "Brilliant" and not sound strange. Admittedly, this was probably brought on by me rereading the Harry Potter books and watching all those funny Guiness commercials.
That is all. | I say brilliant all the time, and I'm not British.
I also say things are daft and say blimey every so often. Also called people ponces now and again, as well as w***** (not sure if I can actually write it as it may offend a Brit or two).
I was raised on Doctor Who, and watch it religiously. Plus, I'm a total Anglophile. So I guess that explains it. That, and the whole Canadian thing...
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12-18-2010, 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Stacatto It would be great to take a trip across the pond, and ride the lift (elevator), store my bass in the cupboard (closet) of my flat (apartment) while I try my cousin Sally's nice buns (fruit dessert) with some brew (tea). | That really shows how much of a British influence there is on the way we speak English in India. We use all those non-bracketed words you mentioned (rather than the bracketed ones) 
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12-18-2010, 09:22 PM
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12-18-2010, 09:39 PM
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12-18-2010, 09:44 PM
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Originally Posted by bassybill You don't HAVE to eat Marmite to be a Brit. It's a love/hate thing over here - a nation divided. Marmite actually based one of their ad campaigns on that fact. They were selling tee shirts with "I hate Marmite" on the front.
Me, I adore the stuff. | So what is Marmite? What do you do with it? What do you eat it with? 
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12-18-2010, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by stratovani So what is Marmite? What do you do with it? What do you eat it with? | Second. The internet says it is yeast extract, but that really doesn't clear anything up.
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12-18-2010, 09:59 PM
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12-18-2010, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jp58 Second. The internet says it is yeast extract, but that really doesn't clear anything up. | They said Vegamite is a yeast product as well,...although Australian,...I wonder if there is any relation. |
12-18-2010, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by jp58 You aren't the only one. | And by culture I mean chicks with British accents 
Funny how we're both from Tennessee, though! |
12-18-2010, 11:06 PM
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