I wish I were British...

[Phalex]

I've met Americans whose accents were almost totally incomprehensible to me.

M R 'Murkins Billy....

I say **** a lot. Does that qualify me as an honourary Brit, or would I only qualify as an honourary Scot?

 

[Chebass88]

English breakfasts FTW. Super tasty. (**I still have yet to replicate the exact type of baked beans one should use - none of ours match exactly - any help would be appreciated).

 

[wateroftyne]

Unfortunately, there is no alternative...
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[Chebass88]

Unfortunately, there is no alternative...
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Thanks!

 

[BassyBill]

Heinz beans for the win.

Phalex - I'll make you an honorary Brit, no problem. Note that "honour" is spelled with a "u" over here, but "honorary" is not. There's bugger all reason for that as far as I know.

 

[Deathblade Eric]

Note that "honour" is spelled with a "u" over here, but "honorary" is not. There's bugger all reason for that as far as I know.

Not on my manor it in't: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_Oak

But a bag of extra 'u's is a travel essential for any visitor.

 

[Phalex]

Phalex - I'll make you an honorary Brit, no problem.

Brilliant!

In your face Kwesi!!!!!

 

[BassyBill]

Brilliant!

In your face Kwesi!!!!!

I dunno why, but I'm laughing my bollocks off here!

(metaphorically speaking, thank goodness )

 

[BassyBill]

But go easy on Kwesi - he's a nice dude, I met him in NY this August with a gang of other TB guys, all very cool.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

BTW - blood sausage and haggis are yummy.

Blood sausage? Black pudding?

Do prefer white pudding myself tho

 

[AntekStalich]

Hash browns and REAL ALE.

You cannot beat REAL ALE.
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I wish I were British... or could spend more time in UK. Why?

Wonderful places

Rough'n'tough youth ;-)

Nice gentlemen...

Exciting ladies...

Lack of respect towards weather. 5 deg C, but the TV announced Spring time

Luxury hotels, decent price, no heating

Beautiful!

 

[sloasdaylight]

I wouldn't go that far...there's plenty of funnier things.

We must not take ourselves so seriously that we can't laugh at ourselves. Family Guy, King Of The Hill, Metalocalypse all have lots of fun with stereotypes...and when their jokes are aimed at people like me, I laugh...because it's truly funny!

Self-deprecating humor is the sign of a true class act.

Off the topic: I saw your Dead End River page - nice Bongo -

Self depreciating humor is not what you engaged in.

Thanks for the compliment on the bass, it's my baby.

 

[Evil Undead]

Wonderful places

Where is this? Looks very familiar...

 

[AntekStalich]

Where is this? Looks very familiar...

The (New) Cavern, Liverpool.

 

[Evil Undead]

The (New) Cavern, Liverpool.

Oh awesome! But it's not where I was thinking of (lol)

There's a pub in my city that has a cave in the basement just like that one

 

[sloasdaylight]

Say what? :^D What do you think other English speaking regions of the world think of regional American accents?? Backwoods southern, the Bronx, hillbilly, urban slang, some of those isolated island fishing communities off the east coast, etc. It's all relative to what your ear is familiar with.

And what you call a "bad" accent is just one that you personally have a hard time making out.

It is true though: there's an amazing diversity of accents and dialects over the relatively compact British Isles.

Not bad as in it's a sub-par accent, but rather bad as in I couldn't make it out, and I'm usually pretty good making out accents. Think of this scene in Hot Fuzz That's kinda what this interview was like lol.

And believe me, I'm well aware of what people think of Southern accents. Read through this thread, you'll see plainly, from people who live in the States even.

 

[BassyBill]

Not bad as in it's a sub-par accent, but rather bad as in I couldn't make it out, and I'm usually pretty good making out accents. Think of this scene in Hot Fuzz That's kinda what this interview was like lol.

And believe me, I'm well aware of what people think of Southern accents. Read through this thread, you'll see plainly, from people who live in the States even.

Sorry, could you post that again, please? I'm having trouble understanding your drawl.

 

[sloasdaylight]

Sorry, could you post that again, please? I'm having trouble understanding your drawl.

 

[BassyBill]

^^^ Well played!

 

[subexpression]

Say what? :^D What do you think other English speaking regions of the world think of regional American accents?? Backwoods southern, the Bronx, hillbilly, urban slang, some of those isolated island fishing communities off the east coast, etc. It's all relative to what your ear is familiar with.

And what you call a "bad" accent is just one that you personally have a hard time making out.

Right -America has its fair share of hard-to-understand accents

KOTH rawks!