Oh dear. Are you on the news?
Cherie
No ma'am.
I just have the perfect northern Midwest accent. It's not my fault, I was born into it.
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Lost in translation (US to UK)
- Thread starter secretface
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No ma'am.
I just have the perfect northern Midwest accent. It's not my fault, I was born into it.
No ma'am.
I just have the perfect northern Midwest accent. It's not my fault, I was born into it.
You have the accent that they teach to future newscasters in the Communications Dept. at UT.
I could only be on the news for, like, the farm report. Or I could host The Singing Bee. LOL!
Cherie
I mailed the previously posted guide for Americans visiting UK to a friend of mine, heres what we've been discussing (translated for all you americanos)...
QUOTE:
Isnt that hilarious
Ill have a wank on yer-i-nals to save some goolies out, so I can grab a British Standard Excellence meal later on with my local tossers
Then Ill get the last pram home before the Gappe Bats are out to attack the bumbershoot
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Ah dirk, you're a great old tosser, come over to England and you can have my goolies and buy yourself a fun afternoon of cottaging at the public yer-i-nals instead of just spending the afternoon wanking in your hotel room. Or if you prefer I'll meet you in the restaurant for a BSE steak and chips then we can have a wank together and I'll bring some of my tossers to join us? I bet you wish you had a culture like ours in Belgium eh mate... sorry, tosser?!
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Ye tosser,
We might opt for public nuzzling before having a wank on the yer-i-nals. I hear its fun to propel them with the long poles!
Later on well spend a thruppence on the pram fare that is bound to make a detour to the nearest hillsides of Yorkshire to try an Ely 84 or Ripon 88 for a rare treat indeed.
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QUOTE:
Isnt that hilarious
Ill have a wank on yer-i-nals to save some goolies out, so I can grab a British Standard Excellence meal later on with my local tossers
Then Ill get the last pram home before the Gappe Bats are out to attack the bumbershoot
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Ah dirk, you're a great old tosser, come over to England and you can have my goolies and buy yourself a fun afternoon of cottaging at the public yer-i-nals instead of just spending the afternoon wanking in your hotel room. Or if you prefer I'll meet you in the restaurant for a BSE steak and chips then we can have a wank together and I'll bring some of my tossers to join us? I bet you wish you had a culture like ours in Belgium eh mate... sorry, tosser?!
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Ye tosser,
We might opt for public nuzzling before having a wank on the yer-i-nals. I hear its fun to propel them with the long poles!
Later on well spend a thruppence on the pram fare that is bound to make a detour to the nearest hillsides of Yorkshire to try an Ely 84 or Ripon 88 for a rare treat indeed.
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Can someone explain a "goolie"? I have a recording of the Sex Pistols doing "The Goolies Theme Song", but I thought they were talking about "ghoulies".
Cherie :-}
Cherie :-}
"Goolies" in British slang, is the equivalent of Bollocks!!
Really? Wow. What a strange thing to have for a tv theme song! LOL!
"C'mon everybody, join the Goolies! They're gonna do their thing for you. They kinda strange, but they're real funny. We know they're gonna like you, too!"
Or some such a thing.
Cherie
Really? Wow. What a strange thing to have for a tv theme song! LOL!
"C'mon everybody, join the Goolies! They're gonna do their thing for you. They kinda strange, but they're real funny. We know they're gonna like you, too!"
Or some such a thing.
Cherie
never mind the goolies
Yeah I have watched 2 seasons of The IT Crowd...It's no Coupling but it has its moments....I love the tape recorder "Hello, IT, have you tried a restart?"
Also that breakfast looks amazing...and if you guys like baked beans you should really try ours...My moms are all brown sugary and have little strips of bacon in them and little stewed toe-MATE-toe chunks....How can you go wrong with bacon?
Lastly I picked up "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" and I'm halfway through it. So far so good, Bill's got a good grasp on whats right and wrong with this country. Reminds me a lot of the last thing Kurt Vonnegut wrote "Man Without a Country," except this is much, much longer and with a lot more feel good fluff...Kurt never was one to write long books and he was getting pretty ancient....So it goes.
I'll disagree with Bill about open space and population though...That's what America has going for it, space, wilderness and the like. Of course we have a more spread out population we are still a primary agrarian nation and feed a good portion of the world...and mountain land like in Vermont is good for nothing but maple syrup and skiing (no offense Vermonters, I love your state)
I live in Jersey and I'd venture to say we are packed pretty tightly over here...When people move to the US the population doesn't go up in those rural New England areas Bill is talking about because their economies are based on antiques, tourism and displaced authors... everyone comes to places like Jersey and Southern California, both from within the US and from outside the US.
No.... Hell no man!!
I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin somethin like that.......
So here is the official BBC Recipe for Fairy Cakes :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/fairycakes_83889.shtml
and here's the one for Cup Cakes :
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Proving we have both in Britain!
haha in tesco the other day i noticed they werre selling a box of 4 large cupcakes.
" 4 KING CUPCAKES" was on the box!
how did that go un-noticed?!
" 4 KING CUPCAKES" was on the box!
how did that go un-noticed?!
Okay guys, here in the UK there is a sort of meatball originating in England. I wonder why they haven't taken off in the International market? (and also - be sure to read the description on the reverse of the packaging!!)
