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| Thread ID: 103709 | 2009-10-03 22:02:00 | Kiwi accent - Hard to understand? | papa_smurf (15292) | PC World Chat |
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| 816689 | 2009-10-04 04:52:00 | Seems Gary is right, we have to eat humble yorkshire pie Cic; "Following the Norman invasion in 1066, William needed to pass through Kent on his way to London and the heart of England. Tradition has it that somewhere near Swanscombe, he was confronted by the Kentish 'home guard' - remember, despite his victory at Hastings, William's army had taken something of a beating and, if he was to continue unmolested, he had to agree to a number of old Kentish customs and rights. This ensured his continued rule. One such custom was Gavelkind and this system of land tenure and inheritance remained in place in Kent - and only in Kent - until 1925!" www.menofkentlynsted.org.uk I stand vindicated, also we have always used the term in the road to mean in the way it's one of my earliest recollections of a saying, so yes it is a term used everywhere but I bet we pronounced it correctly and not in T' road |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 816690 | 2009-10-04 05:14:00 | Seems Gary is right, we have to eat humble yorkshire pie Cic; "Following the Norman invasion in 1066, William needed to pass through Kent on his way to London and the heart of England. Tradition has it that somewhere near Swanscombe, he was confronted by the Kentish 'home guard' - remember, despite his victory at Hastings, William's army had taken something of a beating and, if he was to continue unmolested, he had to agree to a number of old Kentish customs and rights. This ensured his continued rule. One such custom was Gavelkind and this system of land tenure and inheritance remained in place in Kent - and only in Kent - until 1925!" www.menofkentlynsted.org.uk Don't mind eating humble Yorkshire pudding. britishfood.about.com |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 816691 | 2009-10-04 05:48:00 | Haha, my sister and I had the exact same experience there as well, many years ago. :D Same experience here. I like hearing different accents, but I cringe when I hear some people speaking on TV. The "fush n chups" speech is well and truly practiced by some. I heard a woman talking about her "hup", it finally dawned on me that she meant "hip":) |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 816692 | 2009-10-04 06:16:00 | It's the um's, err's and likes placed randomly throughout sentences by reporters who get paid to speak that annoy me the most, If I was that bad at my job I would get sacked yet they go on national TV everyday and use those very words all the time | gary67 (56) | ||
| 816693 | 2009-10-04 06:46:00 | A study done of where UK English pronounciation is headed identified that the vowels were gradually moving towards those now used in Australia and New Zealand. As time progresses the English will start to sound more and more like us ! A lovely thought !! Misty :D :banana |
Misty (368) | ||
| 816694 | 2009-10-04 06:53:00 | There is a cure for a hangover? Then there is a god! The good old days for me were hangovers than went at lunchtime not any more I have had two day hangovers. There is a God, his name is Bacchus, and he demands more or less constant sacrifices (Like the IRD, but not so vicious). The favoured cure for hangovers is to simply avoid sobriety. That is the thing that causes the problem; either that or sleep, since you invariably feel good before you go to bed, it's when you get out of bed that you start realising how much the sleep has knocked you about. If it is gone by lunchtime it is not a hangover, just a minor fleeting inconvenience. Real hangovers have a bit of bite and tenacity to them, and it won't be assuaged easily by raw eggs, Worcestershire sauce or other chemical fol-de-rols. Licking dogs coats doesn't do much good, nor does nagging but you can't convince SWMBO of that. Time is the grate healer, and when the cheese grater sops rasping the back of your eyes, you are cured. A great deal of effort has been devoted to attempting to develop immunity to hangovers, no huge success stories so far, but the research proceeds diligently. You may have noticed that partial immunity is being achieved; it now takes quite a few dollars to achieve any real effect, whereas in more youthful times as little as $10 was sometimes a near lethal dose. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 816695 | 2009-10-04 07:06:00 | ..........hoo noo broon coo.............. :lol: :lol: Reminds me of a Gary Larson joke... The cow was in the dock in Court, and the prosecutor was saying. "We know how it was done Brown Cow. Its not how, Brown Cow that is not the issue here . It's why!? Why now, Brown Cow!?" |
Greg (193) | ||
| 816696 | 2009-10-04 09:10:00 | Haha, my sister and I had the exact same experience there as well, many years ago. :D Not the same people waiting in the same queue ? |
Whenu (9358) | ||
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