How do the English Feel

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By superdoc

When they hear Indians speaking English in supermarkets with their kids while delicately moving their slender necks from side to side.

With apology to all Indians

By brandylady• 6 Jul 2008 12:58
brandylady

my sister met and married a geordie while they were both in the army, her accent got so broad, I forgot she was from Boro!!!!

By britexpat• 6 Jul 2008 12:52
britexpat

I know a Goerdie who speaks two languages..Usually speaks pretty good English. Give him a few drinks or get him into a conversation with another Geordie and he starts speaking a strange alien lingo!

By brandylady• 6 Jul 2008 12:43
brandylady

you geordies are even harder to understand, hey, not knockin it though, gannin for a pint though ;)

By chunk03• 6 Jul 2008 12:32
chunk03

Im in owe of all you lot out there who can speak 2 different language's, i know im just 2 lazy to learn, im picking up certain arabic phrase's, but that about all.........but im from Newcastle, and as mentioned earlier, some say is a language all of its own!!

Howay man.......

By anil_fig• 5 Jul 2008 22:18
anil_fig

Many have asked me about it. Its all in the eyes and the facial expressions. If you are Indian you will understand whether it is a Yes or a no. As for the accent well English is not our mother tongue so as long as you all understand what we are trying to get across its OK. Then there are plenty of us who speak extremely well because of your educational and cosmopolitan background. As for me I just cannot understand the Scottish.

PS- Just one more thing have you got a mail or a letter from the English. Just the other day I had asked one of my English foremen to take an inventory. Two days later this is lying on my table"COMPLETE INFANTRY". I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. Man some of them their spellings are pathetic. They spell it the way they pronounce it and to think English is their language.

By Vegas• 5 Jul 2008 22:00
Vegas

Forgiveness is life...:)

By KellysHeroes• 5 Jul 2008 21:09
KellysHeroes

 

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By countrylady13• 5 Jul 2008 20:59
countrylady13

i am from liverpool.a scouser and proud off it, love to hear any body speaking english,ESPECIALLY THE LOVLEY INDIAN PEOPLE,THEY ARE GREAT

By heero_yuy2• 4 Jul 2008 08:30
heero_yuy2

...there's a blur of separation between the distinct descriptions of 'English' and 'gibberish' language...

Even these words rhyme with each other...

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By FranElizabeth• 3 Jul 2008 18:30
FranElizabeth

Zyga.. sorry Dude:) where abouts in W London are you from?

By superdoc• 3 Jul 2008 11:26
superdoc

actually it means yes or i agree

By anonymous• 3 Jul 2008 10:16
anonymous

Tha dunt knah wot thees bumping abaht.... :D

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By qatarisun• 3 Jul 2008 09:41
qatarisun

But you know, I noticed, they can rid of this habit quite easy when they are integrated in other nationalities' environment.

Those who deal with other nationalities a lot, they stop doing it. But those who just came from India.. omg.. I am getting dizzy in 5 minutes of conversation…

and also this constant "no?".. i had once this cleaner, he came on Friday morning and started cleaning the house. In 1 hour he say: I have to go now. I ask him: why you have to go? you didn't finish cleaning yet.. and here it is: "I AM MUSLIM, NO?".... it was actually funny, like he asks me if he is muslim or not.. i honsetly said: "I don't know.YOU tell me whether you muslim or not..."

By zyga• 3 Jul 2008 09:40
zyga

i mean west london we dont say fink .......we say innit ........... please dont tar us with those east enders.......

By FranElizabeth• 3 Jul 2008 09:38
FranElizabeth

No no no no! London accent? No thanks. S Walian, Geordie or Northern all the way. .. London? Don't fink so:)

By qatarisun• 3 Jul 2008 09:34
qatarisun

the problem that it's neither Yes nor No.. it is just the cannot even start speaking without moving their heads...

even if they have to pronounce only one word, they start moving the head first, prior to saying anything..:)

By zyga• 3 Jul 2008 09:26
zyga

BUT the best accent is a london accent .....sorry mr P and freon.......

or scottish - edinburgh (oh la la that sends shivers down my spine).....

By Gypsy• 3 Jul 2008 09:07
Gypsy

I love the Indian head bob. Is it yes? Is it no? Who knows! :D

And English people can't speak English, my friend said he almost hit his swede yesterday and I started looking around for a blonde person.

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By anonymous• 3 Jul 2008 08:11
anonymous

Smahey and Nicey were the best...."Not arf mate !"

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By lima foxtrot• 3 Jul 2008 08:10
lima foxtrot

we are the best, even though people cannot understand us half the time :)

 

 

By Freon• 3 Jul 2008 08:07
Freon

Well Spotted Mr Paul, were you a fan in the days of Enfield and Whitehouse ?

By anonymous• 3 Jul 2008 08:05
anonymous

from Harry Enfields' George Whitebread character i think !

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By anonymous• 3 Jul 2008 08:03
anonymous

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By Freon• 3 Jul 2008 08:03
Freon

My Grandfather on my father's side was from Sheffield in Yorkshire.

Im a Yorkshire man, plain speaking that's me. I say what i like !,and i like what i bloody well say !

There's a lot of truth in that as well in my experience.

By labda06• 3 Jul 2008 08:02
labda06

Mr. P, its so cute when you "say" yer. LOL. Off to join the Mr. P fan club!

By anonymous• 3 Jul 2008 07:59
anonymous

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_conjugation

"a Catholic man is un Catholique, while a Catholic woman is une Catholique."

je tu

il vous ils

masculine/Femeinine

Thought i was going crazy then.....

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By brandylady• 3 Jul 2008 07:52
brandylady

actually, twas a stone and chisel ;)

By anonymous• 3 Jul 2008 07:50
anonymous

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By brandylady• 3 Jul 2008 07:48
brandylady

not for the actual learning but my friend and I had bought brass rings from a shop in the lunch period and took turns rolling them down the lid of the desk until they dropped into the ink well, ah memories, the projectile board rubber soaring across the classroom and hitting my lovely new blazer leaving a big white chalky mark :)

By anonymous• 3 Jul 2008 07:44
anonymous

We had to recite it....Started with Me, you , he, she and ive forgotten the rest...French is a dead language anyway !

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By lima foxtrot• 3 Jul 2008 07:43
lima foxtrot

so true. I wish now I had learnt French at school, I think the language is so romantic, especially when the French speak English :)

 

 

By brandylady• 3 Jul 2008 07:36
brandylady

did french at school but was 15, c,mon, the lads were more interesting than female/male verbs etc ;)

By lima foxtrot• 3 Jul 2008 07:33
lima foxtrot

you've lost me :) But there again, it's not difficult :)

 

 

By anonymous• 3 Jul 2008 07:30
anonymous

Take French, yer have different words for male female, but also they male, and they female.

I think thats right. Does anyone get what i mean ?

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By lima foxtrot• 3 Jul 2008 07:25
lima foxtrot

Compared to other nationalities, we just don’t want (or can’t) speak another language. English language is I think, one of the hardest languages to learn, so I admire anyone who learns English as their second language. Whooooooo and I love their accent when they speak English!!!

 

 

By britexpat• 3 Jul 2008 07:24
britexpat

This one about the scots explains it all>>>>

What about the Glaswegian that goes into a bakers and asks the woman, "Is that a cake or a merangue?", and she replies, "Naw yer right son, it's a cake!'

By brandylady• 3 Jul 2008 07:23
brandylady

DH has a mixed accent, soft southern with a bit of yorkshire thrown in, says things like "thats yourn" meaning thats yours etc, weird but I love him for it :)

By anonymous• 3 Jul 2008 07:17
anonymous

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By brandylady• 3 Jul 2008 07:03
brandylady

it's such a nice accent too, DH is from the south too so I know what you mean, sometimes he has a problem making himself understood :)

By Freon• 3 Jul 2008 06:55
Freon

What i find amazing here is i am English but hardly anybody seems to understand my English. I am from the South of England so no strong accent, fairly neutral in fact !

By brandylady• 3 Jul 2008 06:00
brandylady

as I only speak English and find languages difficult so nothing but admiration from me for anyone learning English and having the courage to speak it :)

By FranElizabeth• 3 Jul 2008 02:01
FranElizabeth

mmm... will add it to my 'Desperately seeking Faithful and Obedient servant' ad when I get there.. what do you reckon? any takers? lol..

P' Eyes.. not so sure about Med crooner.. bit too cynical for all that. ha... there's a reason why I'm still single I'm sure of it.. now What was that again?!

Anyways.. sweet dreams of your Latin Lover.. this fussy bugger is off to bed:))

By stress_in_babel• 3 Jul 2008 01:56
stress_in_babel

i love scottish accent. specially if it's gerard butler. i love that guy. i feel like a teenager saying that. :D

By junarc2003• 3 Jul 2008 01:43
junarc2003

your last line sounds like an advertisement eh...

By prettyeyez• 3 Jul 2008 01:42
prettyeyez

like what..something with a Mediterranean crooner..hehe am already envisioning a hot tanned Italian trying 2 sweep me off my feet with his English skills..

lol fran that makes 2 of us den.. :)

By FranElizabeth• 3 Jul 2008 01:33
FranElizabeth

I love accents.. and dialects.

I'm seriously in awe of people who take on English as their second.. sometimes third language. I have two 11 year olds in my class from Poland and they put most of the others to shame:) 'Meees? Folderr?' Adorable and incredibly cool.

Hats off:))

Future hubby has to have an accent. That's no 1 on the list...

heehee

By prettyeyez• 3 Jul 2008 01:22
prettyeyez

FranElizabeth trust me i feel you really..few days ago we had dis patient who i assume was Scottish guy..damn i was trying 2 squeeze my brain into understanding what he saying to me..his accent was soo heavy..it felt like he was speaking with a mouth full of spit...god but he was a cooperative patient.. :)

p.s no offense 2 anyone here..

By FranElizabeth• 3 Jul 2008 01:20
FranElizabeth

Abu American.. I Know!!! V Cute accent and wickedly funny though:)

By harsha• 3 Jul 2008 01:15
harsha

yeah every1 have their own accents..

By FranElizabeth• 3 Jul 2008 01:15
FranElizabeth

Pretty Eyes..some Enlish people's accents are pretty bizarre too... lol. Ex boyfriend was from Newcastle.. I swear he was speaking in a foreign language half the time.. especially whilst watching football:))

By superdoc• 3 Jul 2008 01:14
superdoc

Or turn one on LOL

By prettyeyez• 3 Jul 2008 01:09
prettyeyez

lol at Prount..but yeah some ppl's accents can put you off for real..

By superdoc• 3 Jul 2008 01:07
superdoc

am not English

By junarc2003• 3 Jul 2008 01:06
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junarc2003

you should answer that first superdoc since you posted it..

By superdoc• 3 Jul 2008 01:06
superdoc

Actually its not just Indians all nationalities have their own peculiar way of speaking English. You talk to aperson on phone and know his nationality by the way he speaks English.

Mean like Egyptions have some jerky way of saying the letters like, TNT = Tee ENNA Tee

The filipinos, Front= Pruont

By prettyeyez• 3 Jul 2008 01:03
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prettyeyez

lol at slender necks from side 2 side..maybe they should start two stepping with dat n cranking to soulja boy..i don't even know if that can even happen..

am 2 tired..am starting 2 write gibberish..

good night QL

By FranElizabeth• 3 Jul 2008 01:01
FranElizabeth

too too much very funny. And a bit in awe actually. I can't speak Indian! Jeldee?? (But I'm not English:))

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