Laughter - the best medicine

[Norrin Radd]

I got the sack from the salvation army soup kitchen last night.
All I said was ,cmon hurry up some of us have got homes to go to

 

[NearHull]

Sadly, I understand every word without having to employ an interpreter.

I was born in North Notts and lived there until I was 16 when I joined the RAF. Two years later at a formal interview for a Commission I was informed that should I be successful, then I would require elocution lessons.

Ay wernt

 

[Crow]

We all have accents to a greater or lesser degree, but if we all wrote in them then there'd be a lot of misunderstanding as the reader couldn't be sure of what the writer was intending to say.

Luckily most of us write in plain English so we know what the writer is saying without having to think about it.

I can just about live with one affected forumite but if we all started doing it I'd soon leave

 

[Maninblack4612]

We all have accents to a greater or lesser degree, but if we all wrote in them then there'd be a lot of misunderstanding as the reader couldn't be sure of what the writer was intending to say.

Luckily most of us write in plain English so we know what the writer is saying without having to think about it.

I can just about live with one affected forumite but if we all started doing it I'd soon leave

Ah divvent agree with yu. Ah taak with an accent and neeboddy has trubble understanding wor ah say.

 

[jim8flog]

“ Al get you a job there Layla”.

I actually read that as AI, wondering if it was the car's computer talking back

 

[Deleted member 23270]

Seems a strange thing for a fully grown man to do but each to their own I guess.

 

[Tashyboy]

Sadly, I understand every word without having to employ an interpreter.

Al bet most of your learning ” Notts” would of been through your unsavoury customers whilst pounding the beat

In Fact Billy al bet your one of the most “ Bilingual” people on here dealing with your multicultural clients In the past. Good training indeed to help you in your “ Mod” years

 

[Tashyboy]

Seems a strange thing for a fully grown man to do but each to their own I guess.

Unfortunately Dave, when I emigrated from Rochdale to Mansfield as a 7 yr old in 1970. When you were stuck in a classroom with Jocks, geordies, mackems, Yorkies, Cumbrians, Notts, Taffs, Lancastrians, Staffs, Men of Kent and Kentish man, ( there’s a differance), Derbyshires finest, Polish. You learned to sink or swim. I lived in a multicultural society before it became the phrase to use for a harmonious society.
Fortunatley it’s stuck

 

[Tashyboy]

Well sed MiB.

Took me a minute to type that because of spell check

 

[Deleted member 23270]

Unfortunately Dave, when I emigrated from Rochdale to Mansfield as a 7 yr old in 1970. When you were stuck in a classroom with Jocks, geordies, mackems, Yorkies, Cumbrians, Notts, Taffs, Lancastrians, Staffs, Men of Kent and Kentish man, ( there’s a differance), Derbyshires finest, Polish. You learned to sink or swim. I lived in a multicultural society before it became the phrase to use for a harmonious society.
Fortunatley it’s stuck

What has all that got to do with typing in English? I have an accent but it doesn't affect my spelling.

 

[Tashyboy]

What has all that got to do with typing in English? I have an accent but it doesn't affect my spelling.

Habits

 

[Voyager EMH]

Haddaweh the lorrayuz.

If someone wants to type in a phonetic accent, I don't mind too much.
I find it entertaining.
But not if we all did it - that would be tedious.

 

[rulefan]

What has all that got to do with typing in English? I have an accent but it doesn't affect my spelling.

He was simply quoting what someone said. The way it was pronounced was fundamental to it being a quote.

 

[Deleted member 23270]

He was simply quoting what someone said. The way it was pronounced was fundamental to it being a quote.

Mental note to self......when quoting someone type it in a regional accent

 

[rulefan]

Mental note to self......when quoting someone type it in a regional accent

Type it as they spoke if it is appropriate.
You don't normally ask for a translator when someone with an accent speaks to you.

 

[Imurg]

Christ..the jokes on here are getting worse........

 

[Billysboots]

Folks, we’ve had a bit of fun discussing regional accents. But back on track please. This is supposed to be a thread for a bit of laughter and light relief - there is plenty of scope to fall out with one another elsewhere on the forum!

 

[Orikoru]

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This had me in absolute stitches. Accurate, if you've ever had physio treatment.

 

[SatchFan]

 

[Dando]