British Slang explained.

[revolvergeek]

We southerners speak proper English, but the trolls of the north are basically unintelligable

You know, that sounds exactly like the situation over here on this side of the pond..... 

[DaveK]

We southerners speak proper English, but the trolls of the north are basically unintelligable

You know, that sounds exactly like the situation over here on this side of the pond..... 

What, BS you mean? In fact, in the UK, the closest accents you'll hear to the phonetics in the Oxford English Dictionary will be from the Midlands. Southerners can't pronounce most things correctly for example,  having a tendency to pronounce "u" as "a". I.e. "curry" becomes "carry", "hurry" becomes "harry". If you ask a Shandy Drinker to say the words "curry" and "carry", you'd probably not notice any differenece, so consequently their vocabulary is some what limited the further south you go.

As you travel North, you will hear regional variations that are verging on true dialects still, but only in the south will you hear mis-pronunciation.

[nuphoria]

Here I am... stuck in the middle with you.....

[Neil]

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, ...

 

Neil

[DaveK]

I'm sticking up for you pair of dozy buggers!

[Neil]

I'm sticking up for you pair of dozy buggers!

We're way beyond help 

Neil

[nuphoria]

Dozy buggers? Did someone call me? 

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Oi, we salfeners have got a proper command of english, not like yous'e bleeding yokel's

[nuphoria]

Oi, we salfeners have got a proper command of english, not like yous'e bleeding yokel's

They can't help it you know, there's less daylight up norf... must have some terrible effects on the mind.

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Oi, we salfeners have got a proper command of english, not like yous'e bleeding yokel's

They can't help it you know, there's less daylight up norf... must have some terrible effects on the mind.

It's the constant licking lichen of the walls that does it

[Roadie]

Oi, we salfeners have got a proper command of english, not like yous'e bleeding yokel's

They can't help it you know, there's less daylight up norf... must have some terrible effects on the mind.

My mind is in tip top condition thank you very much......although at it's a bit like a Rube Goldberg machine, works perfectly but doesn't seem to do an awful lot

[Sea Monster]

I have the advantage of pommy parentage, aussie living, and seppo televison.


I speak all sorts of bad english!

[nuphoria]

I have the advantage of pommy parentage, aussie living, and seppo televison.


I speak all sorts of bad english!

That's a fairly lethal combination, linguistically speaking