Sorry. How the hell am I supposed to know the difference between a British accent and an English accent? Help a brother out.

(March 3, 2014 at 9:38 pm)Rahul Wrote: Once in London I heard this young guy say to his buddy, "You bloody wanker, you broke your fag!". I almost busted out laughing.

Never break your fag in public.

<muttering under breath> God damn wanker.

I think he's taking issue with the term Brit?

To give it some perspective, it's a bit like my saying that everyone from South America's Cape Horn to Barrow, Alaska, is a Yank.

As for the accents, I started a thread a year ago outlining the way people speak in my neck of the woods. Then there's Received Pronunciation (a.k.a. Queen's English, or posh), Cockney, Geordie, West Country, ZummerZet - sorry, Somerset - and so on.

If you're not a Brit, where do you live Stimbo?

Keep in mind that there is North America, Central America and South America, but I don't get upset when someone calls me an American. I smile and understand that they have no ill-will.

England. Almost smack-dab in the centre. Consider that, similar to continental America, mainland Britain - the big bit - is divided into England, Scotland and Wales. There's also Northern Ireland at the top of the other bit, but that's more of a patio sort of thing. ()

(March 3, 2014 at 9:41 pm)Cinjin Wrote:

(March 3, 2014 at 9:38 pm)Rahul Wrote: Once in London I heard this young guy say to his buddy, "You bloody wanker, you broke your fag!". I almost busted out laughing.

Never break your fag in public.

<muttering under breath> God damn wanker.

When I was fourteen, I had a first-generation Scottish American friend. The first time I ever called his house, I asked for Eric. Eric's mother said, "ooo, Ehdik? E's oot in the gehrige, smookin' a fahg."

I had no idea what she said until I worked it out years later...

(sorry for being off topic)

Language can be a cruel mistress. For instance, over here, you either need to know a lady particularly well, or else pay her a metric shit-ton of money, before you get to spank her on the fanny.

(March 3, 2014 at 10:19 pm)Stimbo Wrote: To give it some perspective, it's a bit like my saying that everyone from South America's Cape Horn to Barrow, Alaska, is a Yank.

Call somebody a Yank in Texas and you're likely to get your ass beat.

(March 3, 2014 at 8:30 pm)futilethewinds Wrote: Oh, you know what I've noticed about British television? Tea fixes everything in these shows. In one show I watched, a girl gets raped, so they give her tea, and then everything is fine.

Tea healed Dr. Who once!