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RE: Why is a tosser a tosser?
June 14, 2016 at 3:20 pm
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(June 14, 2016 at 3:07 pm)abaris Wrote: (June 14, 2016 at 2:33 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: I think "shite" it sounds particularly good in a Liverpool accent because of how they make "I" sounds like "aaaii"
Or the Manchester region. That's gordy, isn't it?
Nah, Geordie is Northeast Coast (it's especially associated with a city called Newcastle), while Manchester is Northwestern England, not far from Liverpool. The Manchester accent is distinct from both the Liverpool accent and Geordie accent. Cheryl Cole and presenter duo Ant and Dec are probably our biggest Geordie Celebrities;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHaoLNOiRrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqsd3uBX03E
A Manchester accent, for comparison (might sound fairly similar for people who aren't used to British accents);
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU9i24ds1FA
I don't know why The UK has so many distinct accents in such a small country, might be a historical thing. You can drive half an hour up the road and people will have a different accent to you. It's very regional.
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RE: Why is a tosser a tosser?
June 14, 2016 at 3:23 pm
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I had Kevin Whatley as Lewis in mind.
And I'm not sure where to put Phil Glenister in Life on Mars or Ashes to Ashes. And as far as many accents go, try my country - even smaller.
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RE: Why is a tosser a tosser?
June 14, 2016 at 3:37 pm
Yeah, Kevin Whately is from Northeast England (not far from Newcastle), but his accent is very soft and standardized in real life (not sure about on Lewis) so he doesn't immediately sound very Geordie.
Phil Glenister sounds very London to me, it's standard British English with a slight Cockney twang.
Does Austria have many languages or is it just German? It is Austria where you live?
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RE: Why is a tosser a tosser?
June 14, 2016 at 4:01 pm
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(June 14, 2016 at 3:37 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: Does Austria have many languages or is it just German? It is Austria where you live?
Basically it's German, but many different flavors and accents. In the West it's Allemanic, very similar to Switzerland.
As for languages, there are a few Croatian and Slowenian pockets in the South. They also speak German, but amongst themselves they speak their language. We also have a few Roma settlements in the Southeast. All a remnant from the Empire and the ensuing treaties. My grandfather was born in Hungary, but the region came to Austria in 1921.
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RE: Why is a tosser a tosser?
June 14, 2016 at 4:27 pm
(June 14, 2016 at 2:33 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: "Bollocks" is probably my favourite British curse though
QFT.
It just flows off the tongue. "Bollocks!"
It's nearly as versatile as fuck - in my fucking opinion - which of course is the best curse word... hell, it's the best word, ever.
What a load of bollocks. Well, you bolloxed that up. Oh, bollocks.
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RE: Why is a tosser a tosser?
June 14, 2016 at 8:01 pm
(June 14, 2016 at 4:27 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (June 14, 2016 at 2:33 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: "Bollocks" is probably my favourite British curse though
QFT.
It just flows off the tongue. "Bollocks!"
It's nearly as versatile as fuck - in my fucking opinion - which of course is the best curse word... hell, it's the best word, ever.
What a load of bollocks. Well, you bolloxed that up. Oh, bollocks.
Kicked in the bollocks... he got an absolute bollocking when his wife found out...
It's a perfectly acceptable response to virtually any situation tbh
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RE: Why is a tosser a tosser?
June 15, 2016 at 4:04 am
(June 14, 2016 at 4:27 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: (June 14, 2016 at 2:33 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote: "Bollocks" is probably my favourite British curse though
QFT.
It just flows off the tongue. "Bollocks!"
It's nearly as versatile as fuck - in my fucking opinion - which of course is the best curse word... hell, it's the best word, ever.
What a load of bollocks. Well, you bolloxed that up. Oh, bollocks.
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