Posted by Quintal on August 18, 2007, at 20:10:08
In reply to Re: Do we actually know one another at all? » Honore, posted by Squiggles on August 18, 2007, at 12:41:07
>Remember the movie "My Fair Lady"? a linguist
is like a detective.Whee ah dinnert knarr what te say te this, like. If thee's gannan off me arn post'n style like, thee'd be way off't mark. Thee winnert find iny other bugger spacken hoyty-toyty head-talk like that round my way tha knarrs! Tha'd be blood in tha streets, man!
As you can see, my local dialect is somewhat harsh and guttural - it being a vestige of the ancient Celtic and Viking languages of northern England. It tends not to fall softly upon foreign ears, nor lend itself readily to fluent translation. For that reason I've developed a posting style that, perhaps to one who takes things at first sight, might seem to belong to a member of the well-educated, privileged classes of this country. I most certainly do not. Most of my posts are actually parodies of this style of speech done for my own amusement.
If you examine the videos below you might see how I have suffered a malice of fortune. The last one contains strong language from the outset. Those of a nervous disposition, or those who are easily offended should not click on it. The first is a Thomas The Tank Engine music video and should be offensive to nobody, except maybe the occasional Mackem or Sunderland-dwelling person.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHWUzau5_Bo&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnVgXZeoKQI&mode=related&search=Q
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