Why is that.. (question about accents)

Originally posted by AlanA
Well, look at the situation in the UK if you go into a bakers and ask for a round bread with some meat in.
a) A batch
b) A cob
c) A roll
All the same thing depending on where you come from in the UK

or indeed
d) a flour cake

Paul

Balm cake
Bread cake
Tea cake
Stottie
finger roll
Its a world of rolls out there!

Originally posted by Decker
Tennessee - no candy(ied) yams or collard greens?

Must admit the MS query made sense to me - alters the keyboard layout and default dictionary.

Oh yes indeedy, plenty of those, along with fried catfish [?]

Well, don't think Americans have a easy time figuring out our own accents! I will always remember a student trip to Texas where the whole lot of us were hopelessly lost, trying to find a particular restaurant (this was before GPS). We nearly starved to death until we found the place. Our fifth phone call netted the reason; another person other than the de facto leader of our sorry band made the call.

The answering woman's accent was indecipherable, and the woman on our end made the happy decision to ask the Texas woman to spell the name of the street we were actually looking for! It wasn't Kells, it was Cow. Of course we were looking for the wrong cross-street, too. Upon arrival all of us ordered a big, juicy steak with all the trimmings in honor of the animal which graced the street with a name... [}:)]

So, next time you can't figure out why we can't understand you, remember it's only because we can't understand ourselves![:0]

[Neil]

Originally posted by MarkJ
Balm cake
Bread cake
Tea cake
Stottie
finger roll
Its a world of rolls out there!

God, the whole Bread Cake argument, the fun our southern office has saying the word Bread Cake when they come to Hull is unbelievable[ii]

Originally posted by MarkJ
Balm cake
Bread cake
Tea cake
Stottie
finger roll
Its a world of rolls out there!

At the risk of turning this into a bakers debate, don't forget the Bap and the Conti Roll;)

thelaceys

[Neil]

Originally posted by GrinningJackanapes

Originally posted by Attitude23
God, the whole Bread Cake argument, the fun our southern office has saying the word Bread Cake when they come to Hull is unbelievable[ii]

Any means a man can find to have fun in Hull should not be held against him...

GJ

GJ - I am more than willing to be your guide if you ever fancy a trip to 'Ull as the local's call it, I think you would fit in perfectly[}:)]

Originally posted by GrinningJackanapes

Originally posted by thelaceys
they don't care what we say they just love to listen to our accent (Leeds, West Yorkshire).

I'm sure hearing you say the word "relegation" is one of their favourites...[}:)]

GJ

Good god man! Have you no decency?!? That hurts GJ...

And on the bread cake debate, it's a bap, but only until you place bacon or chips in it, then it's a butty. Ooh, bacon butty, couldn't you just go for one now? Crispy bacon on mine please. With tinned tomatoes.

When i used to live in Wiltshire nobody understood my scottish accent and had to tone it down just so people could understand me as they said i talked too fast!

I used to ask for a "poke" when i was packing my shopping and got stared at (poke meaning a bag)

[Decker]

Kind of makes sense of "pig in a poke". Thanks for that.

[Neil]

Originally posted by motherger
I used to ask for a "poke" when i was packing my shopping and got stared at (poke meaning a bag)

You would get something totally different if you asked for that in Hull[:I]

maybe one of these....[B)][:0]

[Neil]

Originally posted by motherger
maybe one of these....[B)][:0]

Not quite...[:I][:I]

Originally posted by motherger
When i used to live in Wiltshire nobody understood my scottish accent and had to tone it down just so people could understand me as they said i talked too fast!

Sorry, what was that you said?

Originally posted by mdvipond

Originally posted by GrinningJackanapes

Originally posted by thelaceys
they don't care what we say they just love to listen to our accent (Leeds, West Yorkshire).

I'm sure hearing you say the word "relegation" is one of their favourites...[}:)]

GJ

Good god man! Have you no decency?!? That hurts GJ...

With tinned tomatoes.

Mmmmm, just not the same without that msg.... [:p]

Brits can be just as bad with accents.

In my younger days I used to have a number of friends from New Zealand (they really do know how to party;)), and they were forever getting fed up with Brits assuming that they were Aussies.

Mrs D

Originally posted by Scorpio
When i used to live in Wiltshire nobody understood my scottish accent and had to tone it down just so people could understand me as they said i talked too fast!

I used to ask for a "poke" when i was packing my shopping and got stared at (poke meaning a bag)

Or the faces I got when I moved to the NE and said I would be wearing a Tartan Tammie for Euro 96! [:p]

Lesley

[Scrooge]

Originally posted by Mrs Decker
Brits can be just as bad with accents.

In my younger days I used to have a number of friends from New Zealand (they really do know how to party;)), and they were forever getting fed up with Brits assuming that they were Aussies.

Mrs D

Whats the difference [?]