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When they hear Indians speaking English in supermarkets with their kids while delicately moving their slender necks from side to side.
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FranElizabeth said
too ...too too much very funny. And a bit in awe actually. I can't speak Indian! Jeldee?? (But I'm not English:))
prettyeyez said
:8 ...lol at slender necks from side 2 side..maybe they should start two stepping with dat n cranking to soulja boy..i don't even know if that can even happen..
am 2 tired..am starting 2 write gibberish..
good night QL
superdoc said
Actually its not just ...Actually its not just Indians all nationalities have their own peculiar way of speaking English. You talk to aperson on phone and know his nationality by the way he speaks English.
Mean like Egyptions have some jerky way of saying the letters like, TNT = Tee ENNA Tee
The filipinos, Front= Pruont
junarc2003 said
you should answer that first ...you should answer that first superdoc since you posted it..
superdoc said
am not English ...am not English
prettyeyez said
:P ...lol at Prount..but yeah some ppl's accents can put you off for real..
superdoc said
Or turn one on LOL ...Or turn one on LOL
FranElizabeth said
Hey.. ...Pretty Eyes..some Enlish people's accents are pretty bizarre too... lol. Ex boyfriend was from Newcastle.. I swear he was speaking in a foreign language half the time.. especially whilst watching football:))
harsha said
yeah every1 have their own ...yeah every1 have their own accents..
AbuAmerican said
Heh I worked in Newcastle ...Heh I worked in Newcastle before I got here for Axa. Those people don't speak English!
FranElizabeth said
Lol ...Abu American.. I Know!!! V Cute accent and wickedly funny though:)
prettyeyez said
;p ...FranElizabeth trust me i feel you really..few days ago we had dis patient who i assume was Scottish guy..damn i was trying 2 squeeze my brain into understanding what he saying to me..his accent was soo heavy..it felt like he was speaking with a mouth full of spit...god but he was a cooperative patient.. :)
p.s no offense 2 anyone here..
FranElizabeth said
Prettyeyes.. I hope we're not offending! Accents Rule! ...I love accents.. and dialects.
I'm seriously in awe of people who take on English as their second.. sometimes third language. I have two 11 year olds in my class from Poland and they put most of the others to shame:) 'Meees? Folderr?' Adorable and incredibly cool.
Hats off:))
Future hubby has to have an accent. That's no 1 on the list...
heehee
prettyeyez said
:P ...like what..something with a Mediterranean crooner..hehe am already envisioning a hot tanned Italian trying 2 sweep me off my feet with his English skills..
lol fran that makes 2 of us den.. :)
junarc2003 said
hey fran ...your last line sounds like an advertisement eh...
stress_in_babel said
i love scottish accent. ...i love scottish accent. specially if it's gerard butler. i love that guy. i feel like a teenager saying that. :D
FranElizabeth said
junarc2003.. ...mmm... will add it to my 'Desperately seeking Faithful and Obedient servant' ad when I get there.. what do you reckon? any takers? lol..
P' Eyes.. not so sure about Med crooner.. bit too cynical for all that. ha... there's a reason why I'm still single I'm sure of it.. now What was that again?!
Anyways.. sweet dreams of your Latin Lover.. this fussy bugger is off to bed:))
brandylady said
admiration ...as I only speak English and find languages difficult so nothing but admiration from me for anyone learning English and having the courage to speak it :)
Freon said
Speaking English ...What i find amazing here is i am English but hardly anybody seems to understand my English. I am from the South of England so no strong accent, fairly neutral in fact !
brandylady said
aw freon ...it's such a nice accent too, DH is from the south too so I know what you mean, sometimes he has a problem making himself understood :)
MR PAUL said
Only one accent of any good, Yorkshire !! ...NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
brandylady said
hahaha Mr P ...DH has a mixed accent, soft southern with a bit of yorkshire thrown in, says things like "thats yourn" meaning thats yours etc, weird but I love him for it :)
britexpat said
Accents are great... ...This one about the scots explains it all>>>>
What about the Glaswegian that goes into a bakers and asks the woman, "Is that a cake or a merangue?", and she replies, "Naw yer right son, it's a cake!'
lima foxtrot said
I think we are lazy ...Compared to other nationalities, we just don’t want (or can’t) speak another language. English language is I think, one of the hardest languages to learn, so I admire anyone who learns English as their second language. Whooooooo and I love their accent when they speak English!!!
MR PAUL said
I always thought English is easy to learn.... ...Take French, yer have different words for male female, but also they male, and they female.
I think thats right. Does anyone get what i mean ?
NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
lima foxtrot said
Sorry Mr Paul ...you've lost me :) But there again, it's not difficult :)
brandylady said
me too ...did french at school but was 15, c,mon, the lads were more interesting than female/male verbs etc ;)
lima foxtrot said
Lol Brandylady ...so true. I wish now I had learnt French at school, I think the language is so romantic, especially when the French speak English :)
MR PAUL said
Thats it, male/female verbs !! ...We had to recite it....Started with Me, you , he, she and ive forgotten the rest...French is a dead language anyway !
NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
brandylady said
i remember French classes ...not for the actual learning but my friend and I had bought brass rings from a shop in the lunch period and took turns rolling them down the lid of the desk until they dropped into the ink well, ah memories, the projectile board rubber soaring across the classroom and hitting my lovely new blazer leaving a big white chalky mark :)
MR PAUL said
Ink well ? Dont ya mean slate board and chalk ? Just kidding ! ...NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
brandylady said
cheeky!!!!! ...actually, twas a stone and chisel ;)
MR PAUL said
Ah ha, ive found what i meant earlier about M/F.... ...http://en.wikipedia....
"a Catholic man is un Catholique, while a Catholic woman is une Catholique."
je tu
il vous ils
masculine/Femeinine
Thought i was going crazy then.....
NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
labda06 said
Mr. P, its so cute when you ...Mr. P, its so cute when you "say" yer. LOL. Off to join the Mr. P fan club!
Freon said
Oh Yes the Yorkshire man ...My Grandfather on my father's side was from Sheffield in Yorkshire.
Im a Yorkshire man, plain speaking that's me. I say what i like !,and i like what i bloody well say !
There's a lot of truth in that as well in my experience.
MR PAUL said
Well, i type as i say it so...... ...NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
MR PAUL said
Straight talking Freon, thats the only way.And that quote is ...from Harry Enfields' George Whitebread character i think !
NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
Freon said
Correct ! ...Well Spotted Mr Paul, were you a fan in the days of Enfield and Whitehouse ?
lima foxtrot said
Freon , another Yorkshire person ...we are the best, even though people cannot understand us half the time :)
MR PAUL said
Well, not a fan but, some of it made me smile..... ...Smahey and Nicey were the best...."Not arf mate !"
NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
Gypsy said
I love the Indian head bob. ...I love the Indian head bob. Is it yes? Is it no? Who knows! :D
And English people can't speak English, my friend said he almost hit his swede yesterday and I started looking around for a blonde person.
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zyga said
nowt wrong with yorkshire accents ...BUT the best accent is a london accent .....sorry mr P and freon.......
or scottish - edinburgh (oh la la that sends shivers down my spine).....
qatarisun said
Ha ...the problem that it's neither Yes nor No.. it is just the cannot even start speaking without moving their heads...
even if they have to pronounce only one word, they start moving the head first, prior to saying anything..:)
FranElizabeth said
zyga... no! ...No no no no! London accent? No thanks. S Walian, Geordie or Northern all the way. .. London? Don't fink so:)
zyga said
fran ...i mean west london we dont say fink .......we say innit ........... please dont tar us with those east enders.......
qatarisun said
But you know, I noticed, ...But you know, I noticed, they can rid of this habit quite easy when they are integrated in other nationalities' environment.
Those who deal with other nationalities a lot, they stop doing it. But those who just came from India.. omg.. I am getting dizzy in 5 minutes of conversation…
and also this constant "no?".. i had once this cleaner, he came on Friday morning and started cleaning the house. In 1 hour he say: I have to go now. I ask him: why you have to go? you didn't finish cleaning yet.. and here it is: "I AM MUSLIM, NO?".... it was actually funny, like he asks me if he is muslim or not.. i honsetly said: "I don't know.YOU tell me whether you muslim or not..."
MR PAUL said
Zyga, London yer say !! Geeower lass..... ...Tha dunt knah wot thees bumping abaht.... :D
NIL ILLEGITIMI CARBORUNDUM
superdoc said
actually it means yes or i ...actually it means yes or i agree
FranElizabeth said
isn't it.. ...Zyga.. sorry Dude:) where abouts in W London are you from?
heero_yuy2 said
In these days of yourn ......there's a blur of separation between the distinct descriptions of 'English' and 'gibberish' language...
Even these words rhyme with each other...
"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach
countrylady13 said
PROUD TO HEAR THEM ...i am from liverpool.a scouser and proud off it, love to hear any body speaking english,ESPECIALLY THE LOVLEY INDIAN PEOPLE,THEY ARE GREAT
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Vegas said
I don't understand this post at all ...Forgiveness is life...:)
anil_fig said
The head movement ...Many have asked me about it. Its all in the eyes and the facial expressions. If you are Indian you will understand whether it is a Yes or a no. As for the accent well English is not our mother tongue so as long as you all understand what we are trying to get across its OK. Then there are plenty of us who speak extremely well because of your educational and cosmopolitan background. As for me I just cannot understand the Scottish.
PS- Just one more thing have you got a mail or a letter from the English. Just the other day I had asked one of my English foremen to take an inventory. Two days later this is lying on my table"COMPLETE INFANTRY". I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. Man some of them their spellings are pathetic. They spell it the way they pronounce it and to think English is their language.
chunk03 said
Easy on the Geordies ...Im in owe of all you lot out there who can speak 2 different language's, i know im just 2 lazy to learn, im picking up certain arabic phrase's, but that about all.........but im from Newcastle, and as mentioned earlier, some say is a language all of its own!!
Howay man.......
brandylady said
way aye man ...you geordies are even harder to understand, hey, not knockin it though, gannin for a pint though ;)
britexpat said
Brandylady.. ...I know a Goerdie who speaks two languages..Usually speaks pretty good English. Give him a few drinks or get him into a conversation with another Geordie and he starts speaking a strange alien lingo!
brandylady said
I know what you mean ...my sister met and married a geordie while they were both in the army, her accent got so broad, I forgot she was from Boro!!!!