'What can I say -- I have a thing for girls who say aboot....'

Linguistics Not entirely serious piece from The Morning News about faking accents to get yourself out of or into a jam. The British:
"Actually Priscilla -- I mean, well, it's right polite to have us up and all but down at the pub see, well, Priscilla, it's not that I shouldn't but my mates and all, I mean, Bob's your uncle, love, or he's not and still -- no, sorry, yes I'm sorry -- but you don't mind much, but no of course, well gosh, silly me, yes -- well goddammit Priscilla why yes, yes, oh excellent."
Yes, that's exactly how I talk.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Off topic, but congratulations on passing your course.

(The mechanic on those "goblin" learning course adverts gets his results, and they are addressed to Stuart Burns)

Fame at last ;)

Stuart Ian Burns said...

I've noticed that! It's always interesting to see your name on the back of The Guardian guide almost every Saturday.