buckytom said:bug, i dare you to translate a conversation between natives of belfast. they barely open their mouths, and speak remarkably fast. same goes for 2 scots...
Ishbel said:buckytom said:bug, i dare you to translate a conversation between natives of belfast. they barely open their mouths, and speak remarkably fast. same goes for 2 scots...
But..... it's not US that has the accent.... we speak English, honestly
Ishbel said:I meant us (lower case).... not US as in USA....!!!
I just think its funny when Americans say that they can't understand our accents... after all, we're talking English, and we think its the Americans that have accents, not us!!!
pdswife1 said:I love watching him.. he makes everything look so easy!
I've got one of his cookbooks and would love to have the rest.
He's got an energy that I really like.
Ishbel said:I know what you mean about accents - my family travelled most of my childhood, we lived in the Far East, The Gulf, Cyprus and Germany.... so grew up having constantly to 'retune' our ears to hear accents.
My husband always says that he understands Scots accents best if he cocks his head slightly to one side whilst listening to people here.... it certainly seems to work, but he sometimes gets funny looks from people!
mudbug said:The only thing that bugs me about him is his way of calling all women on his live shows "darling". Sounds a little patronizing to me after about the 10th time.
Leaf Storm said:He is not being patronising. It's a London thing Just a friendly way to talk to a woman. You want to hear somebody from Somerset speak. You will get called "my lover"