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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:19 PM Original message |
Am I the only one who needs an English to English translator while watching this hearing? |
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montanacowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Some British movies |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I find some British movies and TV shows |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Red Riding Trilogy |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. You mean like "Don't Go Rounin Roun To Re Ro"? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
2. All I'm thinking about is that I hope to gawd that hairstyle doesn't become popular in the states. |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Here's one dictionary |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
18. "the extended poodle" cut? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've recently become hooked on the "Dragon's Den" on BBC America |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. "The English and the Americans: |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. for homework. go watch Trainspotting and The Clockwork Orange |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. the people in Trainspotting are Scottish, not English. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. We have always been divided by our common language. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. I thank the gods that I learned ENGLISH and not American first |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. LOL. I had a German instructor who had a funny story about this |
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somone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
11. Try Scouse |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yorkshire is much more difficult to understand than Cockney |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Nope you are not alone. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. No, what we all need is a British to English translator. |
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Ghost Dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Order! Order! |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Cockney AND R. Gervais I hope you mean. Very very different |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. Everything I know about the language |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm like that with some brit movies - I can't watch Trainspotting without a translater |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
19. lolz |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. Murdoch's son's ears turn red when he is lying... has been quite fun to watch... |
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sfpcjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. OK, now pay close attention: |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. No-one there had a Cockney accent |
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JohnnyRingo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. If I had your expertise of the Queen's English, I'd have no trouble at all understanding Brits. |
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