tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post1477121355847495449..comments2023-10-22T07:42:55.369+00:00Comments on Skip's Acorn Treasury: The Squaddie and the SheikhSkiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15153208735469088823noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-5639581574365949572007-09-17T09:39:00.000+00:002007-09-17T09:39:00.000+00:00oh god that? For some reason I slow down on camera...oh god that? For some reason I slow down on camera. You should hear the DVD commentary I did. I finally plucked up the courage to listen the other night. <BR/><BR/>I was vodka numb, but it was still horrid listening to Tim Nice-But-Fucking Dim bleat on: "gosh yeah but isn't that just amazing!"<BR/><BR/>I began to dread that at any moment I'd say "pukkah" or something equally unforgivable. <BR/><BR/>I've never forgotten chatting someone up once and being told, "Pity about your voice."<BR/><BR/>But what's so wrong about getting off with someone who sounds like the Shipping Forecast?Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153208735469088823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-60808352301797439902007-09-16T22:59:00.000+00:002007-09-16T22:59:00.000+00:00Just your Confidential accent...Just your Confidential accent...FireFawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693000277584413212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-21629223487772094202007-09-16T19:46:00.000+00:002007-09-16T19:46:00.000+00:00Thank you. Brilliant. Of course, after a month in ...Thank you. Brilliant. <BR/><BR/>Of course, after a month in Scotland, the urge to start speaking in the accent was almost unbearable. But I stopped myself, which is a mercy.<BR/><BR/>Posh Southern Boy can never hide his true voice. No matter how much he wants to. *sigh*<BR/><BR/>You've never heard me try and do a Welsh accent have you? It explains why I'm no longer allowed in.Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153208735469088823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-5990498863957203492007-09-16T14:38:00.000+00:002007-09-16T14:38:00.000+00:00Emm... we're taught to speak the Queen's English i...Emm... we're taught to speak the Queen's English in school, the only Scots we really ever did was when we're made to learn a poem for Burns Nicht.<BR/><BR/>So when you're transcribing the dialect it can get a little confuggling 'cause you just have to go with the phonetic sounds of the word, as the original Scots spelling is long gone out of use.<BR/><BR/>However I often translate in my head English words into their Scots equivalent automatically when reading something, which is sometimes easier than when it it written in say Doric for example.FireFawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693000277584413212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-81205565780604519462007-09-16T10:44:00.000+00:002007-09-16T10:44:00.000+00:00That is, as ever, amazing. Do you Scots just learn...That is, as ever, amazing. Do you Scots just learn to do that when you grow up?<BR/><BR/>No, don't laugh - it's an almost serious question from someone who's wishing they paid more attention during Linguistics lectures. Is it a transcribed phonetic dialect, a pidgin, or just clever typing?Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153208735469088823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5648545.post-91365200518927242822007-09-15T20:53:00.000+00:002007-09-15T20:53:00.000+00:00Ah so this explains the sudden jump in my web traf...Ah so this explains the sudden jump in my web traffic!<BR/><BR/>Sure, fit ye needin' translated? Mine it isnae called Scumdee far nae reason!FireFawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693000277584413212noreply@blogger.com