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      08-26-2019, 03:33 PM   #22925
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To further confuse the matter, I always thought that "fish and chips", as in the very popular dish served in England, was fried fish and French fries.
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Wait, So what do you think it is?
Yes....do tell.....before we tell you what it is, I too am curious as to what you think it is.
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I'm Australian and the fanny thing always cracks me up. On a related note, hearing north americans say 'erbs is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
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I'm Australian and the fanny thing always cracks me up. On a related note, hearing north americans say 'erbs is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
Yup - tease my wife with this all the time. She calls them Ha-erbs. I'm like "girl, we aren't talking the nick name for a guy named Herbert, we're talking about spices here. Jeez.

She also drops her "R" if a word ends in it. Example:

Alligator.

USA Pronunciation: Alli-gade-errr
South African Pronunciation: Alli-gate-ah

The problem this causes, is when she pronounces some town in South Africa and I automatically add an R to the end and then can't find it on a map. Couple of years ago, we were headed to a resort town - and she told me it was called "Nice-nah". So, I'm thinking - okay the actual name of this town is Nizner. Looked everywhere, couldn't find this damn place.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knysna
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Yup - tease my wife with this all the time. She calls them Ha-erbs. I'm like "girl, we aren't talking the nick name for a guy named Herbert, we're talking about spices here. Jeez.

She also drops her "R" if a word ends in it. Example:

Alligator.

USA Pronunciation: Alli-gade-errr
South African Pronunciation: Alli-gate-ah

The problem this causes, is when she pronounces some town in South Africa and I automatically add an R to the end and then can't find it on a map. Couple of years ago, we were headed to a resort town - and she told me it was called "Nice-nah". So, I'm thinking - okay the actual name of this town is Nizner. Looked everywhere, couldn't find this damn place.

Yeah...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knysna
Had a band director in HS that was from Boston and had the same R issue. We used to tell him that he didn't use Rs in "pock" (park) and "yod" (yard) so he could save them for "Cubar" (Cuba) and "tomater" (tomato)
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Please tell me there is fanny pack (aka a bum bag to our friends in the UK ) somewhere in your proximity. You know I'm just messing with you!

To the guys in the UK....Yes, I got corrected, very quickly, by a female friend of mine who moved here from the UK that it's a bum bag.
Don't give me any ideas!!!!
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      08-26-2019, 06:09 PM   #22932
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Yes....do tell.....before we tell you what it is, I too am curious as to what you think it is.
I think they're fries, or fried potatoes, but not thin like Merican chips.

Then again,
chips=crisps,
crisps=Merican chips.

Therefore, fish and chips should mean fish and Merican chips, not fries.

WTF, England?
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I have a bad habit of looking at pretty much anyone who I pass or passes me when on the road.

I get some crazy stares or people who've actually looked at me like WTF you looking at?

It's sort of funny as it's a habit I picked up, but never meant it to be taken the wrong way. I'm just an inquisitive person.
i get bored too. If i'm REALLY bored, i'll continue looking until my head swivels a lot to creep them out. If traffic permits.
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      08-26-2019, 06:45 PM   #22934
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i get bored too. If i'm REALLY bored, i'll continue looking until my head swivels a lot to creep them out. If traffic permits.
It's so unconscious that I'm trying to consciously STOP doing it, but I always <sniff> when they look my way.
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Yup - tease my wife with this all the time. She calls them Ha-erbs. I'm like "girl, we aren't talking the nick name for a guy named Herbert, we're talking about spices here. Jeez.

She also drops her "R" if a word ends in it. Example:

Alligator.

USA Pronunciation: Alli-gade-errr
South African Pronunciation: Alli-gate-ah

The problem this causes, is when she pronounces some town in South Africa and I automatically add an R to the end and then can't find it on a map. Couple of years ago, we were headed to a resort town - and she told me it was called "Nice-nah". So, I'm thinking - okay the actual name of this town is Nizner. Looked everywhere, couldn't find this damn place.

Yeah...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knysna
Had a band director in HS that was from Boston and had the same R issue. We used to tell him that he didn't use Rs in "pock" (park) and "yod" (yard) so he could save them for "Cubar" (Cuba) and "tomater" (tomato)
In Boston English, "ah" (the one without an R after it) often becomes something closer to "aw", so that, for example, "tonic" comes out more like "tawnic"

Also, Bostonians, like Nooyawkas "New Yorkers" often leave out consonants in their rush to get words out, in particular, d's and t's at the end of words. So "so don't I" is more properly pronounced "So doan I," real-estate brokers babble on about houses with "plenny a chahm" and we get such phrases as onna-conna.

Off topic sorry:
my family speaks only Greek @ home but all have NY/New England english accents, visiting Florida we see and hear people just like us with our weird speech St. Augustine, Tampa and Fort Lauderdale

If your wondering, people from Boston don't like actors from Boston speaking in a Boston Accent "Departed" "Black Mass" and "The Town" ears still bleeding
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I know rather nerd like, but I thought it a little funny.
OK, I'm gonna go super nerd, and point out that the Mazda has an error in it. Perhaps an engineer mating call to see who else noticed?
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OK, I'm gonna go super nerd, and point out that the Mazda has an error in it. Perhaps an engineer mating call to see who else noticed?
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A 12 pack... I'll split it with you! Maybe MKSixer wants in as well.
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Yup - tease my wife with this all the time. She calls them Ha-erbs. I'm like "girl, we aren't talking the nick name for a guy named Herbert, we're talking about spices here. Jeez.

She also drops her "R" if a word ends in it. Example:

Alligator.

USA Pronunciation: Alli-gade-errr
South African Pronunciation: Alli-gate-ah
yeah so she speaks properly. It's fucking Herbs not erbs ....
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A 12 pack... I'll split it with you! Maybe MKSixer wants in as well.









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yeah so she speaks properly. It's fucking Herbs not erbs ....
That deserves a French laugh: ŽaŽaŽa
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Please tell me there is fanny pack (aka a bum bag to our friends in the UK ) somewhere in your proximity. You know I'm just messing with you!

To the guys in the UK....Yes, I got corrected, very quickly, by a female friend of mine who moved here from the UK that it's a bum bag.
what is it with you and making women run away to the UK
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