Must be that "thick" smoggy accent of yours :p On 2 Sep 2011, at 09:44, Gordon Smith wrote:
> Hi all > > > Mary had the cheek, (and I still haven't quite got over it yet), to tell me > on Skype that I sounded like a Scotsman. Honestly, I've never been so > insulted in my entire life! ;-) > > But no Mary, you still have quite a way to go before you understand British > English. All you understand is the way the Americans have mutilated, > violated and wilfully destroyed our language. The rights to English have > been usurped by those in power in Washington, New York, Los Angeles or > wherever the decisions are taken to mutilate the linguistics. > > I mean, you can't even spell properly, even simple words like "colour", > "Humour" "organise" "surprise", everything like that has been utterly > destroyed by the US empire, those who proclaim themselves world leaders and > yet, when the horrible clarty stuff hits the fan, it's always them who are > left in the clean white suits. ;-) > > Actually though, in all seriousness, too of our best friends are Americans > and they have migrated from Miami Beach Florida where they bought a house and > stayed for all of 2 months before deciding after a Christmas spent over here > in the UK, that this was the place they wanted to be. So be it. In the > early summer their residence visas came through and they now have taken up > residence in a really nice house about 5 minutes walk from where we live. > > They have no real family left in the US and they're kind of like adopted > family to us now. Anyway I won't drone on but the point I'm trying to make > here is that at least not all Americans believe that we brits are quaint, sad > wonky people with an inferiority complex. > > Now, to employ another Northern expression, it's high time for me to > "haddaway". > > Gordon > > On 2 Sep 2011, at 08:48, Gordon Keen wrote: > > It's a North of England expression meaning pleased for or emotionally > connected. The opposite would be filling up meaning sad and tearful. > > Of course you could not be expected to catch all our expressions as Americans > do not speak British English but a pirate copy produced with no regard to > copyright. > > ;-) > > > ======================================== > > The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the %(list name)s group at > either of the following: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> > or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > --------------------------------------- ======================================== The Just-chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/just-chat> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the %(list name)s group at either of the following: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/just-chat/index.html> or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> You may subscribe with your RSS reader at the following URL: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
