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Anyone here from the UK?
Storm Rider:
They're probably fattening him up so that they can eat him.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: tommydski on 06 May 2008, 15:25 ---Like, you come home and they've collected your mail, returned your bin and also left a crate of fresh vegetables they have grown for you.
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how wha :-D
a pack of wolves:
--- Quote from: öde on 06 May 2008, 15:37 ---Skiing is always necessary and I was sampling the local real ale that was on tap (this is more exciting when you consider what's served around here).
Scottish people have always been really nice to me, even in the less pleasant parts of Glasgow.
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Glasgow's a nice city, I frequently toy with the idea of moving up there. It has a bit of a bad rep, what with being the murder capital of Europe for ages (I think Limerick now has the title), but it's a pretty nice place.
I wasn't saying you were up to anything wrong, skiing and real ale are good things! Just that it is being a tourist. There's nothing wrong with that either though, at least not in principle.
Sox:
--- Quote from: Storm Rider on 06 May 2008, 15:40 ---They're probably fattening him up so that they can eat him.
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They already succeeded. Fattydski.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: a pack of wolves on 06 May 2008, 15:34 ---I'm routinely mistaken for being either very middle class or Southern. In a lot of areas this doesn't matter, but if I'm on a council estate then it can cause problems. The reason is that my voice has associations for some people with wealth and therefore power
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In my case, I am middle class and southern; sorry, but I can't help it. Either I have been lucky, or perhaps I have by chance successfully avoided the possibility of conflict, but speaking perfect RP* has caused no problems in my life; but neither does it represent my having either wealth or power - I have neither, and it shows. Rather, it has led to the occasional friendship, e.g. from people (OK, Americans :-P) coming up to me in an aeroplane simply to listen to me speak. To round off the stereotype, I even worked at the BBC for a time!
Paul
* RP = Received Pronounciation, aka BBC English or Oxford English**.
** There is another place*** near the Fens that might object to this, of course.
*** There really are some Oxford academics who will refer to "The Other Place" rather than using its name; maybe that happens in the other place, too.
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