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I found today's comic (#1739) quite sad
tomart:
Quite an erudite explanation, Raoullefere... have you considered writing for urbandictionary? :angel:
No, really, to explain proper Southern speech to all them rappers, gangstas, & urbanites.
jwhouk:
Naw, that'd be for the Southern Dictionary.
Which, I do declare, I have a copy of y'all's book downstairs in my library.
Tergon:
If it's any consolation, I'm an Aussie. Do you know how painful it is to hear American actors doing their impression of an Aussie accent? Or those ads for Outback Steakhouse? Or being told that I barbeque shrimp, know what knives are, and fail to defend my progeny from dingoes?
So I feel your pain.
*shares the Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks with raoullefere*
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Tergon on 02 Sep 2010, 21:38 ---*shares the Useless Broom Made Entirely Out Of Dicks with raoullefere*
--- End quote ---
No need, I have an extra one for him.
Here. Please. Take it.
pwhodges:
Oh, you colonials and your funny ways of speaking! I am here to represent the reference standard of Received Standard speech, imbued in me by my background of Oxford (where I was educated, and now work - in the university, that is) and the BBC (where I worked for a while); it helped that my mother was Head of English at a girls' public school (that's private to you; and she pronounced it 'gels'). In more deferential past times, tourists have been known to ask me to speak for the pleasure of hearing how it should be - there are a couple of clips of me reading aloud linked somewhere in the forum if you want to hear. Or you could just call me a patronising snob, as my wife does.
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