Our Mother Tongue

[northwind]

Originally Posted by timwilky

Anyone who has ever met me will tell you I speak with a Lancashire accent. However, I am very conscious of this and when away from my own village I attempt to tone it down.

The further away from home I am, the more scottish I get

When I've travelled to America I try my best to speak correct English, even to point of over doing it. Sometimes being all 'Gosh old bean' and 'Golly good show', I also try the 'ello there my hartys', 'Any one for a pint of speckled hen'.

While on the bus from the plane at Dallus airport, I said 'Gosh, air-conditioning in a bus what a marvellous idea'... Everyone ****ed them-selfs, though some of the yanks looked a little baffled.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Grinch

When I've travelled to America I try my best to speak correct English, even to point of over doing it. Sometimes being all 'Gosh old bean' and 'Golly good show', I also try the 'ello there my hartys', 'Any one for a pint of speckled hen'.

Dan

you are indeed a gentleman, I will immediately take you up on your offer of a Speckled Hen. Good health.

Excuse me while I drop my 2 cents (Euro obliged) in this thread, but the same phenomenon is happening here in Portugal as we speak. The "new generations" are slowly killing the Portuguese language as I knew it, and I don't find it funny at all. Evolution? Maybe it is, I can understand some of it, but it sure looks like pure and simples slackening, and for me that's the disgusting part of this so-called "evolution process"...

Originally Posted by Grinch

When I've travelled to America I try my best to speak correct English, even to point of over doing it. Sometimes being all 'Gosh old bean' and 'Golly good show', I also try the 'ello there my hartys', 'Any one for a pint of speckled hen'.

While on the bus from the plane at Dallus airport, I said 'Gosh, air-conditioning in a bus what a marvellous idea'... Everyone p*ssed them-selfs, though some of the yanks looked a little baffled.

That'd be because our American brethren think we're all either jolly posh, or, have a Cockney accent. Thanks Disney

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

Excuse me while I drop my 2 cents (Euro obliged) in this thread, but the same phenomenon is happening here in Portugal as we speak.

The Portuguese are becoming Chavs ??

Originally Posted by mudge32

The Portuguese are becoming Chavs ??

Well not all of them, but we do get our fair share of the species...

Originally Posted by timwilky

Dan

you are indeed a gentleman, I will immediately take you up on your offer of a Speckled Hen. Good health.

I'm more a pint of Directors or Spitfire man me-self.

Originally Posted by Grinch

While I to hate some slang talk, things like 'chav' talk and such annoy me, I have in my youth and adult hood butchered the English language. Still do now as my English skills are awful, I even still now pronounce the name of my home town with out a H. So its 'ayling, rather then Hayling.
As for my use of there, their and they're its just doesn't want talking about.
Our language is a beast of animal that is constantly evolving and growing, just like our lives and culture.
If you really want to be traditional, be like the welsh and speak our true tongue. What ever it was all those years ago... probably German or something.

Originally Posted by "lynw

I agree it would be ridiculous. But going by at least 2 recent threads its become quite apparent there are a few people on here that are happy to blame all the countries ills on immigrants and believe they should be deported even if it results in their murder.

Sorry, the sarcasm took over with that post. But I really wouldnt be surprised if said people surfaced suggesting it.

Wonder who your referring to there huh.... But i don't bother you

English in this country is appauling. Teaching in this country is about grades and not education, given the attitude of todays teenagers, can you blame the teachers for not being arsed.... Primary school teachers are all over teh place, upper school teaching, well who wants to deal witha load of gobby teenagers with no respect or disciplin, then have to mark all the work after.... No-one...

Another thing thats needs radical change in this country.