deanb Posted February 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 "Oo-arr there lurvely, did it 'urt when thissen fell from 'evean?" http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/12/roger-that-worlds-sexiest-accent-confirmed-british-but-which-one?CMP=fb_gu The ultimate global sexy time song: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I've been listening to this song all fucking day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I didn't even need to press play to hear it-it's just engrained in the UK psyche waiting for any opportunity to be unleashed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 What the fuck did I just watch? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Well you know how we're responsible for The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, etc. Well we also made Wurzles, Timelords/KLF, and many many more. And as number 1's at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 So there's a Scottish Wikipedia and it's fairly understandable: http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 It's like trying to read the Canterbury Tales in its original form... I do like the spelling "cums" though, because I am a teenage boy at heart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 That's way easier than reading Canterbury Tales in Middle English. It's more like reading something typed out as if it were in a text written by a 14 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Yeah, I may have been exaggerating... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 It's about as legible as an under 20's social media posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 For me, trying to understand and learn it is half the fun. In college, we got to sample a bunch of old English. That was some of the hardest stuff to understand. The notes for one page of The Canterbury Tales took up most of the page. However, they were essential to be able to understand the writing or speak it. Then, we got introduced to some linguistics person who could speak and pronounce all of it properly. Thank God we all speak the Presidents English these days (and, yes, that is me having fun trolling). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 Play Google Maps PacMan in the UK for European Extreme difficulty. Play in Times Square for baby novice difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 We Americans love our grid layouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 1, 2015 Report Share Posted April 1, 2015 DC is fun, too, what with L'Enfant's bonkers radiating streets layout, or downtown Boston with it's colonial layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Scotland has a law that means bags are 5p. We don't have that in England. (also stricter drink driving laws) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 ^wut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I tweaked the "ate" to "are" (sorry I wrote it on my phone at first). Not sure if it makes it any clearer. I guess 5p is a unit of currency here might do. On the drink driving thing, I'm not super sure on English ones but turns out as of Dec you basically can only get away with half a pint, and even then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 I figured the "are" thing, and I knew that 5p meant 5 pence, but I have no idea what "bags are 5 pence" means. What kind of bags? Why are you buying them at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 When you go grocery shopping, you get offered/given plastic carrier bags. Usually, they're free, although because of the environmental (and, likely, company cost) aspect some places charge for them to encourage reusing old bags or buying tougher, reusable shopping ones. Most places I know, don't, but Marks & Spencers charge 1p per bag. I guess everywhere in Scotland charges 5p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted April 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Yeah in Scotland it's law. I had to ask about it when the machines all were asking if you've used a bag n it'll be 5p. Kenshi assumed that was a UK wide law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 Every shop has to charge 5p for any single use bag a customer wants. It's also in Wales and coming to England soon. The shops aren't supposed to profit from it the extra money goes to environmental causes. Though they can choose to give anywhere from all to none of the money away (at least in Wales). Unfortunately it's not clear which retailers do what with the money. Is not about money though it's just to make the customer stop and think if they really need a bag and I have to say it really does work very well. You get used to it very quickly-i always had a fabric bag on me before the law anyway but when I go shopping in England now it just seems awful when the cashier starts shoving an item in a bag without even asking and I have to stop them or you see people with half a dozen bags from different stores all with only one item in each so they could ask easily fit in one. It's all just done so unthinkingly and if you stopped and asked someone they'd agree it's bad and that's why the charge is good, it does the stopping and thinking for you 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 The only counterpoint I have for TFG is that shops want you to take their bag with their goods because it turns you into a walking billboard for the store that sold you stuff. That said, I agree with the system, except that I would prefer that all profit from the bag purchase went straight to the treasury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Paying a small fee or bag tax is common in many American cities, too. NYC is debating one such tax and I am a supporter. I lived in DC when their bag tax went into effect, and it really reduced the amount of loose trash in the streets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Odd how the common plastic (paper too I guess) grocery store bag suddenly became somewhat valuable after the fees. And oh man, can you imagine NYC Chinatown(s) without much loose trash around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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