Just watch Flight Of The Conchords, you'll be aight

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Originally posted by bas I'm talking about the Scottish, fuck that's a tough one

Oohhhhh no no no, the Scots aren't the worst. It's the Geordies that are impossible to talk to. They speak 20 words a second, and ALL of it is slang.

They always look really stoked while they say it though - It's like they want you to understand, but they kind of know there's no hope.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Oohhhhh no no no, the Scots aren't the worst. It's the Geordies that are impossible to talk to. They speak 20 words a second, and ALL of it is slang. They always look really stoked while they say it though - It's like they want you to understand, but they kind of know there's no hope.

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Originally posted by bas Lira, do you really have trouble understanding them? I think it's an easier accent to discern than some parts of England and the UK (I'm talking about the Scottish, fuck that's a tough one)

I can understand the people in that video quite well, and I believe that when I do fail to get something, it's because I'm not used to it. However, this advert is almost in an alien language to me:



What the hell is this kid going to do for the weekend?! Why did they mock the Aussie kid? Despite the few words I can recognise, I refuse to believe this is English. I refudiate it!

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Originally posted by Lilith NZ English isn't too bad Lira, theres not the massive amounts of endemic slang to it, so you just have to pick through the thick accent

You mean they all speak like this?



Hey, bro!

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Originally posted by bas That is hilarious Lira, do you really have trouble understanding them? I think it's an easier accent to discern than some parts of England and the UK (I'm talking about the Scottish, fuck that's a tough one) On a slightly unrelated-related note, I really enjoy this push by the aviation industry to make their safety videos more interesting to watch. Alitalia has a pretty neat one that looks like cell-shaded animation.

The hardest accents to understand are

Scouse. I understand spanish better than scouse. It's kinda like flemish. nobody knows what they're saying & nobody cares.
Welsh (because they speak welsh sometimes too and are very rude to 'foreigners')
Geordie & Brummie. As Stu said, the geordies have their own slang & the brummies too, known as yam, it's disgusting on the ears and indecipherable.
Glasgow. Esp in kids, trying to understand them when you meet them on holiday is awful, because the higher the tone of the voice, the harder it is to understand in this particular one.

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Originally posted by Lira What the hell is this kid going to do for the weekend?! Why did they mock the Aussie kid? Despite the few words I can recognise, I refuse to believe this is English. I refudiate it! You mean they all speak like this?

That's full of 'colloquialisms', which I don't know if other languages have because I dont speak any of them

Which is kind of embarrassing really, given how many countries I've visited

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Originally posted by Lira I can understand the people in that video quite well, and I believe that when I do fail to get something, it's because I'm not used to it. However, this advert is almost in an alien language to me:

The black kid wants to put up a retaining wall this weekend and he's going to hire some guy to do it for him (I can't imagine there's anyone lower on the social ladder in New Zealand than a black kid, but whatever...do you guys have mexicans?), and the white kid is telling him that's silly he can just do it himself. Black kid says "you reckon?" white kid "we could knock it over in half a day...get a couple of mates around". In fact, the white kid is offering to help (along with some mates)...so they ask the Aussie kid "to give them a hand with a job on Saturday" and he says, "MAAAAATTEE YOU'RE DREAMIN'"...

Lazy Aussies I guess?

I had the weirdest dream last night that I was at the dentists & other people i knew were, It was running really late and I wondered why until it was my call when it transpired that my dentist was murdering his patients, Dexter style. If I wasn't waiting for a crown in 2 weeks, I'd cancel my appt

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Originally posted by bas The black kid wants to put up a retaining wall this weekend and he's going to hire some guy to do it for him (I can't imagine there's anyone lower on the social ladder in New Zealand than a black kid, but whatever...do you guys have mexicans?), and the white kid is telling him that's silly he can just do it himself. Black kid says "you reckon?" white kid "we could knock it over in half a day...get a couple of mates around". In fact, the white kid is offering to help (along with some mates)...so they ask the Aussie kid "to give them a hand with a job on Saturday" and he says, "MAAAAATTEE YOU'RE DREAMIN'"... Lazy Aussies I guess?

Oh, I can understand them much better now that I know what to expect. But, when I first saw it, this is what I got:

"What you doing this weekend?"
"I'm putting up a retailing monk"
"To yourself?"
"No, I'm going to get some bloke in"
"Argh, come on, mate, do your soul!"
"She's pretty big job!"
"Argh, you'll be white!"
"You reckon?"
"Like a knock I will have a day!"
"Ear?"
"Get a cup of mates round!"
"Hey Jonze, give us a handjob Saturday!"
"You're dreaming" (and I'm disturbed)
"Aussies"
"Just flying with you"

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Originally posted by Lilith That's full of 'colloquialisms', which I don't know if other languages have because I dont speak any of them

We're usually deaf to the colloquialisms where we live, but no language is spoken like it is described in the textbook.

I usually sound formal in English because I only use it online... but, believe me, if you tried to translate everything I say in Portuguese into English, you'd get nothing but gibberish

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Originally posted by Ian The hardest accents to understand are Scouse. I understand spanish better than scouse. It's kinda like flemish. nobody knows what they're saying & nobody cares. Welsh (because they speak welsh sometimes too and are very rude to 'foreigners') Geordie & Brummie. As Stu said, the geordies have their own slang & the brummies too, known as yam, it's disgusting on the ears and indecipherable. Glasgow. Esp in kids, trying to understand them when you meet them on holiday is awful, because the higher the tone of the voice, the harder it is to understand in this particular one.

I've never been exposed to actual people speaking Scouse/Geordie/Brummie, so I can't really know... but I remember there was a TA from Birmingham who was asked in the US to speak English... and he swore by God he already was

And I've always found funny that if you're quiet you sound smarter than someone with the Brummie accent.

Fuckkkkkk, getting a monotron SO HARD. They're only like $60.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Fuckkkkkk, getting a monotron SO HARD. They're only like $60.

like.

there's so many of those wicked units around these days!