Comments on: Neat New Trick or Load of Old Pony? http://matadornights.com/neat-new-trick-or-load-of-old-pony/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:06:12 +0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: valodniece http://matadornights.com/neat-new-trick-or-load-of-old-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-3103 valodniece Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:54:02 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=2726#comment-3103 >"The bank hopes to follow its Cockney experiments with Brummie, Geordie, Scouse and Scots ATMs – accents that many British people, let alone foreigners, often find difficult if not often incomprehensible (hi, Northern Scotland)."< Interesting... I don't have any trouble with Brummie, Geordie or Scouse, but I do with Glaswegian and Mancunian. North Scottish isn't hard though, though maybe I've just gotten used to it, what with having lived here for the past six months and all. Understanding someone who is speaking in Scots (as opposed to a Scottish accent) is tricky though, since it is a different language, though closely related to English. It's funny, before I came to the UK from Canada nine months ago, I couldn't differentiate Australian accents from British accents, let alone regional British accents, but now I can differentiate all sorts of regional accents here. Glaswegian and Mancunian remain the most difficult to comprehend though. >”The bank hopes to follow its Cockney experiments with Brummie, Geordie, Scouse and Scots ATMs – accents that many British people, let alone foreigners, often find difficult if not often incomprehensible (hi, Northern Scotland).”<

Interesting… I don’t have any trouble with Brummie, Geordie or Scouse, but I do with Glaswegian and Mancunian. North Scottish isn’t hard though, though maybe I’ve just gotten used to it, what with having lived here for the past six months and all. Understanding someone who is speaking in Scots (as opposed to a Scottish accent) is tricky though, since it is a different language, though closely related to English.

It’s funny, before I came to the UK from Canada nine months ago, I couldn’t differentiate Australian accents from British accents, let alone regional British accents, but now I can differentiate all sorts of regional accents here. Glaswegian and Mancunian remain the most difficult to comprehend though.

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]]> By: Alouise http://matadornights.com/neat-new-trick-or-load-of-old-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-3101 Alouise Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:38:21 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=2726#comment-3101 That's hilarious albeit it seems like a bit of waste to me. On second thought if it catches on it could spread all over the world. I can just imagine something like that in Canada. Options - withdraw, eh. That’s hilarious albeit it seems like a bit of waste to me. On second thought if it catches on it could spread all over the world. I can just imagine something like that in Canada. Options – withdraw, eh.

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]]> By: Carlo http://matadornights.com/neat-new-trick-or-load-of-old-pony/comment-page-1/#comment-3099 Carlo Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:50:50 +0000 http://matadornights.com/?p=2726#comment-3099 Great writeup Paul! This is too funny. Great writeup Paul! This is too funny.

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