not sure if it's a coincidence as last evening at the la pack du grande bretagne's pub night, i had this wee chat with a chap about his bristolian dialect and phrases.
and then of all things, dialects and accents dominated this week's the northerner. the bit that split my sides is the following:
...The BBC's website reports that researchers from Middlesex University have found that ducks have different accents. Cockney ducks make a rough sound so that their friends can hear them above the noise of traffic. Cornish ducks quack more softly, using a relaxed sound..
reet. one burning question i'd like to ask the boffin's is if rhyming slang - or more appropriately, rhyming quack - exists amongst the cockney fowl.
and i must add that said chap mentioned in passing that his wee island wifey not only couldn't understand a word of his dialect; but assumed he and his fellow bristolians were talking behind her back when they returned to old blighty for the hols.
i was almost wanting to exclaim, "just so typical of 'em natives, eh?" refering to her unfounded paranoia especially. instead i struggled quite hard to blurt, "well, i suppose it'll take her time to learn it" given that tact is not my strongest point.
to which he replied, "no, not even in ten years."
i should have been honest. innit?
as enscribed by the letter b @ January 21, 2005 10:33 AM