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The only accents I hate are fake ones like Madonna's wannabe English accent and every punk-ass white kid who talks like he's from da hood.
Quote: Eat_My_Shirts @ September 20 2008, 1:54 AM BSTMontreal, just like most parts of France; an absolutely beautiful place. It's the inhabitants that ruin it for me.
It's the bleedin' inhabitants ruining the whole World, mate.
Fortunately, with the way politics and technology are going, there'll be an almighty clearout in due course, and not before time.
Quote: Eat_My_Shirts @ September 20 2008, 1:54 AM BSTMontreal, just like most parts of France; an absolutely beautiful place. It's the inhabitants that ruin it for me.
I'm not exactly a seasoned world traveler, but the only 2 cities I've visited where I felt a palpable sense of hostility/snottiness were Montreal and Paris. I wonder if there's any connection ...
Quote: DaButt @ September 20 2008, 2:40 AM BSTI'm not exactly a seasoned world traveler, but the only 2 cities I've visited where I felt a palpable sense of hostility/snottiness were Montreal and Paris. I wonder if there's any connection ...
The only time I've really felt a 'global' hostility was up the Rhonnda Valley..
My 'crime' was being English and I must have looked in the same direction one of their women happened to be standing (I think)
Quote: Frankie Rage @ September 20 2008, 2:47 AM BSTThe only time I've really felt a 'global' hostility was up the Rhonnda Valley..
I had to Google that place name. I've always wanted to visit Wales.
I would stay clear of the Rhonnda.. Swansea and The Mumbles I can recommend and Aberystwyth. In Ab I found that although they speak Welsh they will break into English when they realise you don't. Anyway, they did for me.
Quote: Frankie Rage @ September 20 2008, 2:58 AM BSTIn Ab I found that although they speak Welsh they will break into English when they realise you don't.
It seems Welshmen hate me. The last time I was in London two different Welshmen in two different pubs took a dislike to me. Worst of all, I didn't realize it and my Londoner friends had to warn me that we were heading for a tussle. There must be some sort of body language that I can't comprehend.
The Welsh language seems more foreign to me than Chinese, Japanese, Korean and every other language with funny symbols for an alphabet.
Perhaps you were just unlucky. A lot of Welsh folk like Americans!
In rough English pubs you need to behave a certain way. I know that way even though I am a 'college pudding' at heart.
Quote: Frankie Rage @ September 20 2008, 3:12 AM BSTIn rough English pubs you need to behave a certain way.
I guess I need to study the visitors guide again. I once stepped off the train in Reading, headed straight to a pub, ordered a pint and wound up having words with a tattooed asshole because I had the audacity to pay with a £20 note.
"So you're f**kin rich, are ya?"
I remember visiting my Great Auntie, in a little Welsh village, in the middle of nowhere, when I was 12, and this group of older local lads were shouting at me, when I went to the village's sole grocery shop. It wasn't until I got back to my Great Auntie's house, that my Dad told me it was probably because I was wearing my Terry Butcher England shirt. He then elaborated, telling me that the locals were unhappy at English people buying up cottages, leaving them empty for most of the year, as they only used them during holidays.
By the way, is there any other country that has as many different accents as England?
Quote: catskillz @ September 20 2008, 3:38 AM BSTBy the way, is there any other country that has as many different accents as England?
Perhaps the most discernible accents per square mile? I can only pick out a few.
The state that I live in is almost 3 times as large as England, but there are no discernible differences as far as I can tell. I can pick out maybe a dozen or more accents amongst our country, but it's a huge place. Europe blows my mind as far as having so many distinct countries and languages in such a small physical area.
Quote: DaButt @ September 20 2008, 3:19 AM BSTI guess I need to study the visitors guide again. I once stepped off the train in Reading, headed straight to a pub, ordered a pint and wound up having words with a tattooed asshole because I had the audacity to pay with a £20 note.
"So you're f**kin rich, are ya?"
Fatal. In a rough pub where you are a stranger, the correct method is to rapidly count out the exact amount. You'd only pay with a twenty pound note if you were getting a round in that was likely to total no less than £19.51p, obviously.
The cash machine at Gatwick only gave me twenties. Oh well, live and learn.
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