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Bagpuss replied

3 March 2009, 16:22
Another one.. Why can't you say Birmingham?

It always sounds like Birminam
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Jubber replied

3 March 2009, 16:07
Quite ..... that's exactly how we all speak down here really. Just a put on.

My mate Vernon sounds just like Brian Sewell when he's stamping on some fuccker's head.
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OwlHoot replied

3 March 2009, 15:55
Apparently celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's parents speak like the Queen and Evening Standard art critic Brian Sewell, and are as rich as custard.

So I'm guessing that prior to taking up cookery he was at Eton, Oxford, and the Grenadier Guards. That being so, how come he speaks with a mockney accent?

Much the same goes for Madonna's (now ex?) husband Guy Ritchie, and most would-be cockney luvvies. I expect Vinnie Jones also has a cut glass accent on the quiet, and Ray Winstone probably speaks like a fine art dealer when he thinks no one is listening.
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TCL replied

3 March 2009, 15:47
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

Or the Jafaken cock-a-knee derivative aks.

Oh, I want to hacksaw my ears off when I hear that. Specially when it comes from teenage white people.
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TCL replied

3 March 2009, 15:44
Originally posted by Drewster View Post

Are you taking the piss? Its not funny that I wowl my aws and it sounds like dwawing!!!

Post of the day, surely
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Drewster replied

3 March 2009, 15:40
Originally posted by TCL View Post

how many "R"s in the word "drawing"?

Are you taking the piss? Its not funny that I wowl my aws and it sounds like dwawing!!!
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TCL replied

3 March 2009, 15:37
how many "R"s in the word "drawing"?

1 for normal people.
2 if you're from the south - "drawring"....FFS

I actually saw this on an official in-house Health & Safety poster someone put up in my last place: "Remember to shut your draws"
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BrianSnail replied

3 March 2009, 15:23
Originally posted by gingerjedi View Post

Somerset

Zummerzet
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gingerjedi replied

3 March 2009, 15:19
Originally posted by chris79 View Post

Sounds like Summerset?

Somerset
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Drewster replied

3 March 2009, 15:17
Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post

Anyone south of Oxford is a Cockney

HTH

Anyone north of Walthamstow is unintelligent

[London Drawl] Aay-un norrrf o Wawfamstaw is fik 'king wanger [/London Drawl]
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gingerjedi replied

3 March 2009, 15:16
Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post

You do it with words such as ask

Or the Jafaken cock-a-knee derivative aks.
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Mich the Tester replied

3 March 2009, 15:15
Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post

Anyone south of Oxford is a Cockney

why the unnecessary extra letters?
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Bagpuss replied

3 March 2009, 15:13
Anyone south of Oxford is a Cockney

HTH
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Drewster replied

3 March 2009, 15:11
WTF is a posh Cockney?

Berk (look it up )
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chris79 replied

3 March 2009, 15:10
Sounds like Summerset?
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