Off Topic Part Deux

[thetreble 19]

Two kind deeds in one day...Cute

[childress_london 3]

HAHA! Krikit! I would have been well chuffed with the win + the butterfinger too I think we should start using our British slang around here, Krikit. We could rule the world with how many slang words we probably know. My grandma lived in Manchester and I visited her often..I also had a british boyfriend for quite some time and have many british friends...and my dad is from Glasgow...so I'm as British-Canadian as you can get without being born in Britain.

I AM BOSSLESS TODAY! WOOOOOOOOO! I needed this SO badly! My boss is a nightmare and last night I Finally snapped at her. (probably why she didn't come in)

AND THEN...our cuban housekeeper who obviously has a crush on me brought me a mini cherry pie. It was so cute of him. Made my day!

Makes me think I should do stuff like that more often for people...

You have a housekeeper?

And he's male???

[Krikit 1,164]

HAHA! Krikit! I would have been well chuffed with the win + the butterfinger too I think we should start using our British slang around here, Krikit. We could rule the world with how many slang words we probably know. My grandma lived in Manchester and I visited her often..I also had a british boyfriend for quite some time and have many british friends...and my dad is from Glasgow...so I'm as British-Canadian as you can get without being born in Britain.

I AM BOSSLESS TODAY! WOOOOOOOOO! I needed this SO badly! My boss is a nightmare and last night I Finally snapped at her. (probably why she didn't come in)

AND THEN...our cuban housekeeper who obviously has a crush on me brought me a mini cherry pie. It was so cute of him. Made my day!

Makes me think I should do stuff like that more often for people...

You have a housekeeper?

And he's male???

My aunt had a male housekeeper. Oh, the jokes we used to make about that. Way too funny.

[childress_london 3]

I lived in England for three years but never heard the word chuffed. It was a surprise when I moved there. There I was thinking we spoke the same language. Imagine my surprise when I could barely follow a conversation when I first got there! I just nodded my head a lot and said "uh huh"... LOL!

[Krikit 1,164]

I lived in England for three years but never heard the word chuffed. It was a surprise when I moved there. There I was thinking we spoke the same language. Imagine my surprise when I could barely follow a conversation when I first got there! I just nodded my head a lot and said "uh huh"... LOL!

I have the same problem in the US sometimes.

[DeadPoolX 9]

I lived in England for three years but never heard the word chuffed. It was a surprise when I moved there. There I was thinking we spoke the same language. Imagine my surprise when I could barely follow a conversation when I first got there! I just nodded my head a lot and said "uh huh"... LOL!

I have the same problem in the US sometimes.

In Canada the conversation, for the most part, seems a lot like the U.S., with one big difference. Half the time people don't understand what I'm talking about. I don't mean I'm mumbling garbage, either. I am speaking to them in a clear and easily heard voice using mostly simply dialog. However, I still get a lot of "Huh?" looks.

My wife doesn't know what the problem is either. Then again, she's been around me, so maybe any differences in my speech wouldn't seem noticeable to her.

I don't have a "Texan accent." My parents are from New York, so that probably influenced my speech patterns. As it is, I refuse to say "ya'll." In fact, when I'm the south, a lot of people think I'm a "northerner." Every once in a while, when I'm really angry, I might let loose one or two Texan-like words or whatever.

My wife thinks that perhaps there are some very subtle differences in dialect or tone between Americans and Canadians. Maybe that's why some people sometimes have difficulty understanding me. My in-laws don't, but then again, they've traveled all over the place (including the United States).

I don't know what reason is here, but it can be quite aggravating.

Edited January 16, 2009 by DeadPoolX

[Krikit 1,164]

I find, a lot of the time, that I just don't understand some of the words people use here. And with some of my husband's family, I pretty much can't understand anything they're saying. It's a combination of the accent and the use of words which are unfamiliar to me. If their speech patterns were slower it would be much easier for me to comprehend what they're saying.

[Ban Hammer 13,206]

Friday? YEAH!! And I have Monday off!! Yipee!!!

Hope Charles isn't too disappointed when he realizes it's Thursday.

my calendar says it's friday. you mean i can't vegetate at home tonight?

[trailmix 77]

I've found that in order for people to understand you correctly they have to actually listen - more than you normally would.

When you are speaking to someone who basically has the same type of speech pattern it's a no-brainer and requires very little attention.

My Husband had the same problem in Canada (with his incredibly slight Australian accent) - he modified it to sound more Canadian - worked like a charm.

(oh and I don't mean to imply that if you don't catch it all you are 'hearing lazy' or anything!!)

And yes charles, you can veg tonight, just remember to set your clock for morning.

Edited January 16, 2009 by trailmix

[SpiritAlight 1]

When I moved to Vancouver from Montreal I got laughed at when I'd say, "Close the light!" or some equally franco/old-European way of speaking that I grown up with.

There were so many expressions that did not fly in B.C., and so many I heard there that I did not understand.

Some of my favourite Montrealisms is:

"Gimmee two secs" which sounds like sex...the expression meaning: give me a moment

and

"That's it that's all!" usually said emphatically at the end of a sentence to punctuate how serious and final you are.

and the Quebecois slang that I most love and always makes me laugh

"C'est le weekend!" heard ever Friday on those franco-pop radio stations.

I find all this dialect stuff fascinating.

[Sprailenes 47]

My husband laughs at me all of the time for saying: "Close the light"

[SpiritAlight 1]

I am going to retrain myself to say it because I laughed at my Montreal friends who said that on my last visit there.

Man, it got knocked out of me living in Vancouver.

Hahaha!

[JillA 2]

The OT forum is really offensive!! One particular poster is talking about beating up his wife, whether he is joking or not I don't find that funny in the least. There sure are some cuckoos here on VJ

[Sprailenes 47]

The OT forum is really offensive!! One particular poster is talking about beating up his wife, whether he is joking or not I don't find that funny in the least. There sure are some cuckoos here on VJ

Schpat?

[JillA 2]

The OT forum is really offensive!! One particular poster is talking about beating up his wife, whether he is joking or not I don't find that funny in the least. There sure are some cuckoos here on VJ

Schpat?

Uncle something or other!! So wierd!