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I think that you're missing the point: It's not just the "BBC" accent, it's any English accent. I'm hardly yer well spoken toff, but I once had a woman in a coffee shop ask me to place her order for her because "just loved my accent". My son quickly learned that picking up the Canadian drawl was a bird-pulling faux pas.
My wife's office colleagues used to crowd at her door when she was berating a supplier or delinquent customer because they couldn't get over hearing a Brit swear. She has a devastating technique for Canadians, she speaks quietly, exactly and forcibly only dropping a rare F bomb at exactly the right moment to convey menace.
I know I'm speaking of Canada, but I understand that the natives south of the border have it nearly as bad.
Cor blimey, luv-a-duck who knew?
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Ah yes, from my dealings with your friends over the boarder speak slowly, quietly and you can get them to agree to anything. It's just the BBC accent is an oddity, anyone in films or TV shows with it gets to be either a villain or Sherlock Holmes...
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You're forgetting Dick van Dyke, but then that's a seriously fake one!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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Emphasis on Dick, luv a duck
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MehGerbil wrote: Some dope with a southern drawl saying, "But I gots the nucklar device mister bond" wouldn't sell tickets.
Enter the banjos.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Enter the banjos. Dramatic banjos.
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Some dope with a southern drawl…he'd trade his death beam laser for a pair of tickets to a mud wrestling competition."
If done correctly, the mud wrestling match could be a fair trade for the “death beam laser”, Ya’All.
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It depends on with who/whom. Two naked ladies? Good trade.
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MehGerbil wrote: Americans love British villains because they like the idea of sophisticated villains.
To the American ear a British accent sounds very sophisticated.
Actually a British accent doesn't sound sophisticated. Pompous is a better description.
MehGerbil wrote: Trust me, it is a compliment.
Negative on that one...
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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glennPattonPUB wrote: Dude, I am not messing with the Dude Wait, what does Jeff Bridges have to do with this? He's not a Brit.
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Man! Forget the Dude!! It's time for a model.
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Oye, lad: when the shoe fits, wear it.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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If you are referring to the Devonian I mentioned try 'Clarin darwn t'road chopsin' or to put it in English 'Walking down the road talking' hence the need for subtitles...
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I remember the guy named Gruber in McHale's Navy. Hew was rather dodgy.
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Perfect name for a clinic that deals with oral sex.
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Shame it's a parody
Says who?
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Ah, yes - I believe that particular physician got his instruction at the same fine medical school as this one:
Turn Your Head And Cough On This Link^
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Let's say I own an android phone.
Let's say I use WhatsApp and that colleagues at work also use it.
Let's say I've received messages at 5 o'clock in the morning as those colleagues are simply |o| (insert any harsh word to replace the tie fighter).
I know there is the "blocking mode" which should allow me to define a time lapse in which I allow the phone to make noise only if a call comes in. Which is great as in case of emergency anyone can call me at 5 o'clock in the morning.
But it looks like WhatsApp just doesn't follow the rules and it sounds even that blocking mode is activated.
Have any of you solved that somehow?
And yes, I was sleeping at 5 o'clock, thought the phone was waking me up and not before being inside the shower I noticed that was a Whatsapp and not the alarm clock... so yeah, I'd love to avoid that.
PS: and of course the normal thing would be to tell everyone not to disturb at certain hours but they are...
I've seen SEER, SILENCE, TIMERIFFIC... and none of them looks to work when Android 4.4.x is on the phone.
Thank you all.
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AH
You don't write
You never call
The only time we hear from you is when you want something.
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At least I don't do that at 5 o'clock in the mornin'
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12ga 00 bucks either at the phone or at the caller. Check local laws before attempting the latter.
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Oh, that's easy...
Go into your app listing, scroll over until you find WhatsApp... Then hit the menu key, pick "Uninstall"...
I mean, that's my solution... If an app misbehaves, I just annihilate it...
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One trick I read about is to download an empty wave file and use that as the ringtone for certain users. WhatsApp allows you to use each person's ringtone.
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Amen.
My phone goes off when I go to bed, and stays off until I decide I need it again.
There is NO ONE on this planet I need to text/chat with at 5 am.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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