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Re: What kind of English do you speak in Manchester?

13-Jul-15 21:30

Well a couple of weeks watching shows like Blackpool and Broadchurch made me understand at least 1 word in 5 of Scottiss... but when a customer from Manchester came here I thought the entire time he was German (I didn't know who he was, that's how communication works in my company). Didn't understand a single syllabe.

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CPallini14-Jul-15 1:20

CPallini

14-Jul-15 1:20

I've been in Scotland several times. Just once I've had serious troubles to understand, the guy was a taxi driver in Glasgow.

Re: What kind of English do you speak in Manchester?

Nagy Vilmos13-Jul-15 20:54

Nagy Vilmos

13-Jul-15 20:54

There are times I don't understand my own mother. She's from Norn Iron* and in general, after over 50 years away, she has no accent. But the moment she is with others from the Province, the accent comes back and bejesus I can barely extract one word in ten! Laugh | :laugh:

* Ask someone from Northern Ireland to say "Northern Ireland"

veni bibi saltavi

Re: What kind of English do you speak in Manchester?

CPallini14-Jul-15 2:14

CPallini

14-Jul-15 2:14

Re: What kind of English do you speak in Manchester?

xiecsuk13-Jul-15 21:33

xiecsuk

13-Jul-15 21:33

First of all, you have to establish that it is English English that they are speaking. It could be any of a dozen forms of English from the Indian sun-continent, half a dozen forms from the Caribbean, not to mention the many forms from the Eastern EU countries. You're on a hiding to nothing.

Re: What kind of English do you speak in Manchester?

908236514-Jul-15 1:58

9082365

14-Jul-15 1:58

Manchester proper has a very diluted accent so if you're struggling there ..... WTF | :WTF:

I'm afraid I can't share your experience though. Despite being a soft Southerner by birth I seem to have a Northern ear and even once wrote a short play in idiomatic Scots!

Hey Nish!

Richard Andrew x6413-Jul-15 6:59

Richard Andrew x64

13-Jul-15 6:59

@Nish-nishant

I enjoyed your C++/CLI book. When are you coming out with a book about Windows 10 universal app development? Big Grin | :-D

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

modified 13-Jul-15 13:12pm.

Nish Nishant13-Jul-15 10:08

Nish Nishant

13-Jul-15 10:08

Well, I am glad you liked that book. It's been 10 years now Smile | :)

I don't think I've got the time to write a book today. I guess I could if I really wanted to, but it'd be too stressful.

Are you into C++/CX?

Regards,
Nish

Website: www.voidnish.com
Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

Richard Andrew x6413-Jul-15 10:27

Richard Andrew x64

13-Jul-15 10:27

Nish Nishant wrote:
Are you into C++/CX?

I am just learning UWP now, so I'm using C# to begin with, since the asynchronous calls are simpler.

But sooner or later I'll try to tackle C++/CX.

Thanks for replying!

The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.

Nish Nishant13-Jul-15 12:26

Nish Nishant

13-Jul-15 12:26

Ok, good luck with learning and writing some cool UWP apps Smile | :)

Regards,
Nish

Website: www.voidnish.com
Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

Phil J Pearson14-Jul-15 3:12

Phil J Pearson

14-Jul-15 3:12

Nish Nishant wrote:
I don't think I've got the time to write a book today.

I think most of us can wait until tomorrow. That will give us time to get the relevant VS windows open and arranged properly.

Phil

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Text message from Mom...

NickPace13-Jul-15 5:17

NickPace

13-Jul-15 5:17

So my mom has recently learned to text message. She really likes to use a lot of emoticons in her texts. It's kinda cute if not a bit annoying, however this morning I received the following text from her:

"Just letting you know that your grandfather is in the hospital again. LOL!"

I thought, sheesh, that's a bit insensitive.

Turns out that she thinks LOL stands for "Lots of Love".

LOL!

(BTW, grandpa is doing well Smile | :)

)

-NP

Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.

den2k8813-Jul-15 5:21

13-Jul-15 5:21

Now I actually LOLled Big Grin | :-D

. Not for your grandfather, but because knowing my mother it would be really more plausible an actual LOL!

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OriginalGriff13-Jul-15 5:23

OriginalGriff

13-Jul-15 5:23

She's not the only one: The UK Prime Minister didn't know either[^]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Sander Rossel13-Jul-15 5:31

Sander Rossel

13-Jul-15 5:31

LOL omg wtf I pwn tht n00b wt teh ub3r 1337 hax roxorz boxorz ftw wtg roflmao Big Grin | :-D

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Rage13-Jul-15 5:34

Rage

13-Jul-15 5:34

I understand this. Am I bad ?

Sander Rossel13-Jul-15 8:49

Sander Rossel

13-Jul-15 8:49

No badder than me Big Grin | :-D

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Regards,
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jeron113-Jul-15 5:35

jeron1

13-Jul-15 5:35

[hands feeling around for a sharp object]
My eyes! My eyes!

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den2k8813-Jul-15 5:37

13-Jul-15 5:37

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Colin Mullikin13-Jul-15 6:25

Colin Mullikin

13-Jul-15 6:25

I'm almost ashamed of the fact that I was able to read this without any hesitation... Sigh | :sigh:

The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

den2k8813-Jul-15 6:49

13-Jul-15 6:49

Don't worry, those were GREAT times to be alive and kicking!

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PIEBALDconsult13-Jul-15 5:40

PIEBALDconsult

13-Jul-15 5:40

Sander Rossel wrote:
boxorz

TMI