OT - Pronunciation of words

What a NICE thing to have happened, sweet Mirjam! Hugs, Noreen

Then there's always the Cockney "Orl right, Duck?" or a typically Scots(possibly Glaswegian, right O?) "How're you, hen?" I feel like quacking or clucking, but I really love the variety in our language. Love Christine

And does she "pahk the cah in the yahd"???

Katherine

Yep! And Cuber is across the watah! grin Hugs, Noreen

how ye daen hen:))

Sorry O, I always have difficulty with that Glasgow accent, both pronouncing it and understanding it. I had a Glaswegian boy friend once (along, long time ago!)and most of our short relationship was spent with me saying "Pardon, could you repeat that please?" (I was much younger and very polite in those days) It was all too much effort in the end. That and the fact that he wanted to get very serious and I seriously didn't! Nice chap though Love Christine

There is a couple in our town (a few of them actually) from England... not sure what part this particular couple is from... and the husband bought his wife license plates for her car that read "MEDUCK" on them. :o)

Oh had to laugh one day a few years back before my Mom had her first stroke. We ran into a friend from Liverpool (or nearby) uptown and were walking along with him talking. My Mom stopped and looked at him and said with a perfectly straight face "Brian, speak English will you?" He got this shocked look on his face and said "What the bloody hell do you think I'm speakin then?" We all cracked up laughing!

Gemini

Actually it is 'hoo ye daen hen' It means.. How are you? (to a female)

Years ago when I was a kid, we were visiting close friends of my parents. Lovely people, and she had the softest sweetest voice. I'll never forget when she asked me

"Would you like a cuppa, ducks?" Of course, now I know what she was asking me, but at 9 y/o, I thought she was asking me if I wanted a cup of ducks..... tee hee.

And yes, even at that tender age, I had a "cuppa".

Shelagh

Shelagh this is Hilarious hahahahhaha When i was 11 , i came to visit Holland again , [ after going to Israel at 6 ] .., Aunt sent me to shop to buy milk , she told me to ask for ~`1/2 vol melk`, = 1/2 full milk not having lived there for several years i forgot the meaning and insisted that the man sells me only half a bottle not a full one !!! mirjam

LOL Cute!

Matthew used to have some tea (mostly milk with a tiny bit of tea in it) in his bottle when he was one. Of course most of the time he wanted "doose" (juice)! hehehe

Gem