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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Arrgh it's this O sound and U sound.. they all sound the same to me. Sarah's kids say 'Mom' and she agrees that it has an 'O' sound. But it's a 'U' in the middle... yawn, so if a 'U' sounds like an 'O', what does an 'O' sound like? Other words with a 'U' sound like a clipped 'U', like 'much'...

    You'll just say 'An O sounds like an 'O', idiot' ;)

    To be fair, it's probably because i'm originally from Nuneaton which has a slightly different accent to Coventry... I'm a Midlands hybrid! :D

    In Nueaton we'd say:

    "chuffin' nora! the bluddy clocks gew back vis weekend innit!"
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    To be fair, it's probably because i'm originally from Nuneaton which has a slightly different accent to Coventry... I'm a Midlands hybrid! :D

    In Nueaton we'd say:

    "chuffin' nora! the bluddy clocks gew back vis weekend innit!"

    Allow me to speak in my mother tongue:

    'Come friendly bombs and fall on Slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Allow me to speak in my mother tongue:

    'Come friendly bombs and fall on Slaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'

    This means nothing to me....

    Oh Vienna.
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    This means nothing to me....

    Oh Vienna.

    It's a poem... John Betjeman. It's about Slough. I lived next to it for about 8 years. :)

    Edit: Who's Vienna?
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

    Does anyone get confused by it?

    I do :o


    yes other people get confused by it... we call these people 'toddlers' and we take them to school to learn stuff.

    spring forward fall back... its that easy.

    its like that wee rhyme for remembering which way a screw needs turned

    Lefty Lucy, Righty Tighty.

    pimplesimplamatrons
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    It's a poem... John Betjeman. It's about Slough. I lived next to it for about 8 years. :)

    Edit: Who's Vienna?


    you lived next to a poem?

    Vienna is a world famous song that spent 8.3 light years at Number 1 sung by Ultravox... its chorus catchier than malaria... this off-grid existence doesnt suit you.. you miss out on 80's electropop hits.!!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • angie76
    angie76 Posts: 646
    I actually had to check the calandar. It's November 2nd here. It's annoying because I always forget to change a clock.
    Dig a ditch deep enough
    To keep you clear of the sun
    You've been burned more than once
    You don't think much of trust
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    dunkman wrote:
    yes other people get confused by it... we call these people 'toddlers' and we take them to school to learn stuff.

    spring forward fall back... its that easy.

    its like that wee rhyme for remembering which way a screw needs turned

    Lefty Lucy, Righty Tighty.

    pimplesimplamatrons

    I used to wonder where the hour went :o

    I'm not so bad now, it's just the whole arranging the mini bus thing completely baffled me. Worrying about the hen night being a success is stressful enough without this clock change milarky!
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    No sian it's not just England where this happens :D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • xscorcho
    xscorcho Posts: 409
    dunkman wrote:

    spring forward fall back... its that easy.
    except for in the countries that go back in the spring and foward in the fall :)

    here, we go back on the 26th at 3AM.. i dont like how it gets dark so flippin early
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    xscorcho wrote:
    except for in the countries that go back in the spring and foward in the fall :)

    here, we go back on the 26th at 3AM.. i dont like how it gets dark so flippin early

    i dont know what they do in 3rd world countries. ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    dunkman wrote:
    you lived next to a poem?

    Vienna is a world famous song that spent 8.3 light years at Number 1 sung by Ultravox... its chorus catchier than malaria... this off-grid existence doesnt suit you.. you miss out on 80's electropop hits.!!

    Not in the UK it wasn't. It was kept off the No1 spot by a chirpy little Italian telling people to shaddup your face. Can't remember the little wankers name.

    Such memories!!!!

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