tornadoes?

Lesley wrote:
A few years ago Dave and me met someone with an impossibly thick
Glaswegian accent that gave me real problems but Dave not only
understood it as they talked he started to sound Glasgewian, which is
odd as although he is Scottish he's from Leven in Fife. When he talks
to his fellow countrymen his Scottish accent seems to get stronger and
the effect lasts a few hours


My accent varies between saaarf London and Surrey depending on who I'm
talking to, probably for a similar reason. When we're in America we
usually get mistaken for Australian :-)

When we visited relatives who live north of Peterhead some years ago, we
went to a restaurant and the waitress' accent was so strong, she may as
well have been speaking Norwegian. I think Oslo was actually closer than
London at that point.

Deb.
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"He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would;
He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield

On Apr 21, 5:18*pm, (Debbie Wilson) wrote:
Lesley wrote:
A few years ago Dave and me met someone with an impossibly thick
Glaswegian accent that gave me real problems but Dave not only
understood it as they talked he started to sound Glasgewian, which is
odd as although he is Scottish he's from Leven in Fife. *When he talks
to his fellow countrymen his Scottish accent seems to get stronger and
the effect lasts a few hours

My accent varies between saaarf London and Surrey depending on who I'm
talking to, probably for a similar reason. *When we're in America we
usually get mistaken for Australian *:-)

When we visited relatives who live north of Peterhead some years ago, we
went to a restaurant and the waitress' accent was so strong, she may as
well have been speaking Norwegian. I think Oslo was actually closer than
London at that point.

Deb.
--http://www.scientific-art.com

"He looked a fierce and quarrelsome cat, but claw he never would;
He only bit the ones he loved, because they tasted good." S. Greenfield

My accent is horribly chameleonic. At home it is gently Australian;
some think I'm English. If I'm in the country it is broadly rural
Australian (i.e. fairly rough). If I'm abroad it tends to reflect the
accent or dialogue of English spoken where I am visiting - was very
funny when visiting India! My DH finds it embarrassing because he
doesn't quite believe that it's involuntary and subconscious on my
part; he thinks I'm taking the mickey.

Tish

Spock-n-Persephone wrote:
... he thinks I'm taking the mickey.

"Taking the mickey?" Could you translate, please? Thank you!

Deborah

"Phoenix" wrote in message
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Spock-n-Persephone wrote:
... he thinks I'm taking the mickey.

"Taking the mickey?" Could you translate, please? Thank you!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_mickey

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Matsav

"MatSav" wrote in message
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"Phoenix" wrote in message
...
Spock-n-Persephone wrote:
... he thinks I'm taking the mickey.

"Taking the mickey?" Could you translate, please? Thank you!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_mickey

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Matsav

Wow! They took a lot of words to say "putting one on" or "pulling one's
leg". ;-)

Joy

On 22/04/2011 4:41 AM, Phoenix wrote:
Spock-n-Persephone wrote:
... he thinks I'm taking the mickey.

"Taking the mickey?" Could you translate, please? Thank you!

Formally expressed as "Taking the mickey out of the thing in question"
it means "Making fun of".

Also expressed in Australia as "Taking the ****".

No, i don't know why.

Yowie