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Re: Aussies and Kiwis....
« on: December 08, 2006, 09:49:19 AM »
I know a chap whos either moved, or is in the process of moving to NZ from here in the Black Country. says its fantastic, and really cheap! he loved it when I saw him, couldnt wait to get back.
\\"New Bruce here will be teaching Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett and Benaud.\\"
\\"Those are all cricketers, Bruce !\\"
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Re: Aussies and Kiwis....
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2006, 02:03:35 PM »
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iamaboringperson wrote:
The NZ accent alone puts me off.

It's the worst accent in the world.



Clearly you've never spoken to any Yams*....


(*not the vegetable variety, though given the accent, you could be forgiven for failing to perceive the difference)


do you mean Yamyams ? (as in: yow am, shortened) ie: the Black country accent ? personally I think Brummie is even worse...

I quite like the canadian accent, eh? ;-)

back onT: as for the NZ scenery, one only has to cop a load of the Lord of The Rings trilogy (just watched 2towers again last night) the words 'smacked' and 'gob' in reverse order!
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Re: Aussies and Kiwis....
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2006, 02:27:28 PM »
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do you mean Yamyams ? (as in: yow am, shortened) ie: the Black country accent ? personally I think Brummie is even worse...


There is no difference.


/me runs!


yer alright with me, I only live in the WM. I'm actually from the East Midlands. its taken me 8 years to get the difference!
\\"New Bruce here will be teaching Machiavelli, Bentham, Locke, Hobbes, Sutcliffe, Bradman, Lindwall, Miller, Hassett and Benaud.\\"
\\"Those are all cricketers, Bruce !\\"
A1XE G3/800MHz Radeon 7000 512MB
A1200 030/25MHz 8MB