UK Parliamentary General Election 8th June 2017

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celedhring

Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 12:43:22 PM
I don't know if that means they like it. My employees keep laughing every time our person based in North Carolina speaks with a bit of a twang.

Yeah, the Texas accent is commonly trotted out when we are doing a caricature of Americans.

Valmy

Quote from: celedhring on May 03, 2017, 12:58:35 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 12:43:22 PM
I don't know if that means they like it. My employees keep laughing every time our person based in North Carolina speaks with a bit of a twang.

Yeah, the Texas accent is commonly trotted out when we are doing a caricature of Americans.

But it is interesting! I don't see you guys doing New Jersey or Fargo accents.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

garbon

Quote from: Valmy on May 03, 2017, 01:01:14 PM
Quote from: celedhring on May 03, 2017, 12:58:35 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 12:43:22 PM
I don't know if that means they like it. My employees keep laughing every time our person based in North Carolina speaks with a bit of a twang.

Yeah, the Texas accent is commonly trotted out when we are doing a caricature of Americans.

But it is interesting! I don't see you guys doing New Jersey or Fargo accents.

:console:
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 01:03:13 PM
:console:

What? It is not my accent. My accent is probably basically the same as yours.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

celedhring

Quote from: Valmy on May 03, 2017, 01:10:37 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 01:03:13 PM
:console:

What? It is not my accent. My accent is probably basically the same as yours.

There goes my mental image of Valmy  :(

Valmy

Quote from: celedhring on May 03, 2017, 01:14:26 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 03, 2017, 01:10:37 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 01:03:13 PM
:console:

What? It is not my accent. My accent is probably basically the same as yours.

There goes my mental image of Valmy  :(

I resemble Matthew McConaughey in virtually no respect :weep:
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

HVC

Quote from: Valmy on May 03, 2017, 01:10:37 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 01:03:13 PM
:console:

What? It is not my accent. My accent is probably basically the same as yours.

garbon has probably gone all Madonna on us.
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

garbon

Quote from: Valmy on May 03, 2017, 01:10:37 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 01:03:13 PM
:console:

What? It is not my accent. My accent is probably basically the same as yours.

You were the one being all about how interesting it is!
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

garbon

Quote from: HVC on May 03, 2017, 01:32:51 PM
Quote from: Valmy on May 03, 2017, 01:10:37 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 01:03:13 PM
:console:

What? It is not my accent. My accent is probably basically the same as yours.

garbon has probably gone all Madonna on us.

Not in the least.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Valmy

Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 03:44:52 PM
You were the one being all about how interesting it is!

Only because you insisted the ridiculous Glasgow accent was so fascinating.

But it is just a fact. The southern accent is famous and beloved worldwide.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Admiral Yi

I think Brit actors do southern accents a lot because they're relatively easy to copy.

Valmy

Quote from: garbon on May 03, 2017, 03:49:57 PM
Mocked worldwide, yes.

Sometimes. Many people also find it hot.

But even if you are right it does not make Glasgow's non-funny.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

garbon

"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Tamas

Just cast my first vote in the UK - on the county council member election :)

It was interesting. Maybe because it is much more irrelevant than a national election but: no signature required by me on their list of voters (that I have attended), and there was a pencil in the "booth"
That's a bit... lax isn't it?

Although I just attribute it to the wonderful, blissful naivety I have experienced in other aspects of British life as well.