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Fourcats - true - but I'd ne'er trey oot the Glasgae or Rabbie Burns lingo!
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 22, 2007 at 9:59 AM
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Tel - Yer got me bang ter rights, guv!
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 22, 2007 at 9:57 AM
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this is like trying to understand my dad when he switches to scottish
brogue. huh?
posted by
fourcats
on February 22, 2007 at 9:04 AM
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Tony
'er, moosh, wotchu fink yor playin' at, eh?
Wot you just writ dahn there looks more like wot you 'ear when yer workin' wiv them Paddies on a Wimpey site! An' a Paddy wot ain't got no 'ampsteads, neiver!
Gawd, I ain't never seen such a right loada Old Muvver Ubbard in me natchrul!
You can get lessons in cockney argot from Alfie on my blog, you know. Well, of course you do, old chap ; you're a regular visitor, aren't you?
posted by
ariel70
on February 22, 2007 at 7:07 AM
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Tony--that's jst great! You are right-you can't 'explain' how it should
sound-I tried one-last year! The reader has to put his/her own emphasis on the words.It really sounds authentic to me.Great.Chris.
posted by
Scramble
on February 22, 2007 at 6:58 AM
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Star - it's a Cockney guy meeting the devil in a pub in the London area!
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 22, 2007 at 12:54 AM
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Cor, love a duck, bladdy marvellous, ta Wiley, Star n Discom!
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 22, 2007 at 12:53 AM
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I thought you might've been inspired by Bhaskar.ing's post
posted by
Discombobulated78
on February 21, 2007 at 10:19 PM
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cool, but I don't know the meaning..
posted by
star4sky5
on February 21, 2007 at 9:52 PM
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Tonyzonit
I loved that, you have it down pat as I remember it mate, wonderful. I hung out in London some in the 50's, loike when the Goon Show was on, wif Neddie and all.
I ran wif a girl from Liverpool in them days, she come down to see me off on the ship out of Southampton it was.
Don't ever quit writing Tony, you a natural hoss.
posted by
WileyJohn
on February 21, 2007 at 7:47 PM
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Yes, ST, you must. I've noticed that everyone says 'dang' now?
Do you?
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 21, 2007 at 4:14 PM
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Whinge - do they say 'divil' like we say 'Gawd' - to avoid saying the
proper word, in case you get struck down? I've lost a few quid tonight - I've had the divil of a bad run lately. Still probably slightly up overall - nowt to worry about.
posted by
Antonionioni
on February 21, 2007 at 4:12 PM
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I knew it was cockney. . .
because I've read Dickens and seen "My Fair Lady." Maybe I'll torment you by writing with a thick American Southern drawl, y'all!
posted by
stbond
on February 21, 2007 at 1:25 PM
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No, my granny told me too many stories about the men playing cards with the
stranger, gambled with their souls, only to realise they'd lost them to the devil ('divil' she'd say) upon seeing smoldering cloven hoof prints under the table.
That woman (may she rest in peace) told me the best stories and gave me the worst nightmares and lovingly terrorised me for my childhood.
Sonnet sounds like Del boy meeting the master there.
posted by
CringeintheUSA
on February 21, 2007 at 12:59 PM
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