Messymascot's faith in humanity and ginger safe haven

[jazzy]

An update on my visit to the optician who was very apologetic that my concerns over my new prescription not being suitable hadn’t been addressed. A further test showed that the prism in the lens could be adjusted which along with exercises should alleviate the double vision, it will take a couple of months but I’m hopeful. Thanks for all the good wishes.

Fingers crossed for you!!!

 

[larbert toffee]

Safe journey LT

Thanks Fred, landed safely about 2 hours ago, foggy and lots of surface spray through the borders trouble free otherwise.

 

[larbert toffee]

John Bishop

Have you seen the state of him trying to act in Dr Who,it's embarrassing.

 

[jazzy]

Think the most common ones down here are proper job, dreckly and ansom. You hear them all the time if you listen out, especially ansom.

I've been called ansom once or twice since I've been down here. One drunk old lady in a pub in Falmouth once said to Cal, es proper ansom your usband in e. She nearly choked on her drink she was laughing that much.

And women are called maid.

 

[Gwladysover]

A very Liverpool thing to say. My mum uses a Westcountry phrase instead ..."only funning"

In Peterborough an “old boy/girl” is a young boy/girl. My “old boy” means my son. On holiday in Derbyshire Mr G. got into a conversation in a pub regarding the nuisance caused by “old boys” careering round on skateboards. Confusion reigned as the locals thought he was talking about old men, not youths.lol

 

[larbert toffee]

The thing that I noticed about the lovely Liverpool accent when I first moved up was a tendency for "posher " scousers to over pronounce the ing at the end of words.

McManaman does this all the time to make himself sound posher but then he let's it slip again when he gets excited.
It bugs me when people intentionally tone down their Merseyside accent.
Without setting out to try, I still have a strong accent and people can't believe I've been in Scotland so long.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

???
Definitely native speakers of English!! We will have to wait for your visit to Europe to test the hypothesis about Colombians!!
Does it work for agua jabonosa????!!!!

The real test it's going to be if I am able to understand scouser speak once I get there. Now when it comes to agua jabonosa I want to hear you all say that one because I can

 

[Sassy Colombian]

When I first moved to Liverpool I was very very conscious of my westcountry accent which made me sound like a yokel.

I tried to lose that accent not by adopting a scouse accent - can't and wouldn't - but just by trying to speak properly.

My wife's family thought I was dead posh - which I definately am not - and when I went back to Plymouth a few years later my mates were convinced that I spoke with a scouse accent - which I don't.

The truth is that when you live in a place for a period of time you are bound to pick up local phrases and inflections in accent.

I would never say I'm pleased , always made up. When I talk about a relative it's always ...our David . And , totally subconsciously a "werk" instead of work will fall into my everyday speaking.

That's righ and even if you don't live in a place and interact with people from other places you pick up their phrases because it has already happened to me here at the forum, at times I find myself saying words to my family that I have learned from you all lol

 

[Sassy Colombian]

A very Liverpool thing to say. My mum uses a Westcountry phrase instead ..."only funning"

Lol, now that's a phrase I have never heard but now I want to use.

 

[tommye]

Have you seen the state of him,it's embarrassing.

Would have sufficed.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

An update on my visit to the optician who was very apologetic that my concerns over my new prescription not being suitable hadn’t been addressed. A further test showed that the prism in the lens could be adjusted which along with exercises should alleviate the double vision, it will take a couple of months but I’m hopeful. Thanks for all the good wishes.

That's great news, hopefully this adjustments will improve your vision so you stop seeing double. x

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Names of cities - Armagh was an answer on Pointless today @Armaghtoffee .

Bet it was cities in the U.K.? It, Newry and Lisburn always seem to slip under the radar in GB quizzes.

 

[larbert toffee]

An update on my visit to the optician who was very apologetic that my concerns over my new prescription not being suitable hadn’t been addressed. A further test showed that the prism in the lens could be adjusted which along with exercises should alleviate the double vision, it will take a couple of months but I’m hopeful. Thanks for all the good wishes.

Nice one Gwladys

 

[larbert toffee]

Names of cities - Armagh was an answer on Pointless today @Armaghtoffee .

Armagh another scouse phrase - me Mam?

 

[anjelikaferrett]

When I first moved to Liverpool I was very very conscious of my westcountry accent which made me sound like a yokel.

I tried to lose that accent not by adopting a scouse accent - can't and wouldn't - but just by trying to speak properly.

My wife's family thought I was dead posh - which I definately am not - and when I went back to Plymouth a few years later my mates were convinced that I spoke with a scouse accent - which I don't.

The truth is that when you live in a place for a period of time you are bound to pick up local phrases and inflections in accent.

I would never say I'm pleased , always made up. When I talk about a relative it's always ...our David . And , totally subconsciously a "werk" instead of work will fall into my everyday speaking.

I've definitely adopted a few North East phrases over the years. " Eeee I was mortal" translates as I had over indulged on alcoholic beverages. Wife or girlfriend is always our lass. My workmates can always tell when I've been to Liverpool. They say the accent is always stronger when I come back. We actually had a Merseyside police interview in one of our referrals that mentioned brasses and beak. I was on hand to translate!