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Shawnee123 · 06-22-2009, 08:17 AM

No won gits mai joekes.

classicman · 06-22-2009, 08:29 AM

Oh, I got it - it was "lol" funny, but we aren't allowed to say that anymore.

Shawnee123 · 06-22-2009, 10:38 AM

HAGGIS!

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-27-2009, 01:24 AM

Haggis and Tatties and Neeps, O Gawd, Haggis and Tatties and Neeps!

DanaC · 06-27-2009, 06:02 AM

Oh I could just eat haggis, tatties and neeps!

Urbane Guerrilla · 04-07-2010, 04:57 PM

Re "Favour:"

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

. . .Mostly I think the last syllable is shortened and pronounced with the schwa. What vowel sounds lives inside that shwa is very different town to town. *smiles* For me it's more of an uh sound Fav-uh (which is how it's said in Bolton) but if I was a full on Manc, I might say it as more of an short 'o' sound. Fav-o'. The 'r' is not pronounced. In Liverpool, it ends with more of an 'eh' sound (quite slight). Fav'eh. Again, the 'r' isn't pronounced.

The American pronunciation, prevalent everywhere but New England which goes like "fav-ah," would sure stick out enough to attract curious looks all down the bar: "Fav-rrr." The vowel gets almost entirely subsumed into the voiced consonant, a reflection of the R-effect.

06-22-2009, 08:17 AM	#196
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	No won gits mai joekes. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-22-2009, 08:29 AM	#197
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Oh, I got it - it was "lol" funny, but we aren't allowed to say that anymore. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

06-22-2009, 10:38 AM	#198
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	HAGGIS! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-27-2009, 01:24 AM	#199
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Haggis and Tatties and Neeps, O Gawd, Haggis and Tatties and Neeps! __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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