Here is a new one Brolly

luvrbus · February 28, 2015, 10:03:04 AM

A guy called and ask if I could fix his" brolly" the spelling may not be correct. I never heard of a awning called a brolly so it took a few minutes to figure out what he was talking about lol a easy fix his brolly was just locked in the travel position.These RV rental co's must just take the peoples money and send them on their way he knew nothing about a RV but he does know now how to roll a brolly in and out now

Dave5Cs · February 28, 2015, 04:09:06 PM

Brolly= Rain umbrella, lol

gumpy · February 28, 2015, 04:23:23 PM

Was he speaking with a British accent?

luvrbus · February 28, 2015, 04:42:37 PM

Yes he was Craig and me speaking Texan it was a show ::)we got through it

Iceni John · February 28, 2015, 05:34:25 PM

Quote from: gumpy on February 28, 2015, 04:23:23 PM
Was he speaking with a British accent?

Excuse me, there's no such thing as a "British accent"! The English speak English (except for Scousers and Geordies). OK? It's their trans-Atlantic colonial cousins who speak with varying degrees of accent (or speech impediment in some southern states). However, the Scots speak something unintelligible to anyone else, and the Welsh are from another planet altogether. These days it's easier to find good English in India than in England.

Two nations separated by a common language?

John, a true son of Albion

luvrbus · February 28, 2015, 05:51:57 PM

John, I visited Albion before MI that is

Dave5Cs · February 28, 2015, 08:14:04 PM

Clifford someone asked the Wife where her Accent was from. She said, Unless your an Indian I don't have an Accent you moron I am from Boston, LOL you know her and you know I'm not fibbin.

Dave5Cs

gumpy · March 01, 2015, 05:38:47 AM

Quote from: Iceni John on February 28, 2015, 05:34:25 PM
Excuse me, there's no such thing as a "British accent"! The English speak English (except for Scousers and Geordies). OK? It's their trans-Atlantic colonial cousins who speak with varying degrees of accent (or speech impediment in some southern states). However, the Scots speak something unintelligible to anyone else, and the Welsh are from another planet altogether. These days it's easier to find good English in India than in England.

Two nations separated by a common language?

John, a true son of Albion

I didn't ask if he was speaking English, and yes, there is such thing as a British accent. There are actually multiple British accents, because, as in different regions of America, the people of
the varying regions of England speak with very distinct accents and dialects indicative of those regions to which they belong. A good linguist can tell from whence they came by the timbre
in their voice!

lvmci · March 01, 2015, 06:29:01 AM

Would a person from Scotland and a person from Boston, be able to talk to eachother without subtitles?...one of the NHP officers stopped me, after getting of a fwy and he accused me of crossing the "gore" , but he had such a thick Boston accent, I wasn't sure what he was saying, such is life in an international city, people speak foreign languages all the time! lvmci...

RickB · March 01, 2015, 06:51:43 AM

Clifford did the diagnosis go like this?

"I think it's prolly your brolly by golly.

RB

Iceni John · March 01, 2015, 09:18:16 AM

Quote from: gumpy on March 01, 2015, 05:38:47 AM
I didn't ask if he was speaking English, and yes, there is such thing as a British accent. There are actually multiple British accents, because, as in different regions of America, the people of
the varying regions of England speak with very distinct accents and dialects indicative of those regions to which they belong. A good linguist can tell from whence they came by the timbre
in their voice!

I agree that there are multiple English accents. For example, I used to live in Norwich, and the accent there was subtly different than that of Cromer (25 miles to the north) and Swaffham (20 miles to the west), enough that I could recognize someone's home town just from their speech, and that's just within the county of Norfolk. However, Britain consists of Scotland (at least, pro tem) and Wales, both of which countries speak their own unique languages. There are parts of Scotland and Wales where English is just not spoken. The Welsh linguistically have more in common with the Bretons across the English Channel - notice I did not say in France, because a true Breton considers himself Breton first and French second, somewhat like the Galicians and Basques and Catalans in Iberia. Scotland and Wales are separate and proudly-distinctive countries, not part of England, but they collectively constitute Britain. Add in the six counties of Northern Ireland (Ulster) and you have the United Kingdom; however, the Isle of Man (with the world's oldest parliament), and the Channel Islands (originally Norman (i.e. Norse/Viking)) are not even part of the UK, having their own governments and taxations. Simple! So, no more "British accent" please!

And now back to our regular programming. I haven't a clue why he refers to an awning as a brolly. What a wally (pronounced woll-ey). Why didn't he just say awning? Darned foreigners.

John

gumpy · March 01, 2015, 09:34:40 AM

Quote from: Iceni John on March 01, 2015, 09:18:16 AM
I agree that there are multiple English accents. For example, I used to live in Norwich, and the accent there was subtly different than that of Cromer (25 miles to the north) and Swaffham (20 miles to the west), enough that I could recognize someone's home town just from their speech, and that's just within the county of Norfolk. However, Britain consists of Scotland (at least, pro tem) and Wales, both of which countries speak their own unique languages. There are parts of Scotland and Wales where English is just not spoken. The Welsh linguistically have more in common with the Bretons across the English Channel - notice I did not say in France, because a true Breton considers himself Breton first and French second, somewhat like the Galicians and Basques and Catalans in Iberia. Scotland and Wales are separate and proudly-distinctive countries, not part of England, but they collectively constitute Britain. Add in the six counties of Northern Ireland (Ulster) and you have the United Kingdom; however, the Isle of Man (with the world's oldest parliament), and the Channel Islands (originally Norman (i.e. Norse/Viking)) are not even part of the UK, having their own governments and taxations. Simple! So, no more "British accent" please!

And now back to our regular programming. I haven't a clue why he refers to an awning as a brolly. What a wally (pronounced woll-ey). Why didn't he just say awning? Darned foreigners.

John

And yet, after all that, here in America it's still a British accent!

Rick 74 MC-8 · March 01, 2015, 10:01:13 AM

Maybe brolly is like an umbrella. You know like tire iron and tararn.lol

Rick

Dave5Cs · March 01, 2015, 10:13:41 AM

Quote from: Dave5Cs on February 28, 2015, 04:09:06 PM
Brolly= Rain umbrella, lol

Ok so you all are just ignoring me. That's fine but I looked it up and it said what I posted above.

And you wonder why we Irish like being by ourselves, LOL shaking head.................

luvrbus · March 01, 2015, 11:10:48 AM

Umbrella sounded good to me Dave lol I didn't look it up but it made sense a 12x8 umbrella this guy was funny I liked him alot he threw another curve at me when he ask where to buy autogas for the furnace then he showed me the propane tanks , but the English beer he gave me sucks big time