Just for fun...

[ChezCheese:)]

All that stuff's gotta affect balance.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

This thread is taking a weird turn...

Yep, mostly far-from-fun stuff now. And at a time when we all need a little real fun just to stay sane. Plenty of places without "Just for fun" in the title to wallow in the angst as needed.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Horrifying thought yesterday as the dentist probed my gums in preparation for the flossing lecture: Hope she doesn't think I have deep pockets!

 

[ChezCheese:)]

What is the smartest nut?
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The Macademia nut!

 

[Chargeride]

Had to search that , somethings wrong with google , all I got was pear reviews.

 

[PCeBiker]

I went to the pier and noticed a pair that appeared to be giving a peer review of pears?

Then I Googled pears on a pier,..

 

[Chargeride]

You appear to be right

 

[ChezCheese:)]

I'm going to have lunch in India. I hear they have a new deli.

 

[kevinmccune]

What is the smartest nut?
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The Macademia nut!

Vich nut hath you up all night? the peanut.

 

[spokewrench]

Why pay five dollars for a bag of beer nuts? A bag of deer nuts is under a buck.

 

[PedalUma]

Just for fun, I led a group ride this evening of 35 on a safe route to a bird sanctuary with amazing views, gravel paths along a river, and we saw swans. The return route showed people how to most safely get from the westside to resources such as Kiser on the southeast side of town. The sunset was lovely, and I shocked everyone by ridding a Revv 1 DRT.

 

[Chargeride]

These wide angle lenses are getting out of hand

 

[Roamers]

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

English-language accents can be fun, and they've been discussed here several times before — especially by @Chargeride , so here goes...

After several seasons of deciphering the Kiwi detective series Brokenwood, I've decided to try my hand at a Kiwi accent. A good start from standard English: Keep all the consonant sounds, replace every short "e" sound with a stressed "ay" as in "say", and every short "i" sound with a stressed "ee" as in "bee". As when the detectives refer to a "suspeecious dayth".

Next (after more Bitish murder mysteries than I care to admit), I'd like to try a very specific kind of British accent — namely, the one that turns "bother" into "bovvah".

Q1. Does this accent have a name?

Q2. Where is it most commonly spoken?

Q3 Links to good spoken examples I could follow?

@Chargeride , you're the resident expert.

 

[Chargeride]

Bovvah is a fast disappearing London cockney accent , though there are several local differences that only they understand.
Its obviously working class and I personally think its the basis of the Australian accent...opinions may differ
BBCs Eastenders long running soap is full of it, but the changing demographics are turning it into a multitude of carribean, Indian, African sub accents depending on the age of the speakers

Its the origin of rhyming slang and comedian Micky Flanagan is a good example, which is hilarious with his completely Irish name.
Hes higher pitched than usual, its normally associated with a deep husky drawl.
This is one of the classics of comedy.

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Bovvah is a fast disappearing London cockney accent , though there are several local differences that only they understand.
Its obviously working class and I personally think its the basis of the Australian accent...opinions may differ
BBCs Eastenders long running soap is full of it, but the changing demographics are turning it into a multitude of carribean, Indian, African sub accents depending on the age of the speakers

Its the origin of rhyming slang and comedian Micky Flanagan is a good example, which is hilarious with his completely Irish name.
Hes higher pitched than usual, its normally associated with a deep husky drawl.
This is one of the classics of comedy.

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"I am peepin' out me own curtain. This is where I've come to." The peeping bit starts at 4:18 and quickly goes from hilarious to fear of permanent laughing muscle damage.

Looks like I'll be watching Micky Flanagan videos for the next few days. Will look into London cockney accents. Thanks!

 

[Chargeride]

Thus throwing the whole thing in to some doubt.

 

[Chargeride]

When the battery runs out.

 

[PedalUma]

English-language accents can be fun, and they've been discussed here several times before — especially by @Chargeride , so here goes...

After several seasons of deciphering the Kiwi detective series Brokenwood, I've decided to try my hand at a Kiwi accent. A good start from standard English: Keep all the consonant sounds, replace every short "e" sound with a stressed "ay" as in "say", and every short "i" sound with a stressed "ee" as in "bee". As when the detectives refer to a "suspeecious dayth".

Next (after more Bitish murder mysteries than I care to admit), I'd like to try a very specific kind of British accent — namely, the one that turns "bother" into "bovvah".

Q1. Does this accent have a name?

Q2. Where is it most commonly spoken?

Q3 Links to good spoken examples I could follow?

@Chargeride , you're the resident expert.

Q2: Bastian, Beantown aka S. Boston!

 

[PCeBiker]

English-language accents can be fun, and they've been discussed here several times before — especially by @Chargeride , so here goes...

My favorite English-language accent is Brad Pit with a Gypsy accent in the movie Snatch.
Even the other characters in the movie didn't know what the hell he was saying.

I'm a big fan of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels too, but I had to turn on the Closed Captioning to translate it for me.