Regional accents
At sea as they are on land
Listen to herrings.
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Author:
Michael Edwards (
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A fine write and pic Michael. Miss Berles got any herrings?
I fin she might have - I'd guess on a scale of 1 to 10 I'd say (River) severn.
Could this also be a play on accents - Herr-rings? And if so, do you know Herr Ring?
I was going to suggest Rear Ring but that might get me into trouble with Fido.
Either Fido would bark first, or you would hear a crash of me swooning!
I would rather listen to dolphins.
When I first started working at the Atomic Energy Labs in Harwell they had three hostels just off site for workers, mainly young men, to live in, there were about two hundred in these hostels and there were people from all over the country, Jordies, Glaswegians, Brummies etc and we understood them all until that day when a guy from Cornwall arrived - we didn't have a clue what he was saying.
Made me smile. There is a Scottish female presenter (Loraine?) on in the mornings - although I can understand her it is a bit of a struggle - might be just my age but I find it hard work so I switch off.
No trouble with Brummies and Geordies though.
I'm gonna be a conservationist today. I'm gonna save air, and not breathe for 24 hours. I might be dead then, but that can't be helped! Hmm.
Manwhile - arrghhh, Lorraine. A prisoner had a choice - Be hanged or watch a month of Lorraine - which did he choose?
Now there's a poem there (non-breathing bit) - I'll think about it.
Lorraine - yes that's the one - almost as bad as that dreadful Loose Women show - so shallow. If there was a male equivalent the feminists would be up in arms.
Probably why they put those progs on those times of day - no-one watches them, or they have the telly on in the background while doing other things. There's Countdown too - ooh, can't miss it, except the host waffles on, especially at the start totally irrelevantly, about the price of fish or something. The 'celebrity spot' in it is a killer, and usually bores ya to death!
AYE UNCLE MIKE : Y'ear em "Wen t' bowt comsin" In N Z Maori Dogs bark in Maori !
Caption for cartoon
Why are you firing that arrow Jarrow
Cos Im CUPID stupid
Thought if I hit you in the BUM
You'd start kissin' MUM !
Enjoy Sunday ! Penguin Love.
ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡
lol - an arrow in the bum - that would unblock your sinuses - mine are all blocked at the moment with a heavy cold but I don't fancy the arrow treatment.
Blessings Angela.
Don't ya just love accents.. mind you, I love herrings too, but not in the biblical sense.. orchidee would have a bloomin fit, wouldn't he... N
He'd be swooning
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OMG it just begs for this..... lend me your herring aid then please.
Do you get heards of herrings or does that only apply to kippers?
I'm not schooled in kippers, i wouldn't know.
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I love kippers. I love this Penguin picture. I love funny.
We would get on well then - I have an odd sense of humour and often end in fits convulsed in laughter - the family never know what I'm laughing at but end up laughing too.
At the nursing home yesterday my husband with Alzheimer's and I were watching a movie and everyone was dancing in the film. He doesn't speak much so to make conversation I asked him if he would like to dance..... and he looked at me and said "YES! But only if I don't have to move....' He can still make me laugh......
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