Guest sojoe Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Two towns in England one spelt Slough and one spelt Brough. Slough is pronounced to rhyme with cow and Brough is pronounced to rhyme with rough!!!! No American could say this sentence correctly 'I now live in Slough but used to live in Brough!!!' Which reminds me of the actor Sean Bean - which should be pronounced Shawn Been - however should it not be Shawn Bawn or Seen Been? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther063 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Which reminds me of the actor Sean Bean - which should be pronounced Shawn Been - however should it not be Shawn Bawn or Seen Been? That problem would be solved if the dickhead spelled his name properly, as in, Shawn Bean ffs. Why do people have to have stupid names that are hard to spell, let alone pronounce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG 150 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Oh man. I so wanted to say that. But the board Nazi's here would figure out a way to terrorize me with posts and PM's that I'm racist. And it's the white ones that scare me the most. Even when they are in foreign lands. The only thing that I'm racist against is lazy fucks that want to mooch off the backs of hard working people and a government that allows and condones such behavior. But if you should happen to live in an English speaking country, and are of a conservative mindset, you know of which I write. 'nowhutimsayin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther063 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I was thinking of those type of names when I initially replied, but didn't want to be specific, because of racial profiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StnCld316 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Oh man. I so wanted to say that. But the board Nazi's here would figure out a way to terrorize me with posts and PM's that I'm racist. And it's the white ones that scare me the most. Even when they are in foreign lands. The only thing that I'm racist against is lazy fucks that want to mooch off the backs of hard working people and a government that allows and condones such behavior. But if you should happen to live in an English speaking country, and are of a conservative mindset, you know of which I write. 'nowhutimsayin? Governments are the worst mooches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ww_watcher Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Speaking of dialect shifts in England. I entered a pub somewhere south of Liverpool (I'm from Texas and was wandering around aimlessly after high school) and struck up a conversation with a Welshman. Impossible you say? Not after 4 or so pints of 'er Majesty's Grog. Later, so we could keep in touch, he wrote down his address (no email back then). The next morning I realized he had written it in Welsh. The bastard got the last laugh. So, did you know that the Texas compass has six points. East to East Texas, west to west Texas, north to the panhandle, south to the border, up to the Texas moon, and down to the Texas oil (pronounced "awl". Did you know the famous Texas drawl comes from the old TV show "Dallas". Just kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Squirrel Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 So, did you know that the Texas compass has six points. East to East Texas, west to west Texas, north to the panhandle, south to the border, up to the Texas moon, and down to the Texas oil (pronounced "awl". I never met a Texan I didn't like. I'm on my way there before my state falls into the Pacific under the weight of it own socialist debt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ww_watcher Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Come to Austin. you'll never be bored unless you want to, plenty of young things at UT, it's legal for women to go topless though it's frowned upon under certain circumstances, and there are zillions (well, maybe a few less) of brew-pubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Squirrel Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Come to Austin. you'll never be bored unless you want to, plenty of young things at UT, it's legal for women to go topless though it's frowned upon under certain circumstances, and there are zillions (well, maybe a few less) of brew-pubs. Been think'n 'bout Austin. Every Californian friend who escaped from the PRC loved Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ww_watcher Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I'm pretty sure Bullwinkle lives in the neighborhood too,so, at least you'll know someone here. LOL. One of our next door neighbors is a couple from San Bernardino. She's an artist but I'm not sure what he does. Nice folks but I may be too much of an old hippy for them. Funny that I grew up on a ranch and they think of me as an old hippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG 150 Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I understand it as there are two states within one. There is North Texas and South Texas. South Texas is where all the Americans are and North Texas is where all of the greenie Libtards from Kalifornia moved too. DFW is just a mid-continent version of L.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ww_watcher Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 We got our share in Austin, also. Did you know: I always thought that Juggernaut, meaning nearly unstoppable object or army, was a German word. Not so, it actually has its roots in Sanskrit as Jagganath and is the other name for Vishnu and it means "lord of the world." That means it may be one of the oldest words whose meaning and pronunciation (more or less) is still relatively unchanged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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