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"Jeanette" wrote dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers wrote Like who? Who doesn't love the Geordie accent? It's one of my favourites! I like it but I do have some difficulty understanding it. ;o) -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote in message ... Well, like others have said, I think it's pretty much a regional/cultural thing. California's a pretty big state, and there are, at least in my opinion, definite differences depending where you are. I grew up in the Central Valley surrounded by Okies who had come out during the Depression. BTW, Okie is one of those labels that can be either an insult or perfectly alright depending on the situation. Where I grew up in the north-east of England, accents could vary from one village/small town to another. You caould tell which part of Northumberland someone came from by the way they pronounced some words and the strength of the accent. Aye, same thing happens in Scotland - two small towns (villages) 8 miles apart have different accents (recogniseable to ourselves and each other, but probably not to a visiting american g) -- Jette "Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ |
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:41:33 -0600, Steve Touchstone
wrote: Authority figures were always Sir or Ma'am; all adults, Mr, Mrs, or Miss (don't think we had even heard of Ms back then). We were raised the same way. Maybe I'm just an old fogy, but it *really* ticks me off to be called by my first name by strangers, now that I'm entitled to the honorifics. This was especially noticeable in Florida. "But it's just being friendly." But you're not yet my friend. Telephone solicitors starting off on a first name basis: I ask "Do I know you?" (Stops them every time). Doctor/Dentist offices: receptionist calls out "Jeanne" and three Jean(ne)s stand up. "I don't know how to pronounce your last name." So mispronounce it; I can figure it out. Grrrr!!! Jeanne (the old fogy) |
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JBHajos wrote:
We were raised the same way. Maybe I'm just an old fogy, but it *really* ticks me off to be called by my first name by strangers, now that I'm entitled to the honorifics. This was especially noticeable in Florida. "But it's just being friendly." But you're not yet my friend. Telephone solicitors starting off on a first name basis: I ask "Do I know you?" (Stops them every time). Doctor/Dentist offices: receptionist calls out "Jeanne" and three Jean(ne)s stand up. "I don't know how to pronounce your last name." So mispronounce it; I can figure it out. Grrrr!!! Jeanne (the old fogy) Here they don't do first names at doctor/dentist offices and I know, when I hear something that could be close to my last name around the time I had the appointment for, I get up and check if it was me they meant. I have a tricky last name too. Can't even count the times I've taught ppl how to type the ΓΌ (u with dots) on an ordinary keyboard, both at work and even in offices where names are required. -- Christine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 |
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JBHajos wrote:
On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 11:41:33 -0600, Steve Touchstone wrote: Authority figures were always Sir or Ma'am; all adults, Mr, Mrs, or Miss (don't think we had even heard of Ms back then). We were raised the same way. Maybe I'm just an old fogy, but it *really* ticks me off to be called by my first name by strangers, now that I'm entitled to the honorifics. This was especially noticeable in Florida. "But it's just being friendly." But you're not yet my friend. Telephone solicitors starting off on a first name basis: I ask "Do I know you?" (Stops them every time). Doctor/Dentist offices: receptionist calls out "Jeanne" and three Jean(ne)s stand up. "I don't know how to pronounce your last name." So mispronounce it; I can figure it out. Grrrr!!! Jeanne (the old fogy) ROFL!!! Last time I was at the doctor's office they called out Ms. Mc..Mc..Mc... I can always tell when they are calling me. But I wanted to say "Who you calling a Mick?!" Just say McGowen (incorrect) and get it over with; I'll know who you mean. Jill |
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John F. Eldredge wrote:
My mother was an elementary-school teacher, and once had a principal gesture to the Halloween-decoration witch on her classroom door and ask her, jokingly, if Eldredge meant "old witch". I thought that "Eldredge" was just one of those names that begin with "El", like Eldorado, or El Paso. |
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CK wrote:
Hopitus2 wrote: Hopitus2 does not watch "little brats" of any origin on tv, but prefers science fiction pretty much, where no one calls parents anything at all, because there just *ain't any*. Brit actors are rare in sci-fi tv, Patrick Stewart, a Yorkshire boy, excepted. More Brits in sci-fi: - Terence Stamp, born in London, England, is in both Superman II and Star Wars I, The Phantom Menace. - Liam Neeson, Irish, the new episodes of Star Wars - Ewan McGregor, Scottish, the new episodes of Star Wars. - Christopher Lee, Belgravia, London, England, in Star Wars II, Attack of the Clones (and LOTR, but those aren't sci-fi) - Colm Meaney, Dublin, Ireland, Star Trek, The Next Generation and DS9 ... just to mention a few off the top of my head... (have I ever mentioned I like sci-fi?? ) You're good to catch Colm Meaney. I always overlook him. There's also all the science fiction that comes out of the UK, like Dr. Who, Red Dwarf, etc. |
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"Kim" wrote:
It ticks me right off when somebody calls me maam. It's like a old lady title or something and I'm way too young for that! (29). Why does a lousy title like that even need to be used? Saying "thank you" as opposed to "thank you maam" sounds perfectly polite and respectful to me. I was at a restaurant with a group of my friends once and the waiter -- likely in his late teens -- kept calling us maam. We started calling him sir every time he addressed us as maam, then we'd laugh cus he didn't seem to know how to react to that. After the main course one of my friends said to him "you know... most women, us included, prefer not to be addressed as maam cus it makes us feel old". If you really have to call us something, how about using our names." We did a roundtable of introductions and he called us by our first names for the rest of the evening.... he had no trouble remembering them either. We ended up giving him a big tip of course for respecting our preference not to be maamed. I have a habit of sometimes calling women "sir". I also call groups of women "guys", like "Hi guys", and "I'm going out with the guys". I sometimes get some funny looks. Do you suppose that's okay? |
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