Constant Use of Inane Sayings

[Ginger Tea]

It had donned on me after my post but I never returned to edit that it does indeed sound rather Scottish, but from which part I could not say.

I have been watching live at the Apollo on bbc iplayer and one of the hosts aka the first stand up had a thick Scottish accent but only when describing how he is seen by his peers due to his enunciation to a more English sounding scots accent.
Just as David Tennant doesn't sound like he does as the Doctor, this stand up would normally be talking with a thicker accent and I think he might have even used dawn in his routine.

Just as I sometimes hear Irish accents saying tree and turd instead of 3 and 3rd.

Edit, I would have it closer to dorn than don, but I'm not sure which words I use have which accent as some words I say with a Manc accent, others scouse and the rest with no discernible accent that I am aware of.
There was a joke about CEEFAX page 888 the subtitles page from way back when, it was either Naked Video (least I think that's the name) or another one that had a thick accent English cast vs Nakeds Scottish one.
subtitles were hard subbed but used the same 8bit graphics that ceefax used (basically the BBC home micro) and it was a self aware mock of how viewers had written in to points of view about sometimes not being to understand "Those northerners" or scots which ever show was doing the joke.

But I think I did watch the show with 888 running once and it was a piss poor job.

[HYHYBT]

I'm pretty sure the majority of English speakers pronounce "don" and "dawn" as homophones.

This is apparently the case for most Americans as well as Scots, apparently.

In preschool, I had a friend I thought was a boy named Don. Finding out she was instead a girl named Dawn (though I couldn't spell either then, the normally unnoticeable-to-absent difference in pronunciation was pointed out clearly) was quite a shock. Lesson learned: you can tell boys from girls because girls wear burettes in their hair.

[Andara Bledin]

Nekojin and I actually have a small part of a story we'd written where one of the protagonists is set to meet with Don and ends up flirting outrageously with a woman on the way up to the office. He finds out when he arrives that he's actually meeting Dawn and by that point, they're rather past just meeting.

[BrenDAnn]

Had a customer use a phrase today that reminded me I needed to post it here. The phrase? "Don't work too hard!" Guh.. .just...STFU. Now. Thanks. ETA: As to the Don/Dawn thing, I know of a Don who has two daughters-- Dawn Annette and Donette Ann.

[crashhelmet]

15-20 years ago, back when Arsenio Hall still had his late night talk show, he was interviewing some rapper/hip hop artist he had on his show.

All throughout the interview, the guy kept saying the phrase "You know what I'm saying?" It was something like "I was hanging with my crew, you know what i'm saying? and we were talking about the Raiders, you know what I'm saying? blah blah, you know what I'm saying?"


No. I don't know what you're saying because you won't fracking say it!

[Aethian]

What's fun is if someone has said that enough and you finally reply that no you don't know what their saying because they haven't said anything you can watch their brains blue screen.

[blas87]

My ex said "Epic" constantly. Just as a one word response to pretty much anything.

I remember at one point, two coworkers would scream at him for saying it.

[Aethian]

My ex said "Epic" constantly. Just as a one word response to pretty much anything.

Had a ex friend who would say "nice" to everything. Never knew when she was being sarcastic either.

[blas87]

Heh, my boss says, "Well isn't that special."

Depends on her tone. Mostly, she's trying to hold back from cussing or saying what she really feels, lol.

Things like that, to me, are funny. Because I know what she's really thinking. And you can see her like, struggling to keep her composure.

[catcul]

Heh, my boss says, "Well isn't that special."

Depends on her tone. Mostly, she's trying to hold back from cussing or saying what she really feels, lol.

Things like that, to me, are funny. Because I know what she's really thinking. And you can see her like, struggling to keep her composure.

Did you work for the Church Lady?

[senor boogie woogie]

We all have sayings that we hate. It's weird and it makes no sense, but we all have our likes and hates.

Words I hate....

Pun. Pardon the pun. ok, what the hell is a pun? I do not really care, and one does not have to excuse themselves for making one.

Tongue in cheek. This phrase makes me cringe. I hate, hate, hate this saying.

The States. What are the States? The United States? Then say that.

People with two last names with a hyphen. Like Smith-Jones. Pick a last name and stick with it.

I beg you pardon. Are you begging? Why should I pardon you?

Homophobic. No, I am not scared of homosexuals, I just can't stand them.

[Ginger Tea]

Pun. Pardon the pun. ok, what the hell is a pun? I do not really care, and one does not have to excuse themselves for making one.

Who will be the next who, pun not intended.
In that case the pun is hard to avoid it's damn impossible to ask who will be the next who without either changing the who will or replace the other with Doctor.

The States. What are the States? The United States? Then say that.

Short answer, no. Long answer if I started saying the United States, then people would moan that I omit the words "of America", I could just say America and mean the country not the continent, but asking us to pin down to just one word choice has us going Well don't say Brit's then in return.

People with two last names with a hyphen. Like Smith-Jones. Pick a last name and stick with it.

Not sure if children have this or just wives not giving up their maiden names. The only time I've seen men with double barrel last names are fictitious toffs.

I beg you pardon. Are you begging? Why should I pardon you?

I was once asked if I had a fag or a lighter someone could have "afraid I don't smoke" I replied "What are you afraid of" he said, resisted the urge to punch him, next person was told "Fuck off I don't smoke."

[drunkenwildmage]

Originally Posted by senor boogie woogie View Post
People with two last names with a hyphen. Like Smith-Jones. Pick a last name and stick with it.
Not sure if children have this or just wives not giving up their maiden names. The only time I've seen men with double barrel last names are fictitious toffs.

Not sure if children have this or just wives not giving up their maiden names. The only time I've seen men with double barrel last names are fictitious toffs.

Someone I work with, their maiden name was hyphenated. She explained that the reason was, because her family was from Cuba, and it was some kind of tradition with the area of Cuba that her father was from.(She was born in the US) She hated it, because when someone saw her hyphenated name they automatically assumed she was married.

[Andara Bledin]

Someone I work with, their maiden name was hyphenated. She explained that the reason was, because her family was from Cuba, and it was some kind of tradition with the area of Cuba that her father was from.(She was born in the US) She hated it, because when someone saw her hyphenated name they automatically assumed she was married.

Because it just couldn't be possible that they were born with that name, and they're just lying to cover up the fact that they're just a pretentious git.

Or, hey, they might just be from another culture that does things a little differently than the rest of us. But, hey, it's more fun to make assumptions and cast aspersions on their character than give them the benefit of the doubt...