emlra Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Help a native of the Colonies - what is the proper pronunciation of Benbecula? Ben peculier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Ben peculier? it is Ben beck you laaa and if you get a chance to visit....................................... Dont. My Nationality is British (NOT Brit, for god's sake,) but my "Country of Origin" is England; I had a tremendous row, about that, with a bitch in a local Post Office (good thing she was behind armoured glass.)Edgar Gawd, you brits are all the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) My Nationality is British (NOT Brit, for god's sake,) but my "Country of Origin" is England; I had a tremendous row, about that, with a bitch in a local Post Office (good thing she was behind armoured glass.)Edgar Absolutely. Scots and Welsh are adamant about being called the same, as it's their nationality, and English is the same for those born in England. Stuff that up your directives Brussels. Edited August 31, 2010 by dylan the rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Having been raised in East Anglia there are a few others that we can play with and that generally defeat even Brits, let alone the Murkins!Haverhill to name a few - try your hands at that lot (locals need not apply at least until we've had a couple of goes from the outsiders! ) cheers Rick Locals say "Averhill" while foreigners like me say Haver Hill! Courtesy of my wife living there and educating me (slapping really) when i get it wrong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Locals say "Averhill" while foreigners like me say Haver Hill! Courtesy of my wife living there and educating me (slapping really) when i get it wrong! Roighhhht boyyyyyyy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Locals say "Averhill" while foreigners like me say Haver Hill! Courtesy of my wife living there and educating me (slapping really) when i get it wrong! Otherwise known as Haver-Hole! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Otherwise known as Haver-Hole! Hmmm.. + (Thanks Richard) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amo Aero Posted August 31, 2010 Author Share Posted August 31, 2010 im english, i HATE WITH ALL MY BREATH being called british...i was born in a country called England not a country called Britain.... Actually, I was thinking in terms of "British English" as opposed to "American English". You know, the old saying about America and England (oops--UK!) being two countries separated by a common language. Another gentleman objected to the use of the word "native". I don't know how your British English (err, UK English? English English?) dictionaries define the term, but our Mercan dictionaries define the word as: native: noun: a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth... Given that definition, all you guys born in the UK are natives--you don't have to be Welsh or Celtic to qualify. :-) Anyway, thanks to all who responded--it has been most enlightening. Karl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micha Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 im english, i HATE WITH ALL MY BREATH being called british...i was born in a country called England not a country called Britain.... you was born in England as part of the United Kingdom a.k.a. Big Britain (big because it's not great ) like I was born in the DDR as part of Deutschland - formerly know as Großdeutsches Reich The whole world is calling my country "Germany" ... but there are no Germans in Deutschland ... we are Deutsche. And my country is Deutschland. There are no Germanen in Deutschland anymore. Actually, there are not even so many Deutsche in Deutschland but a lot of aliens ... Turkish, Polands, Russian, Vietnamese and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Otherwise known as Haver-Hole! I didn't think it was that town was bad! Now Aylesbury that's a s#** hole! I mean how many times has that been on the TV programme "Road Wars"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I had a tremendous row, about that, with a bitch in a local Post Office (good thing she was behind armoured glass.)Edgar Was it a local office, for local people? You didn't touch the precious things did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdave Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Was it a local office, for local people? You didn't touch the precious things did you? Twelvety! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil W Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) CostesseySetchey Hunstanton Happisburgh Potter Heigham Coshie Seshie Hun-stan-tun Hays-burr-er Potter-hyam Edited August 31, 2010 by Phil W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 native: noun: a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth... Correct definition = football supporters, in loincloths, aka nappies (diapers, to you lot - why do you have to use such convoluted words?) Was it a local office, for local people? You didn't touch the precious things did you? I was local, then, and she was responsible for a huge upsurge, in custom, for a P.O. in a village 5 miles away. The whole town experienced a massive feeling of satisfaction, when the new shop owner decided that he didn't fancy a P.O., at the back of the shop, so it closed, and she joined the ranks of the unemployed. Edgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 How come nobodys torking krek bristle, my luvver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) My 'nationality' is fluid depending on cirumstances. Genetically I am mostly Welsh with a dash of Scottish. However I was born and brought up in England - Liverpool specifically, being one of those regions with a strong identity. Am I English, British, Scottish, Welsh or Scouse? I must admit feeling slightly odd when presented with a T shirt with a cross of St. George on it. I am a product of the British Isles and can therefore swap allegiences as I wish. My default setting though is Scouse - I get very protective about Liverpool. Confused Trevor Edited August 31, 2010 by Max Headroom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 CostesseySetchey Hunstanton Happisburgh Potter Heigham I do believe it's Cossey Setch Hun'ston Haysburruh Potter Hyam Am I right? Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Hmmm.. + (Thanks Richard) :rofl: I like that one! Very visual! Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Hows about Cogenhoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Python Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 2 places near to my home town of Chesterfield have local pronunciations that fool everybody. Bolsover is called Bowser Ashover is called Asher Many more strange names here in Derbyshire, possibly to do with the strange people up here. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basosz Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Onderwyser - On-der-vase<American pronunciation>-er This is Dutch. Actually it's "Onderwijzer", but the 'y' and 'ij' are somewhat interchangeable, and I'll forgive you the 's' instead of 'z'. This is a teacher by the way and is a very simple word... in Dutch Afrikaans is full of word derived from Dutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 im english, i HATE WITH ALL MY BREATH being called british...i was born in a country called England not a country called Britain.... Well said! I'm Scottish, I hate being called British, I hate writing my nationality as British or UK. Wave your St George's flag with pride. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 of course we are all European............ (runs quickly for the horizon) MH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelvy Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 of course we are all European............ But some are more European than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 Hows about Cogenhoe No takers? Cook-no ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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