sigesige00 Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I did my masters degree in English, and I can understand BBC English. However, I have a hard time to understand Belfast English. I phoned a woman in Belfast, but I could not understand her English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honved Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I did my masters degree in English, and I can understand BBC English. However, I have a hard time to understand Belfast English. I phoned a woman in Belfast, but I could not understand her English. Aye, me too. Especially when I asked her to say "how now brown cow". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Heron Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Aye, me too. Especially when I asked her to say "how now brown cow". And asking her to repeat something you'd said didn't place you at an advantage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I did my masters degree in English, and I can understand BBC English. However, I have a hard time to understand Belfast English. I phoned a woman in Belfast, but I could not understand her English. Well, she might have been Polish, Pakistani, Bangladeshi..... Admittedly, I also have problems with some strong northern Irish accents. But I hope you didn't just phone a woman at random....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I did my masters degree in English, and I can understand BBC English. However, I have a hard time to understand Belfast English. I phoned a woman in Belfast, but I could not understand her English. COME AGAIN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honved Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 And asking her to repeat something you'd said didn't place you at an advantage I knew there was a flaw in that somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I did my masters degree in English, and I can understand BBC English. However, I have a hard time to understand Belfast English. I phoned a woman in Belfast, but I could not understand her English. You'd be absolutely fine in Maryhill, particularly when conversing in the vernacular of the locals in Jags pubs such as the Strathmore and the Star & Garter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gianlucatoni Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I did my masters degree in English, and I can understand BBC English. However, I have a hard time to understand Belfast English. I phoned a woman in Belfast, but I could not understand her English. Fantastic - a Bellshill resident and a fantasist to boot - thought your two-bob correspondence course was too expensive .... now you tell us you have a Masters in Engrish - indeed the whoppers are escalating. Standards are surely slipping sig! What were you phoning Belfast for - new shirt, new bank account, checking the length of football shorts or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Neil Lennon will be complaining to the spl about this thread, its an infringement of his human rights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Fantastic - a Bellshill resident and a fantasist to boot - thought your two-bob correspondence course was too expensive .... now you tell us you have a Masters in Engrish - indeed the whoppers are escalating. Standards are surely slipping sig! What were you phoning Belfast for - new shirt, new bank account, checking the length of football shorts or something else? A trial of him being sigesigespunknik is remembering which things he has said into which ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigesige00 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) Fantastic - a Bellshill resident and a fantasist to boot - thought your two-bob correspondence course was too expensive .... now you tell us you have a Masters in Engrish - indeed the whoppers are escalating. Standards are surely slipping sig! What were you phoning Belfast for - new shirt, new bank account, checking the length of football shorts or something else? Engrish -- well, there is no phonemic distinction between r and l in Japanese. In Korean, there is difference between r and l, but they are one phoneme in Korean. I phoned Donegal Celtic for shirts -- I like their away shirt (black and green hoops) this year. I want one short-sleeved and one long-sleeved with the IFA Premiership badges. But I am not sure of availability of the badges. Maybe waiting for the next season is a good idea; because Donegal Celtic's relegation is almost certain and there is no sleeve badge in the 2nd tier. Edited March 4, 2011 by sigesige00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKennan Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 I did my masters degree in English, and I can understand BBC English. However, I have a hard time to understand Belfast English. I phoned a woman in Belfast, but I could not understand her English. "Hoy noy brine coy," or something to that effect. Siggie, I'm curious. what were you doing phoning a woman in Belfast? Her name wasn't Dympna, was it? Billy will not be amused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.D Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Engrish -- well, there is no phonemic distinction between r and l in Japanese. In Korean, there is difference between r and l, but they are one phoneme in Korean. I phoned Donegal Celtic for shirts -- I like their away shirt (black and green hoops) this year. I want one short-sleeved and one long-sleeved with the IFA Premiership badges. But I am not sure of availability of the badges. Maybe waiting for the next season is a good idea; because Donegal Celtic's relegation is almost certain and there is no sleeve badge in the 2nd tier. Save yourself some dosh by asking for one strip only with a short sleeve at one side and a long sleeve on the other. SERIOUS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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