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23-01-2011, 01:14 AM
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I speak a foreign language, Lancashire lol Well, my husband thinks so but he comes from down the South - so it may be him that speaks a foreign language, we certainly have to explain things sometimes!!

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You'll have to teach him the whole Lancashire dialect, June!
Or make him watch Coronation Street till he gets it right! We northerners have a duty to release our Southern friends and relations from the constraints of their linguistic deprivations!
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23-01-2011, 12:26 PM
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Have you seen that on some US TV, anyone with a non-american accent is subtitled!
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23-01-2011, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by claireandaisy ->
Have you seen that on some US TV, anyone with a non-american accent is subtitled!
???? Not on broadcast TV! I don't have cable.
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23-01-2011, 06:04 PM
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Many years ago I worked with a cockney and was, at the time, married to a geordie lass. When the two met neither could understand the other, and I had to translate for both!

So much for the English language.
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25-01-2011, 03:41 AM
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They teach Indonesian in most schools here. I think it's because we are so close to Asia, obviously. It drives me nuts. My youngest takes private french lessons in town. My oldest son lives in Canada and is married to a french/canadian lass. Lovely girl. My dastedly master plan is when the youngest is old enough and knows enough french, I am going to ship her off to live with her brother for a few years. Some call it a cultural exchange. I call it pay back for years of heck from the oldest.
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25-01-2011, 04:44 AM
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See - told ya there's loads of advantages to learning foreign languages.!!
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25-01-2011, 04:58 AM
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???? Not on broadcast TV! I don't have cable.
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13-04-2013, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by uk sandra ->
I`m a geordie. We don`t speak English.
Actually we do, pure Geordie dialect is said to be near 70% Anglo Saxon, rest of the country is nearer 30%, dont know what that makes American accent.
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13-04-2013, 09:45 PM
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That`s good to know. I don`t know what the rest of the country will think but I`m impressed.
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14-04-2013, 05:04 AM
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I did French at School, but haven't used it since....so would be lost now. My Dad started to teach me Scottish Gaelic when I was wee as it was spoken in the Islands where we came from. But would also be lost now with a fluent speaker as I've only retained bits here and there. Always meant to relearn it but just never got around to it.
 
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