Comments on: Bloody Eejit http://finally-woken.com/2008/03/bloody-eejit/ Four seasons in one day, two countries in one heart Fri, 04 May 2012 19:22:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Finally Woken http://finally-woken.com/2008/03/bloody-eejit/#comment-406 Finally Woken Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:49:06 +0000 http://finally-woken.com/?p=113#comment-406 Mrs Top Monkey: I'm still hopeless sometimes. Especially if young delivery guys come in and start speaking to each other which to me doesn't sound like English at all. Much easier to listen to British accent, but don't tell my husband that :D Mrs Top Monkey: I’m still hopeless sometimes. Especially if young delivery guys come in and start speaking to each other which to me doesn’t sound like English at all. Much easier to listen to British accent, but don’t tell my husband that :D

]]> By: Mrs Top Monkey http://finally-woken.com/2008/03/bloody-eejit/#comment-405 Mrs Top Monkey Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:27:18 +0000 http://finally-woken.com/?p=113#comment-405 LOL I have to laugh at this because I know just what it feels like! Many of my husband's friends are Scottish as he spent a good many years working in Scotland. The first time I met them, I thought, "Oh dear me, I hope they don't think I'm one of THOSE Asian girls who can't speak English and work in THOSE types of professions!" because I simply couldn't make head or tail of what they said and resorted to just polite nods. <abbr><em>Mrs Top Monkeys last blog post..<a href="http://expatwifetalks.blogspot.com/2008/09/first-day-of-syawal-in-jakarta.html" rel="nofollow">First day of Syawal in Jakarta</a></em></abbr> LOL I have to laugh at this because I know just what it feels like! Many of my husband’s friends are Scottish as he spent a good many years working in Scotland. The first time I met them, I thought, “Oh dear me, I hope they don’t think I’m one of THOSE Asian girls who can’t speak English and work in THOSE types of professions!” because I simply couldn’t make head or tail of what they said and resorted to just polite nods.

Mrs Top Monkeys last blog post..First day of Syawal in Jakarta

]]> By: Therry http://finally-woken.com/2008/03/bloody-eejit/#comment-404 Therry Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:04:00 +0000 http://finally-woken.com/?p=113#comment-404 Yeah! thumbs up for Anita, I dunno how you do it, living in a country where they speak English the different way. It's hard enough trying to understand the dialects of American, British and Aussies!<br/><br/>I gotta say when I watch foreign movies either from the US or Englahd, I always turn the subtitle on. It really helps a lot.<br/><br/>"ah met yer granny doon the toun, we hud a richt guid blether the gither" <---- this cackles me up badddd Yeah! thumbs up for Anita, I dunno how you do it, living in a country where they speak English the different way. It’s hard enough trying to understand the dialects of American, British and Aussies!

I gotta say when I watch foreign movies either from the US or Englahd, I always turn the subtitle on. It really helps a lot.

“ah met yer granny doon the toun, we hud a richt guid blether the gither” <—- this cackles me up badddd

]]> By: Elyani http://finally-woken.com/2008/03/bloody-eejit/#comment-403 Elyani Sun, 16 Mar 2008 10:37:00 +0000 http://finally-woken.com/?p=113#comment-403 Anita, I think Scottish dialect is difficult for non-Scott to understand. I always have a problem understanding what Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United is saying whenever he has a pre-match or after match interview. My untrained ears often didn't get it when he said 'fitba' for football :) I wonder does it have something to do with where he comes from ??? He is a Glaswegian. Anita, I think Scottish dialect is difficult for non-Scott to understand. I always have a problem understanding what Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United is saying whenever he has a pre-match or after match interview. My untrained ears often didn’t get it when he said ‘fitba’ for football :) I wonder does it have something to do with where he comes from ??? He is a Glaswegian.

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