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Your typing comes off with a very thick accent, something you don't find often online.

by wwortiz 16y ago

detst 16y ago
Right, but which one? He says "us Somalis", "...the U.S (we...", mentions in his profile that he lives in Northern Virginia but also calls Sydney home yet the diction (i.e. "shopkeepers", "Chavs", "piss-taking", etc.) of his post screams British to me.
- mahmud 16y ago
  Napoleon called the English "a nation of shopkeepers".
  - wildjim 16y ago
    > Napoleon called the English "a nation of shopkeepers". Not a lot has changed, then...
  - Amnon 16y ago
    Oh, so that's what A Nation of Shoplifters means! Funny. (It's a song by Carter USM).
  - Gormo 16y ago
    He intended it as an insult; the English, in his mind, were too concerned with the practical matters of life and not at all with grand visions and ambitions. This is also the man who said "You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I have no time for such nonsense."
- wildjim 16y ago
  Most of the slang is also Australian, and some, like "Chavs", is becoming more recognised outside the UK. However, I'm sure it would only take a few years living in one country to pick-up local slang. With globalisation comes comes a greater migration of the work-force, after all.
- mahmud 16y ago
  Hi, I am Amy Walker, I am 25, and I was born in Somalia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k (make sure to not miss a second)
  - pbhjpbhj 16y ago
    She's not British is she? She's definitely not Irish or Scottish, her RP seems off to me ... is she American? She [purposefully it seems] doesn't say in her CVs.
mahmud 16y ago
Oh, a funny American. Did you get that humor in a legal settlement? -- Edit: Let me add that what you're noticing is probably my staccato diction, filled with code-words and verbal winks to deliver mild amusement to an invisible audience of masochists who I love oh so very much. Cultural and linguistic banter might not be appreciated in these "learned" circles; but to the objects of my affection, the working classes of the crown and its colonies, it's a delicacy best enjoyed over beer and a pool table (Warning: too much of it might lead to the real-world version of a downvote, a black eye.)
- wwortiz 16y ago
  See now I can't tell if you are trying to be funny or a dick, but what I said I meant in no way to offend you. Your previous comment did indeed come off with an accent (I wasn't even trying to be funny).
  - mahmud 16y ago
    And this is exactly what I meant by "piss-taking"; your comment was such a delightful jab, I was pleased to play along :-) I stopped short of scratching others as well, my gut response was to say "Did you divorce a German and take half her humor in settlement." That would have gotten an ovation from the English crowd, but could have confused you and other festive yanks in this victorious of all occasions! Happy 4th of July, mate! No harm was meant :-D
    - detst 16y ago
      I can't speak for him but as someone that had the exact same thought, here's the problem: it's not a "delightful jab" at all. You misinterpreted it and then went on to say things in a way that could be easily taken as being a dick or an internet troll. I have a sense of humor and will laugh at just about anything but the written word does a poor job at conveying subtleties. If you want to be interpreted as "piss-taking" and not another internet troll, you need to do better. EDIT: How does this get down-voted? I'm simply saying he misinterpreted a comment and then was himself misinterpreted. If the point of "piss-taking" is just to have a little fun then I would think that it would follow that it be relatively clear that's what you are doing. Clearly that didn't happen on both sides here.

Your typing comes off with a very thick accent, something you don't find often online.

by wwortiz 16y ago

Your typing comes off with a very thick accent, something you don't find often online.

detst 16y ago

Right, but which one? He says "us Somalis", "...the U.S (we...", mentions in his profile that he lives in Northern Virginia but also calls Sydney home yet the diction (i.e. "shopkeepers", "Chavs", "piss-taking", etc.) of his post screams British to me.

mahmud 16y ago
Napoleon called the English "a nation of shopkeepers".
- wildjim 16y ago
  > Napoleon called the English "a nation of shopkeepers". Not a lot has changed, then...
- Amnon 16y ago
  Oh, so that's what A Nation of Shoplifters means! Funny. (It's a song by Carter USM).
- Gormo 16y ago
  He intended it as an insult; the English, in his mind, were too concerned with the practical matters of life and not at all with grand visions and ambitions. This is also the man who said "You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck? I have no time for such nonsense."
wildjim 16y ago
Most of the slang is also Australian, and some, like "Chavs", is becoming more recognised outside the UK. However, I'm sure it would only take a few years living in one country to pick-up local slang. With globalisation comes comes a greater migration of the work-force, after all.
mahmud 16y ago
Hi, I am Amy Walker, I am 25, and I was born in Somalia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k (make sure to not miss a second)
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  She's not British is she? She's definitely not Irish or Scottish, her RP seems off to me ... is she American? She [purposefully it seems] doesn't say in her CVs.

mahmud 16y ago

Oh, a funny American. Did you get that humor in a legal settlement? -- Edit: Let me add that what you're noticing is probably my staccato diction, filled with code-words and verbal winks to deliver mild amusement to an invisible audience of masochists who I love oh so very much. Cultural and linguistic banter might not be appreciated in these "learned" circles; but to the objects of my affection, the working classes of the crown and its colonies, it's a delicacy best enjoyed over beer and a pool table (Warning: too much of it might lead to the real-world version of a downvote, a black eye.)

wwortiz 16y ago
See now I can't tell if you are trying to be funny or a dick, but what I said I meant in no way to offend you. Your previous comment did indeed come off with an accent (I wasn't even trying to be funny).
- mahmud 16y ago
  And this is exactly what I meant by "piss-taking"; your comment was such a delightful jab, I was pleased to play along :-) I stopped short of scratching others as well, my gut response was to say "Did you divorce a German and take half her humor in settlement." That would have gotten an ovation from the English crowd, but could have confused you and other festive yanks in this victorious of all occasions! Happy 4th of July, mate! No harm was meant :-D
  - detst 16y ago
    I can't speak for him but as someone that had the exact same thought, here's the problem: it's not a "delightful jab" at all. You misinterpreted it and then went on to say things in a way that could be easily taken as being a dick or an internet troll. I have a sense of humor and will laugh at just about anything but the written word does a poor job at conveying subtleties. If you want to be interpreted as "piss-taking" and not another internet troll, you need to do better. EDIT: How does this get down-voted? I'm simply saying he misinterpreted a comment and then was himself misinterpreted. If the point of "piss-taking" is just to have a little fun then I would think that it would follow that it be relatively clear that's what you are doing. Clearly that didn't happen on both sides here.