Maistre Gracey
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- Joined
- Apr 23, 2002
Benny Hill !!
Does anything else need to be said?
Does anything else need to be said?
Why am I now imagining someone negotiating with their legs crossed, bopping up and down?aha, you fell for tourist trap places of paying for toilets, lol. I lived in London and there were plenty of decent, free toilets but it takes a bit of planning. Also if I did have to pay for a toilet, I would never pay more than 50p
My dd lived there for 6 months in college. We visited for 10 days and would love to go back. My dd actually wants to move there permanently, if she can figure out a way to do it.from there , what is everyone from the USA opinion on the UK?
Benny Hill !!
Does anything else need to be said?
Maybe not an opinion but an observation. I suppose most people here would think of "received pronunciation" as a neutral English accent as an analog to we would consider a neutral American accent. I've met a few English people who spoke like that, but most didn't. All have been understandable, but certainly not "received pronunciation".
Patrick Stewart has discussed his native accent.
https://www.wimp.com/patrick-stewart-recites-a-poem-in-his-native-yorkshire-dialect/
Meanwhile, I dream of living in Cape Cod.My dd lived there for 6 months in college. We visited for 10 days and would love to go back. My dd actually wants to move there permanently, if she can figure out a way to do it.
That is a Scottish accent, rather than an English one. Are you watching Des?Check out David Tennant Does a Podcast. It's great.
Isn't he Scottish?Check out David Tennant Does a Podcast. It's great.
And Monty Python and Judi Dench and Harry Potter and....And Are You Being Served!?!
Isn't he Scottish?
That being said, I know there's a tradition of Scots (see Craig Ferguson) trying to effect an English accent. And Irish. Even Welsh (see Anthony Hopkins or Catherine Zeta-Jones).
I don't have too many issues with dirty public toilets here. Most I use are in grocery stores and fast food restaurants when the health department inspects, so they have an extra reason to keep them up. It was odd to me to go to the grocery store in the U.K. and they didn't have a public restroom.Just wanted to comment that I prefer to PAY to use a public toilet as this usually means it's clean, has TP and is safe and usually in locations where I happen to have a need to use one.
I’m certainly no expert on what the Domestic Policy might have been at the time that causes you to feel so disrespectful towards Margaret Thatcher and I wouldn’t propose to dispute it. Undoubtedly though the entire world owes her a debt of gratitude and she is one of the most influential women in modern history.That’s like saying Voldemort aloud!
That’s my backyard. I have lived there, too. It is beautiful.Meanwhile, I dream of living in Cape Cod.
That’s like saying Voldemort aloud!
I haven’t watched it, but a new series has just been released here. https://www.channel5.com/show/all-creatures-great-and-smallI loved the Herriot series growing up