Rodger Pettichord Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Hi all. Years ago, I spent several consecutive years in Asia then another term in Turkey. I finally had a chance to head back into English-speaking territory on a trip to London. At the airport, I got on the bus to town and settled back to listen to English being spoken again. The two men behind me were chattering away, only they were Cockneys and I couldn't understand one word of what they said. The Old Coots forum includes participants from all over the English speaking world. My question is, could we understand each other if we gathered in one place? (I speak mid-American.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I guess I'm getting Bi-American (PNW + FL southern) OH yeah I do speak fluent Profane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I speak with a London accent but you would be able to understand what I am saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 I speak Australian English. I too also speak fluent Profane. And the first words migrants seem to learn in Australia is the Profane language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derekG Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 51 years in $#&** Oz and I still have my &*##@*! Scottish accent tempered with the *&&%*##@ Australian/Profanity that Pat Cox (%&$##$Aussieman) talks about. Cheers....Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 When I reached the promised land (Wheatridge, CO), I had to relearn English but 'when in Rome...............' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Vhat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 "51 years in $#&** Oz and I still have my &*##@*! Scottish accent tempered with the *&&%*##@ Australian/Profanity that Pat Cox (%&$##$Aussieman) talks about. Cheers....Derek" Good to hear good honest "strine" again.. Onya Blue..Teecee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Having been born within the sound of Bow Bells, and spent all my boyhood in West Ham (a stone's throw from Bow) I'm a fully paid up Cockney. Anyone who's speaking for what passes as cockney is having you on! We all speak 'ordinary' and only occasionally use the so-called cockney slang. So...Gor bimey, don't go one abouuut i'. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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