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Originally Posted by Elli
Excellent breakdown! I have a handful of very good friends who are Scottish and have found once you get used to the accent, the translation is pretty obvious. "Taking the piss" is a phrase that always makes me giggle, though.
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Just when you think have gotten used to the accents in the UK, another one will jump out at you and totally throw you. Scottish is probably one of the hardest to understand.
If you can find it online you might enjoy Still Game which is a comedy about scottish pensioners. If you can understand that you will probably love it!
Cornish can be tricky aswell.
I remember when I was young my parents used to love watching Jethro (a comedian from cornwall) and I could never understand it. But after a while I could. I think you learn it as you become more exposed/aware of the changes.
There is so many accents though for such a small place.
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Originally Posted by Altwebdesign
Now this!!!!
This confused the life out of me when i first watched it!
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I used to watch it on setanta sports but haven't got it anymore. Interesting game! takes a while to get use to the rules etc.
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Originally Posted by Vendot
What people forget is that the UK is extremely cosmopolitan so none of the cliches are really that relevant...... there are lot of people with strong values, education, culture and history.
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I agree!