Comments on: Spoken English: Misunderstood

By: Lucas Dié

Lucas Dié — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:08:27 +0000

Very funny. I missed the three girls from Bristol though, Eva’l, Ida’l, and Norma’l

By: Patrick Bernauw

Patrick Bernauw — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:54:54 +0000

Hi Anne! R J Evans nominated you with this article for the WOW Award of the Year 2008… and I can see why now (and read it with my own eyes)! Congratulations… and please take a look at http://www.writinghood.com/Online-Writing/The-WOW-Award-of-the-Year-2008.365283

By: Johanan Rakkav

Johanan Rakkav — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:28:07 +0000

Was that English?

By: Jenna

Jenna — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:37:25 +0000

"Pert near, but not plumb" means "almost, but not completely".

By: Nick Kenney

Nick Kenney — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:11:37 +0000

I know the southern hill talk…the rest blew my mind!
My Jan is from Texas and they have their own language out there, too, like “shines like a dime in a goat’s butt”, “hold her head up Newt she smells alfalfy”, “yankee dime”.
And then there’s the American truck driver language…I speak that one fluently! lol.
Great job Anne as always!

By: Anne Lyken-Garner

Anne Lyken-Garner — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:54:03 +0000

Thanks everyone, for reading and leaving your entertaining comments. Kirsty, I know about the book, but I hadn’t realised that your brother wrote it. When I first came to live in Bristol, I would’ve needed a book like that to help me understand what was being said to me;-)

By: Kirsty

Kirsty — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:18:56 +0000

Its amazing how areas create their own vocabulary, the Bristol one is my favourite obviously and not sure if you know but my brother wrote the Bristolian dictionary ‘That be Bristle’ which is full of more Bristolian slang and a very funny read.

By: Judy Sheldon

Judy Sheldon — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:28:10 +0000

I bet some of the things we say sound unusual to them also. This is quite entertaining. It reminds me of learning to understand some of the common things said in NY when I lived there. It can be a bit confusing at first. Thank you for sharing.

By: MindIt

MindIt — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:13:19 +0000

Just one word: Brilliant!

By: quiet voice

quiet voice — Tue, 20 May 2008 22:58:44 +0000

…Hi, what a great article,
well worth printing a copy.
Thank you.