Hedgecutter Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Michael W said: Hearing "Edinburgh" and "Glasgow" in an estuary accent irritates me every time. It just sounds so wrong. Beyond not pronouncing the "r", Aberdeen usually sounds fairly normal, I think. The English pronunciation of Aberdeen (usually) has a rather strong and overly drawn out emphasis on the 'een' at the end too (you need a big smiley grin to reproduce the sound). Eta: I work with an English guy who uses the word 'cuttings' quite frequently, and his pronunciation of this word in particular seriously irks me. Think it's the 'ings' bit specifically, where again, you need the grin. That said, my cu'ins equivalent probably has him stabbing his pillow at night. Edited April 24, 2017 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmothecat Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 All folk in England, (and by that I mean my sister) just calls everything north of the border Scotland. Me: "You coming up to Elgin this year" Her: "Yes, I'll be up to Scotland in the summer" Me: "Ah, so you going somewhere else as well then?" Her: "No, just Elgin" Arsehole. Now you mention it my sister does the same. Never noticed it really before.I can't remember if I did when I lived down in Leeds or not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: All folk in England, (and by that I mean my sister) just calls everything north of the border Scotland. Me: "You coming up to Elgin this year" Her: "Yes, I'll be up to Scotland in the summer" Me: "Ah, so you going somewhere else as well then?" Her: "No, just Elgin" Arsehole. You notice this in the soaps. No place names, just always, always 'Scotland', that mystical place where soap characters move to be written out (it's either that or car crash / who-dunnit murder), or character goes to for a business trip so their actor can have their holiday break. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 A Welsh friend who was joining a cruise in Aberdeen (for some reason) thought "Great, must be nearly there." when he passed Gretna. I used to live near the border in Wales and a car stopped to ask directions to the Kings Head. "There's no Kings Head here mate." "There must be, this is Wales isn't it?" It was in Caernarfon, about 60 miles away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 31 minutes ago, welshbairn said: A Welsh friend who was joining a cruise in Aberdeen (for some reason) thought "Great, must be nearly there." when he passed Gretna. The maps on the news say it's the same as Cardiff to Birmingham. A doddle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: You notice this in the soaps. No place names, just always, always 'Scotland', that mystical place where soap characters move to be written out (it's either that or car crash / who-dunnit murder), or character goes to for a business trip so their actor can have their holiday break. Not just the soaps. On the news, English places are usually followed by the county they're in (except for big cities like Liverpool and the like). But places here are just labelled as being "in Scotland". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Once again Alan Partridge is a beacon. He didn't drive to Scotland with no shoes munching on Toblerones, he drove to Dundee.Sum boi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernJambo Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 An hours time. [emoji45] How'd the exam go throbber? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) Far from petty, but I'd throw my computer out the window this afternoon if it wouldn't cause me great pain in the future over KLM customer service (all kicked off by wanting to use a valid compensation voucher, which is a separate story). You get one thing on the site's help section that says go to this link for this, where 'this' doesn't even exist. You then have to deal with a person who gives you alternative cut-and-paste info to something else that also doesn't work. You then have to start another email chain, and what you can see has been sent is in fact a useless mess because of lost lines / text due to some bug evidently not being able to understand particular combos of spaces, apostrophes etc. Also seriously not helped by them giving me an invoice with the price saying "Total: FOR FAIT". What f***ing use is that on an expenses receipt for >£700?! I'm at serious risk of a Ballistic Bob moment here... Edited April 24, 2017 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 42 minutes ago, NorthernJambo said: How'd the exam go throbber? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILLIEA Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 4 hours ago, welshbairn said: A Welsh friend who was joining a cruise in Aberdeen (for some reason) thought "Great, must be nearly there." when he passed Gretna. I used to live near the border in Wales and a car stopped to ask directions to the Kings Head. "There's no Kings Head here mate." "There must be, this is Wales isn't it?" It was in Caernarfon, about 60 miles away. Along slightly similar lines. When I was running a business in Dumfries we were getting a new IT system put in by a lot from Bucks. Week before the installation they phoned up to say they thought they would do all the work in Scotland in one day. A job in Dingwall, then Dumbarton then me in Dumfries. " How long would the drive take ? " I replied that he would need a f*ckin Tardis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, throbber said: Not well then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Not well then? It might have been alright actually, any excuse for a gif though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 3 minutes ago, throbber said: It might have been alright actually, any excuse for a gif though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamaldo Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 It might have been alright actually, any excuse for a gif though! I hope it went well. Felt a wee bit bad after my post earlier [emoji38] . Wasn't aware you had an exam when I posted it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, WILLIEA said: Along slightly similar lines. When I was running a business in Dumfries we were getting a new IT system put in by a lot from Bucks. Week before the installation they phoned up to say they thought they would do all the work in Scotland in one day. A job in Dingwall, then Dumbarton then me in Dumfries. " How long would the drive take ? " I replied that he would need a f*ckin Tardis I had an insulation guy (usually based around Manchester but covering someone in Scotland for a day or two) come to my house in Aberdeen recently for a cavity wall check ~8pm. Turned out he'd come up to me after a job in Stirling, probably after finishing a 5pm job there. All he did was drill a hole in 30 secs, stick in a wee camera and agree that it needed replaced. 5 mins after arriving, he was on his way back to his hotel in Grangemouth with me being the only reason to come up. If he was seething then he hid it pretty darn well. Edited April 24, 2017 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Children and childcare. Alex had a meltdown when we dropped him off and delayed us by 20 mins. Dropped wife off in town (5 miles opposite the direction i am going). Get to within 2kms of work and 20 min tailback to get onto roundabout. Leave work at 5. Stopped at shop to get cash... not got atm. Stop at 2nd shop. No atm. Have to detour to another shop. Atm out of order, least this place offers cash back. Backtrack down this 5km single track windy road to the childminders house. Gates closed, car not there Phone childminder. No answer. 10 mins later she phones back. Shes in town where my wife works and will meet me there. She had messaged my wife to let her know. Wife phones and says she had just turned phone on and got message that i wasnt to go to child minders. Get to pick up point and wife there with child and childminder gone and i can just pay next time. Get home and get dinner on. Child decides to put peas down the sink and turns on tap. Sink starts overflowing. He has already put a bottle cap down there and its under the stopper raiser but stopper has never been there. Dismantle sink but cannot get pipe off to get into cap as some thing is stopping it. Turns out people before us had dropped a toothbrush in there and not bothered saying or getting it out. 30 mins of using two long screwdrivers as giant chopsticks i finally get cap and toothbrush out. Away to find something strong to drink. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I hope it went well. Felt a wee bit bad after my post earlier [emoji38] . Wasn't aware you had an exam when I posted it. Haha don't worry about it it was all in good humour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 2 minutes ago, weirdcal said: Children and childcare. Alex had a meltdown PTTGOYN: People who use partner / family names in the assumption that you know (of) them. Workmate: "So, I was out with Kerry last night" ... wait, who the hell is this 'Kerry' you've never spoken of until now? Wife? Friend? Escort? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 PTTGOYN: People who use partner / family names in the assumption that you know (of) them. Workmate: "So, I was out with Kerry last night" ... wait, who the hell is this 'Kerry' you've never spoken of until now? Wife? Friend? Escort? You know thats twice in a week i have done something on here i hate seeing myself (other crime was starting a comment with 'so')I'm away to boil my heid and see if that helps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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