Squeezyjohn's Guide to understanding the British

[Frosted]

Now I've got them the wrong way around. Tick Paddy. Oi'll change te text ya ballacks.

[Frosted]

Well - that video was filmed in my hometown in Northern Ireland.....so technically it's British

[squeezyjohn]

Never a Northern Irish accent though! Proper west coast ... maybe I'm wrong Limerick or Cork??

I can't get my head around the massive differences in Irish accents.

[Frosted]

You're right but it's a geographically imaginary border. They could live in the North. Their political beliefs may lead them to feel more British....we don't know. Geographically Ireland is a very small place so there's some intermingling. It's a bit like saying that somebody from Oxford would never live in London. As far as I'm concerned Irishness and Britishness is interchangeable but that would be in the opinion of the beholder.

[Frosted]

Likewise - Samir might actually be British.

[Premium Parrots]

Anyway ... let's not dwell on the ridiculous nature of some of our more eccentric road management systems ...

What does that teach us about British culture and approach to life?

My hunch is that every little bit of that roundabout makes absolute sense - and if used correctly by everyone it is a brilliant bit of town planning ... unfortunately it doesn't take in to account the fact that human beings can't really process that many bits of information at the same time and so it is flawed by unrealistic ambition. The fact that it is still there after 30 years shows a gritty determination to not give up on an idea even if it doesn't work in practice.

You can't get more British than that!

that's what we will be saying about obummercare in about 30 years.

[Frosted]

Has this thread been hijacked sufficiently yet?

[squeezyjohn]

You're right but it's a geographically imaginary border. They could live in the North. Their political beliefs may lead them to feel more British....we don't know. Geographically Ireland is a very small place so there's some intermingling. It's a bit like saying that somebody from Oxford would never live in London. As far as I'm concerned Irishness and Britishness is interchangeable but that would be in the opinion of the beholder.

But trust me ... that accent is pure Republic ... maybe I'm wrong, but I doubt it ... accent can be cultural as well as geographical. And that appears to be the case more in Ireland than it is in England.

Anyway ... I'm still trying to get my head around why trebil can't understand this:

and it's Are you being served ... not you are being served!

[Frosted]

Are you talking about the English then old chap? Well, it's impossible to understand them. Let me assure you Americans that ALL of the English talk like this.

[squeezyjohn]

Isn't that Skell's latest review for Jakobsson's Dynamite on YouTube?

[Frosted]

lol - yeah.

[Frosted]

Thank God the new generation of Jerries have calmed down a bit so ensuring the preservation of this green and prosperous land

[Snusdog]

What does that teach us about British culture and approach to life?

My hunch is that every little bit of that roundabout makes absolute sense - and if used correctly by everyone it is a brilliant bit of town planning ... unfortunately it doesn't take in to account the British mental incapacity to grasp the blatantly obvious

There fixed that for ya.........with a bit of American humor and sardonic colonial realism

[Skell18]

There fixed that for ya.........with a bit of American humor and sardonic colonial realism

Inferiority complex you mean?

[crullers]

^^ shots fired