Message Forum: Re: Its getting worse, likesay

Re: Its getting worse, likesay

Posted By: Don the Monkeyman, on host 24.79.11.42
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 16:36:15
In Reply To: Its getting worse, likesay posted by Bourne on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 05:37:00:

> Being a Scot, I have a certain innate tendency to mangle the English language whenever I open my mouth to speak (which is, as it turns out, way too often). But, according to the Guardian, its getting a lot worse....
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> Scots rhyming slang.
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> Why do I get the feeling that when I go home I won't understand a word they're saying?
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> Bo"och aye, the noo"urne

Wow. I found that article to be basically incomprehensible. I wouldn't even want to TRY and decipher the material it talks about.

Don Monkey

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Message:	> > Being a Scot, I have a certain innate tendency to mangle the English language whenever I open my mouth to speak (which is, as it turns out, way too often). But, according to the Guardian, its getting a lot worse.... > > > > Scots rhyming slang. > > > > Why do I get the feeling that when I go home I won't understand a word they're saying? > > > > Bo"och aye, the noo"urne > > Wow. I found that article to be basically incomprehensible. I wouldn't even want to TRY and decipher the material it talks about. > > Don Monkey
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