Translating English to English

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Translating English to English

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My Uncle and Aunty from Oldbury arrived a couple of days ago for a holiday in Australia.

My Aussie daughters can't understand a word they say :lol:

I am like an interpreter but there is no foreign language involved. Its all the Queens English!

Mum and dad just arrived back from a few weeks in West Brom and they have caught their old accent back.

I still think it is all easy to undestand compared to some elderly cousins from Shropshire I met when younger.

That was a foreign language!
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My Mum tells the story of how when she went to Teacher Training in Birmingham the first thing they did was to insist that everyone spoke the Queen's English (Queen Style!) - A bit difficult for some of those from the Black Country but they got there !

Then they all went out on teaching practice - The Black Country lassies were fine but the Essex girls couldn't understand a word the children were saying!!
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MarkCDodd wrote:the Queens English!


No she's not, she's German!!

(sorry, couldn't resist)
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ChrisR wrote:
MarkCDodd wrote:the Queens English!


No she's not, she's German!!

(sorry, couldn't resist)


:lol: :lol:
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Re: Translating English to English

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Ya saft bugger!
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