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What things are you glad to be rid off from your country?
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Dome Vans
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big_Bird wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:

*Christmas parties at Brannigans in Rotheram. "Eating, dancing and Covorting!" Not effing likely. Not even at the over 25's night.


Are you from South Yorkshire, DV?


It's kinda tricky this. I grew up in Cornwall but lived between manchester and sheffield for about ten years and my mum still lives there. SO when I go home I stay with her and it's more Derbyshire than Yorkshire. I did have the amazing choice of working in either sheffield or manchester. So either had the choice of Brannigans in Rotheram or Teasers in Manchester for office parties. Any amount of asking to be killed at the door were blatantly ignored. Great Days! Crying or Very sad
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butlerian



Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big_Bird wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:

*Christmas parties at Brannigans in Rotheram. "Eating, dancing and Covorting!" Not effing likely. Not even at the over 25's night.


Are you from South Yorkshire, DV?


You know Rotherham? Good job!
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Big_Bird



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...

PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

butlerian wrote:
Big_Bird wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:

*Christmas parties at Brannigans in Rotheram. "Eating, dancing and Covorting!" Not effing likely. Not even at the over 25's night.


Are you from South Yorkshire, DV?


You know Rotherham? Good job!


I used to visit Rotherham a lot when I lived near Donny.
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Big_Bird



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dome Vans wrote:
Big_Bird wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:

*Christmas parties at Brannigans in Rotheram. "Eating, dancing and Covorting!" Not effing likely. Not even at the over 25's night.


Are you from South Yorkshire, DV?


It's kinda tricky this. I grew up in Cornwall but lived between manchester and sheffield for about ten years and my mum still lives there. SO when I go home I stay with her and it's more Derbyshire than Yorkshire. I did have the amazing choice of working in either sheffield or manchester. So either had the choice of Brannigans in Rotheram or Teasers in Manchester for office parties. Any amount of asking to be killed at the door were blatantly ignored. Great Days! Crying or Very sad


So that dun't speak wi' a Northern accent then, lad?
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butlerian



Joined: 04 Sep 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dome Vans wrote:
Big_Bird wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:

*Christmas parties at Brannigans in Rotheram. "Eating, dancing and Covorting!" Not effing likely. Not even at the over 25's night.


Are you from South Yorkshire, DV?


It's kinda tricky this. I grew up in Cornwall but lived between manchester and sheffield for about ten years and my mum still lives there. SO when I go home I stay with her and it's more Derbyshire than Yorkshire. I did have the amazing choice of working in either sheffield or manchester. So either had the choice of Brannigans in Rotheram or Teasers in Manchester for office parties. Any amount of asking to be killed at the door were blatantly ignored. Great Days! Crying or Very sad


Yeah, I'd have to say that I've no idea what accent Dome Vans has. I certainly wouldn't be able to pick it up, but I know he's from England. As for myself, I'm kind of an English-Irish mix when it comes to accent.
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blurgalurgalurga



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ilsanman wrote:
I will have to go with a few of what others said.

1. Political correctness.

2. The prices of things.

3. Indians.

4. Street youth.

5. People who ride the buses in general.

6. Cold winter weather.



Things I miss the most:

1. Potato chips
2. Slurpees.
3. Big fat thick pizza
4. Having communities of people who have similar hobbies to me
5. Driving
6. Peace and quiet
7. Fresh air
8. A safe place to jog and/or ride a bicycle



What kind of Indians do you mean? a) Cleveland, b) aboriginal North Americans, or c) people from India?
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Young FRANKenstein



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

blurgalurgalurga wrote:
What kind of Indians do you mean? b) aboriginal North Americans, or c) people from India?

Judging by my experiences in Canada, I'd imagine he means woo woo Indians, not 7-11 Indians. Pretty sad cases a lot of them.
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djsmnc



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The one thing that irritates the *beep* out of me in the US is people who have to make a comment or stupid question about every single thing.

Coke machine has an 'Out of Order' sign on it.

"The coke machine is out of order?"

No, the sign actually just features arbitrary characters that are arranged into a pattern in which people who use the English language can make sense of based on their past experience. If you don't understand it, it could very well mean anything. Why don't you try getting a drink out of the machine, dipsh1t?

The one good thing about Korea in that sense is that it's almost guaranteed that 9 out of 10 times a person will look at the sign and walk away without having to say something.
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BS.Dos.



Joined: 29 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
"The coke machine is out of order?"


LOL

Quality.
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Beej



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Location: Eungam Loop

PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Young FRANKenstein wrote:
blurgalurgalurga wrote:
What kind of Indians do you mean? b) aboriginal North Americans, or c) people from India?

Judging by my experiences in Canada, I'd imagine he means woo woo Indians, not 7-11 Indians. Pretty sad cases a lot of them.


Feather or dot.
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Beej



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

djsmnc wrote:
The one thing that irritates the *beep* out of me in the US is people who have to make a comment or stupid question about every single thing.

Coke machine has an 'Out of Order' sign on it.

"The coke machine is out of order?"

No, the sign actually just features arbitrary characters that are arranged into a pattern in which people who use the English language can make sense of based on their past experience. If you don't understand it, it could very well mean anything. Why don't you try getting a drink out of the machine, dipsh1t?

The one good thing about Korea in that sense is that it's almost guaranteed that 9 out of 10 times a person will look at the sign and walk away without having to say something.


However Koreans, especially women, will pronounce over and over. "It's cold, It's hot, I'm hungry, Im bored etc etc...
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Dome Vans
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big_Bird wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:
Big_Bird wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:

*Christmas parties at Brannigans in Rotheram. "Eating, dancing and Covorting!" Not effing likely. Not even at the over 25's night.


Are you from South Yorkshire, DV?


It's kinda tricky this. I grew up in Cornwall but lived between manchester and sheffield for about ten years and my mum still lives there. SO when I go home I stay with her and it's more Derbyshire than Yorkshire. I did have the amazing choice of working in either sheffield or manchester. So either had the choice of Brannigans in Rotheram or Teasers in Manchester for office parties. Any amount of asking to be killed at the door were blatantly ignored. Great Days! Crying or Very sad


So that dun't speak wi' a Northern accent then, lad?


Nay lass. Yu's a flatlander? I'm right capped wi'that. I'was as sick as a Cleethorpes donkey so I gi' it some pasty.
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Atavistic



Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.

PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beej wrote:
djsmnc wrote:
The one thing that irritates the *beep* out of me in the US is people who have to make a comment or stupid question about every single thing.

Coke machine has an 'Out of Order' sign on it.

"The coke machine is out of order?"

No, the sign actually just features arbitrary characters that are arranged into a pattern in which people who use the English language can make sense of based on their past experience. If you don't understand it, it could very well mean anything. Why don't you try getting a drink out of the machine, dipsh1t?

The one good thing about Korea in that sense is that it's almost guaranteed that 9 out of 10 times a person will look at the sign and walk away without having to say something.


However Koreans, especially women, will pronounce over and over. "It's cold, It's hot, I'm hungry, Im bored etc etc...


Or my fave: I am Korean! (Though half the time they say, "I am Korea!")
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Big_Bird



Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: Sometimes here sometimes there...

PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dome Vans wrote:
Big_Bird wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:
Big_Bird wrote:
Dome Vans wrote:

*Christmas parties at Brannigans in Rotheram. "Eating, dancing and Covorting!" Not effing likely. Not even at the over 25's night.


Are you from South Yorkshire, DV?


It's kinda tricky this. I grew up in Cornwall but lived between manchester and sheffield for about ten years and my mum still lives there. SO when I go home I stay with her and it's more Derbyshire than Yorkshire. I did have the amazing choice of working in either sheffield or manchester. So either had the choice of Brannigans in Rotheram or Teasers in Manchester for office parties. Any amount of asking to be killed at the door were blatantly ignored. Great Days! Crying or Very sad


So that dun't speak wi' a Northern accent then, lad?


Nay lass. Yu's a flatlander? I'm right capped wi'that. I'was as sick as a Cleethorpes donkey so I gi' it some pasty.


Ee lad, tha's bloody bilingual, thy is. In't it grand, cock.
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Ilsanman



Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea

PostPosted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well my friend from vancouver would say people from India, mostly Sikhs. But I was referring to 'first nations'. Too bad the rest of us are 2nd nations.

blurgalurgalurga wrote:
Ilsanman wrote:
I will have to go with a few of what others said.

1. Political correctness.

2. The prices of things.

3. Indians.

4. Street youth.

5. People who ride the buses in general.

6. Cold winter weather.



Things I miss the most:

1. Potato chips
2. Slurpees.
3. Big fat thick pizza
4. Having communities of people who have similar hobbies to me
5. Driving
6. Peace and quiet
7. Fresh air
8. A safe place to jog and/or ride a bicycle



What kind of Indians do you mean? a) Cleveland, b) aboriginal North Americans, or c) people from India?
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