Greyfields Greyt Adventures in England

[BeardedChick]

I only ate me knickers.

Why do you think kilts are meant to be worn commando????

 

[coffeelady3]

Knickers....jumpers....you're typing the Queen's English. Are you going to come back here speaking with a British accent???

 

[MissChessy]

Man, I'm a sucker for English accents! We have a fella here in the South Texas that owns a cafe and he is a hoot to listen to when he talks. He is from England. He has some products on his shelves that represent the English taste such as lemon curd, spotted dick, some kind of cider vinegar. I love to eat at his eatery, such a sweet down to earth fella.

I'm enjoying your posts. Get well soon! Try taking a very hot shower and rubbing your chest with Vick's Vapor rub and put some on your feet along with some socks. Should knock out this nasty cold you got.

 

[Chick_a_dee]

Greyfields, we call 'em knickknacks down south, and undercrackers

Miss the UK WAYYYY too much. Good thing I live in Loyalist country here in Canada

 

[greyfields]

In regards to the British accent... beign "Up North" here, the accent is rather diabolical. It's a cross of english, geordie and scottish vernacular. So, even amongst her peers, Caroline and her family sound different (except her dad who's from Sheffield). I don't expect to gain an accent in only a few weeks; but when we used to go for a month at a time I'd be talking right peculiar by the time we returned home. Not an accent as much as the odd inflection and emphasis.

We all end up imitating the sounds around us, wether we realized it or not. It's how toddlers learn to speak, recreating the sounds they hear and applying meaning. It's hard to be in a foreign country and not pick some of it up.

However, I still get a lot of stick here. You don't catch the "bus" as we'd say, but the "boose". We'd say "I've been (pronounced "ben") downtown" whereas they'd say "bean" downtown. I'm a barbarian, what can I say?

New Year's Eve tonight. We don't have tickets to go out, but will be acquiring lager, cider and cava later on.

 

[greyfields]

Another thing I am enjoying on the telly:

Treats from the Edwardian County Home

This Neo-Edwadian movemnt seems groovy to me.

 

[coffeelady3]

What the heck are you doing here on BYC. Aren't you supposed to be out having fun???

 

[greyfields]

It's 6 am darlin'. I had to get up to take another dose of Beechums because I was coughing rather badly. It should knock me out shortly. Still fighting the jetlag of course. You never get over it until the day you have to return home.

 

[coffeelady3]

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That's what sucks about traveling! Then, once you get home, you have to go through it all over again!

Go back to sleep!!!

(And have a Happy New Year!)

 

[greyfields]

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It's OK. England is a modern country with amazing things like the internet, grocery stores, telephones, toothpaste and flying machines. It's not hard to find a computer to check e-mail and make fun of Coffeelady from.

Today we have beef. I'm thinking a Bearnaise sauce on it... then maybe heading to the shops to find a Barolo. A good Barolo in the US will cost me $60 or so. I can usually get one here for around 20 quid. I drink a lot of barolo while here.

Have I mentioned that the UK uses a different keyboard than the US. The following symbols are in the incorrect place, which makes posting a small adventure:

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there i got that out of my system