Comments on: I Say Tomato You Say Tomato http://therandomforest.com/i-say-tomato-you-say-tomato/ Ramdom stuff from Forest Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:54:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Forest Parks http://therandomforest.com/i-say-tomato-you-say-tomato/#comment-128 Forest Parks Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:45:00 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/?p=53#comment-128 I love the fact that accents and languages change from area to area.<br/><br/>I am currently working with a guy from Nova Scotia and he almost has an Irish accent.... very strange!<br/><br/>I also used to live with a Frenchman and when he first arrived in England (when I lived there also) his accent was hard to understand and his English wasn't amazing.<br/><br/>He used to work in a chain sandwich shop on the till. He did not realise (or realize, depending where you are from!) for a while that he was offending some customers, because when he asked them if they would like to purchase a certain soft drink with their meal (as instructed by his manager) it was coming out as "Would you like cock with that".<br/><br/>Thanks guys for the links. I love the fact that accents and languages change from area to area.

I am currently working with a guy from Nova Scotia and he almost has an Irish accent…. very strange!

I also used to live with a Frenchman and when he first arrived in England (when I lived there also) his accent was hard to understand and his English wasn’t amazing.

He used to work in a chain sandwich shop on the till. He did not realise (or realize, depending where you are from!) for a while that he was offending some customers, because when he asked them if they would like to purchase a certain soft drink with their meal (as instructed by his manager) it was coming out as “Would you like cock with that”.

Thanks guys for the links.

]]> By: Dawn http://therandomforest.com/i-say-tomato-you-say-tomato/#comment-127 Dawn Fri, 26 Oct 2007 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/?p=53#comment-127 I think you'll find that words and their pronunciations will vary from province to province. Here in Newfoundland, being the first settlement in North America, we tend to hang on to a few British and Irish words to this day. Most Canadians refer to their car's hood, while Newfoundlander's say "bonnet". We have developed a distinct dialect that is very different from the rest of Canada and can sometimes be difficult to understand!<br/><br/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_English I think you’ll find that words and their pronunciations will vary from province to province. Here in Newfoundland, being the first settlement in North America, we tend to hang on to a few British and Irish words to this day. Most Canadians refer to their car’s hood, while Newfoundlander’s say “bonnet”. We have developed a distinct dialect that is very different from the rest of Canada and can sometimes be difficult to understand!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_English

]]> By: Lynne http://therandomforest.com/i-say-tomato-you-say-tomato/#comment-126 Lynne Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:10:00 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/?p=53#comment-126 Those are interesting, especially fanny! Guess we really need to pay attention to our word choices when we're visiting other countries. I find it interesting too the different spellings of words. It seems that the UK uses "ou" spellings in many words that the U.S. uses just the letter "o".<br/>Ian, I'm taggin you in the Four Foods for Friday meme. You can check it out via my link. :-D Those are interesting, especially fanny! Guess we really need to pay attention to our word choices when we’re visiting other countries. I find it interesting too the different spellings of words. It seems that the UK uses “ou” spellings in many words that the U.S. uses just the letter “o”.
Ian, I’m taggin you in the Four Foods for Friday meme. You can check it out via my link. :-D

]]> By: Loz http://therandomforest.com/i-say-tomato-you-say-tomato/#comment-125 Loz Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:13:00 +0000 http://www.therandomforest.com/?p=53#comment-125 Now Aussie english is different again - we do have chips, but have footpaths rather than pavements or sidewalks, and as for vaginas and fannies - well i'll maybe point you to a post on my other blog <a HREF="http://manta57.blogspot.com/2007/10/dont-read-if-youre-easily-offended.html" REL="nofollow">Sunrays and Saturdays</a> Now Aussie english is different again – we do have chips, but have footpaths rather than pavements or sidewalks, and as for vaginas and fannies – well i’ll maybe point you to a post on my other blog Sunrays and Saturdays

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