Sitting around a pool on the outskirts of Paris, about 90% of the folk are English. Question being, why do parents find the need to talk to their kids as if the parent is a Cbeebies presenter? So ****ing annoying. If the one bloke keeps lying on the ground shouting to his kids "all jump on the daddy board" I swear I'm going to kick him straight in the bollocks.
Just had a nudge in the ribs off the other half, because I said the words "what a complete tosser" a little louder than normal. But had a nod of approval from a bloke a couple of beds away
You know what mate, we were down in the Camargue, and we were the only English speakers we heard for nearly 3 weeks, everyone was friendly and spoke,bonjour every morning some came over to say they didn't see many Brits down there and why we'd gone etc.. The first thing we noticed when we got here and it was mainly Brits almost every one walks around with their heads down and look as miserable as sin. Sod knows what they're like when not on holiday.
Too bloody true OLOF, little Tarq's is going to be a real pain in the arse, when he hits the real world.
The only thing worse than a Brit on holiday is an Aussie, or maybe a Russian. I've heard more Aussie lingo and 'strine in France than I've ever heard in Australia. We lived in France for a time and we always stayed away from 'holiday groups'.
Day 2. Prefix. Now some regional accents grind, some are fine but either way it's a sense of identity, a thing that shows where you're from a sense of belonging, it even strikes up a conversation , people asking what part of an area you're from etc. Question. Why do all, well most, especially females, come out of university all sounding the same, hard to tell who is who in conversation, are we losing our regional accents to these robots? I was in the company of a young girl, who spoke in a no accent, as the night drew on and she got more pissed, the shield starting to slip and she became more and more Black Country, so it's obviously an act.
One thing I've noticed about England and it's accents is that they all sound home counties. When there is a program on our TV about the west country, I try to watch it and catch a west country accent. Not these days. I imagine that as (white) people have left London they have moved in to the countryside and taken their accents with them, hence an interview with someone from Somerset sounds like a Millwall supporter from the OKR. Sad really. (Not the Millwall bit, the accent!)
Hang on a minute Spent the night in the company of a young girl, her getting slowly pissed and letting her shield slip What kind of place are you staying in??!!
