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[Deleted member 26715]

'Ay up, 'appen it'll rain while morning.

Erm cuse me, there ain't no while, maybe a till, or even an unt, but no while.

 

[roadrash]

Erm cuse me, there ain't no while, maybe a till, or even an unt, but no while.

or even "in't mornin

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Erm cuse me, there ain't no while, maybe a till, or even an unt, but no while.

That’s Yorkshire for you. I live there, but I’m not from there originally. I’ve been trying for twenty years to educate people on the use of ‘while’ and ‘until’ to no avail. I still hear ‘working 9 while 5’. I’ve come to the conclusion that they say it on purpose just to be contrary. And don’t get me started on ‘breadcake’ - there is no cake!

 

[alicat]

'Wait while we get us coats on' is a phrase I hear regularly.

And we used to sell bread cakes in us shop.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

'Wait while we get us coats on' is a phrase I hear regularly.

And we used to sell bread cakes in us shop.

I am proud to say I’ve taught my kids to speak properly although it is still an ongoing battle as they are still at school. At least they speak properly with me.

 

[alicat]

You have baby goats that can speak @RealLeeHimself? I'm impressed!

 

[Illaveago]

After an uncomfortable day yesterday and a bad night I have discovered that if I don't move my arm, the pain around the thumb is minimal. Once I move, it will start throbbing again and even with pain killers it will take a long time to settle down again.
So I've been putting off getting up, breakfast and dressed for an hour!

Have you or when do you get your hand seen to ? It sounds painful! I hope it improves soon.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Waiting for a colleague to send me three sentences to translate into English.

Translation complete. Mind you, your suggestions would have been more fun.

On the other hand then people would probably start using the local dialect on me, and that's incomprehensible to other Germans.

 

[Andy in Germany]

You have baby goats that can speak @RealLeeHimself? I'm impressed!

It sounds impressive, trouble is they always butt in on conversations...

 

[Andy in Germany]

I am proud to say I’ve taught my kids to speak properly although it is still an ongoing battle as they are still at school. At least they speak properly with me.

Our boys speak English with me (slight northern accent detectable), 'proper' German with me, and German with each other with a very clear local dialect when they're upset or tired, and my Daughter speaks Japanese with my wife. I'm told she'd also picking up my wife's Japanese dialect...

 

[Deleted member 26715]

At least they speak properly with me.

You mean they don't speak proper like what we do?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Our boys speak English with me (slight northern accent detectable), 'proper' German with me, and German with each other with a very clear local dialect when they're upset or tired, and my Daughter speaks Japanese with my wife. I'm told she'd also picking up my wife's Japanese dialect...

Does that mean just like in any normal family your daughter doesn't speak to her brothers is she a teenager perhaps?

 

[Andy in Germany]

Does that mean just like in any normal family your daughter doesn't speak to her brothers is she a teenager perhaps?

One day maybe, but she's currently three. She's just started going to the local kindergarten and now associates language with individuals, so she'll speak to a kindy friend in German then to my wife in Japanese without missing a beat. Sometimes she'll translate for us...

 

[Andy in Germany]

You mean they don't speak proper like what we do?

"Talk proper like we does", surely?

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

You have baby goats that can speak @RealLeeHimself? I'm impressed!