The D'Oh Effect

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The D'Oh Effect
Tweet Topic Started: Nov 21 2012, 06:17 PM (321 Views)
Jolly	Nov 21 2012, 06:17 PM Post #1
Geaux Tigers! Posts: 47,617 Group: Members Member #30 Joined: April 19, 2005	http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/11/how-i-learned-to-speak-american/
	*The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.*- George Soros


John D'Oh	Nov 21 2012, 07:28 PM Post #2
MAMIL Posts: 53,812 Group: Members Member #276 Joined: October 19, 2005	If anybody ever thinks that I speak like an American, I will welcome death with open arms.
	What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?


kluurs	Nov 21 2012, 07:53 PM Post #3
Fulla-Carp Posts: 2,865 Group: Members Member #33 Joined: April 19, 2005	John D'Oh Nov 21 2012, 07:28 PM If anybody ever thinks that I speak like an American, I will welcome death with open arms. So you still say Shed-You-All instead of Sked-Yule?



John D'Oh	Nov 22 2012, 07:20 AM Post #4
MAMIL Posts: 53,812 Group: Members Member #276 Joined: October 19, 2005	It is permissible to say 'shed yule', provided one prefixes it with the adjective 'bloody', as in 'you've missed the bloody shed-yule, you stupid pillock'.
	What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?


VPG	Nov 22 2012, 07:28 AM Post #5
Pisa-Carp Posts: 7,460 Group: Members Member #500 Joined: August 30, 2007	John D'Oh Nov 21 2012, 07:28 PM If anybody ever thinks that I speak like an American, I will welcome death with open arms. Pictures please! (Proof)
	I'M NOT YELLING.........I'M ITALIAN...........THAT'S HOW WE TALK! "People say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look." Ronald Reagan, Inaugural, 1971


AlbertaCrude	Nov 22 2012, 10:36 AM Post #6
Bull-Carp Posts: 9,641 Group: Members Member #116 Joined: April 22, 2005	kluurs Nov 21 2012, 07:53 PM John D'Oh Nov 21 2012, 07:28 PM If anybody ever thinks that I speak like an American, I will welcome death with open arms. So you still say Shed-You-All instead of Sked-Yule? Up here both pronunciations are used. Myself, I always say "Shed-you-all". What really grates my ears though is hearing my five year old say "Zee" instead of "Zed".



JBryan	Nov 22 2012, 11:30 AM Post #7
I am the grey one Posts: 28,082 Group: Members Member #32 Joined: April 19, 2005	I say zulu.
	"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter.


John D'Oh	Nov 22 2012, 11:38 AM Post #8
MAMIL Posts: 53,812 Group: Members Member #276 Joined: October 19, 2005	JBryan Nov 22 2012, 11:30 AM I say zulu. Tharsends of 'em!
	What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?


jon-nyc	Nov 22 2012, 01:22 PM Post #9
Cheers Posts: 54,428 Group: Moderators Member #119 Joined: April 22, 2005	kluurs Nov 21 2012, 07:53 PM John D'Oh Nov 21 2012, 07:28 PM If anybody ever thinks that I speak like an American, I will welcome death with open arms. So you still say Shed-You-All instead of Sked-Yule? That's how they learn it in shool.
	In my defense, I was left unsupervised.


Ballyhoo	Nov 23 2012, 11:08 AM Post #10
Middle Aged Carp Posts: 810 Group: Members Member #66 Joined: April 19, 2005	John D'Oh Nov 21 2012, 07:28 PM If anybody ever thinks that I speak like an American, I will welcome death with open arms. John D'Oh Fries http://s10.zetaboards.com/The_New_Coffee_Room/single/?p=8925379&t=7396806

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