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Old 07-04-2020, 06:05 PM
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They do drop their R's a lot.
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Old 07-05-2020, 05:24 PM
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What's wrong, Rita? The Scots pronounce their R's a lot. In fact, they say their "Rs" like a bike motor. GRRrrrrrrrrrrreaaat!
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Old 07-06-2020, 11:25 AM
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yeah, but they leave other letters out which annoys the hell out of me
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Well, no regional dialect will be peeerrrrrrrrrrrrfect.
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Old 07-06-2020, 07:58 PM
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that's really not how it sounds, it's just how they make it sound in movies
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Scottish accents are good.
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Old 07-07-2020, 12:26 PM
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try listening to the junkies down at the chippy
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I remember when American writers had a British character refer to Rachel Summers as a "chippie" in Excalibur and a British reader wrote in to correct them.
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Old 07-09-2020, 07:55 PM
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The Brits don't say "chippie," I take it.
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Old 07-09-2020, 07:56 PM
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as in happy?
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as in happy?
A chippie refers to a girl who is a fun but meaningless fling.
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A chippy is a shop that sells fish and chips.
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A chippie refers to a girl who is a fun but meaningless fling.
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