For a real adventure, pick up the book. Irvine Welsh wrote a lot of it phonetically, to capture the sound of how Scottish people speak (tip: if you get stuck on a section, read it aloud).
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For a real adventure, pick up the book. Irvine Welsh wrote a lot of it phonetically, to capture the sound of how Scottish people speak (tip: if you get stuck on a section, read it aloud).
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adrianlondon
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adrianlondon
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Commenting on some random points:
Fish & chips
Cod, or haddock or other “meaty “ white fish. Potatoes (best type varies on season). My batter recipe is flour, salt, baking powder, beer or fizzy water. Serve with malt vinegar and salt.
Language evolution
Unlike fish & chips, I’m no expert here. But I’ll comment anyway!
Often, languages evolve in the place of origin but less so in places of language migration/immigration. In Canada, the Frenchies still mainly say L’ordinateur whereas in France I seem to only hear Le Computer nowadays.
Cantonese speaking communities in China towns tend to sound slightly old fashioned compared to those from Hong Kong.
Fish & chips
Cod, or haddock or other “meaty “ white fish. Potatoes (best type varies on season). My batter recipe is flour, salt, baking powder, beer or fizzy water. Serve with malt vinegar and salt.
Language evolution
Unlike fish & chips, I’m no expert here. But I’ll comment anyway!
Often, languages evolve in the place of origin but less so in places of language migration/immigration. In Canada, the Frenchies still mainly say L’ordinateur whereas in France I seem to only hear Le Computer nowadays.
Cantonese speaking communities in China towns tend to sound slightly old fashioned compared to those from Hong Kong.
decafjava
macrumors 603
Ok I want fish and chips even if it is only 9:32 AM right now.
In Quebec, they also use "char" for car whereas in France they say "voiture" or less formally "bagnole". "Char" or "char d'assault" is a tank for Euro French speakers.
decafjava
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Does anyone have or use landlines? Other than say doctor's offices or such, my mobile and home internet provider included a landline but I am always contacted at my mobile. I got several calls in succession today as I am home I didn't answer as they are always spam or telemarketing. I turned it off. Ok if it for emergency but otherwise a waste.
Apple fanboy
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We have one for emergencies. Signal in our house is dead when the WiFi goes down. We have a battery back up for the router so if the power is out we can still make calls.
We let all incoming calls go to answer machine though.
I've got a landline . Still use it as my primary phone as it's more convenient for me when I'm home . My hearing is pretty much shot and I find it easier to use a handset rather than a mobile phone .
Apple fanboy
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I only use a mobile with BT headphones these days. Helps a lot. Except apparently I shout on the phone when using my over the ear Bose QC35’s.
boppin
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As far as I know the meal you see below is called "Fish and Chips" in Great Britain. Or it's written differently? I don't know. 🤔
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rm5
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We had a landline up until a few years ago. It was convenient to have actually, as my mom and dad shared a cell phone at the time - there was only one cell phone in the entire family. Now we all have our own devices and so the landline makes no sense. Cell reception is good as I live in a city.
boswald
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I haven't used a landline in forever. I don't miss them. I remember the constant telemarketing calls, the "pranks," the bad reception in certain rooms, the batteries that lose their charge, etc. I don't even want to remember the corded phones before them. It was a dark age for me, that's for sure.
My favorite Québécois word: steamé. I bet l'Académie Française hates that term. For me, it turns the NYC grey-water street cart dog into something exotic.
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And as a fan of Deutsche Welle, all this talk about fish-and-chips and the German language made me think of this...
Back in Britain: How German have I become?
This week on Meet the Germans, Rachel Stewart asks herself the ultimate question: Is she now more fish and chips or currywurst?
www.dw.com
boppin
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Currywurst is a classical fast food here. Invented in the Ruhrpott in 1936. "The power bars for works", as former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder said.
We eat also fish like in Great Britain but mostly without chips, but at "Nordsee" you can get fish and chips. Backfisch how we called these kind of fish is usually eaten with remoulade.
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Scepticalscribe
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Yes, I still have and use landlines; the quality of the call is a lot better than on my mobile (cell phone), and I also like the idea of landlines, while I loathe smartphones, even when (especially when) I have to use one for work.
WriteNow
macrumors 6502a
My Inner Luddite likes the idea of a landline phone. Preferably one with a rotary dial. But I've only had cell phones since 2009. It's more practical for me. My phone use is pretty limited and a cell phone is pretty much necessary in today's world. No sense paying for separate landline service.
Those will have a problem when dialing in to a business that uses automated answering which relies on DTMF tones. "Press 1 to make an appointment. Press 2 to cancel an appointment. Press 67 to annoy others."
I used to have a little handheld gizmo that made DTMF tones into the phone receiver. I used it when I travelled on business, and the keypad on hotel phones didn't actually generate tones. This was so I could call my answering machine at home and play back messages. From tape.
boppin
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No, we can't. We have cordless phones here. So even murdering Rudolph Moshammer by cord isn't possible today.
boswald
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Walked 3 miles in 90 degree weather, without water. Not my brightest moment. Now I'm feeling the hurt. I am wincing as I type this. I have a heating pad on but it's not doing much. I don't even know if PT will help at this point. I really don't want to find another surgeon, but I will if nothing else works. I'm sick of it.
(Yes, I know it's my own fault. No need to remind me.)
(Yes, I know it's my own fault. No need to remind me.)
boppin
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Too pitty! I just wanted to write: "You idiot!" 😉No, just a joke! I think I would make the same fault as you.
Apple fanboy
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Well without getting too political we came to their aid signalling the start of WW2. I suspect that could be part of it.