Doggone Driving

This had me on the floor laughing:

Incomprehensible

I made a mistake in my comment on the Gibberenglish post - the character played by Paul Whitehouse was actually a Columbian, and he was a player. This clip shows his Geordie English coming along after being with his club - Newcastle United - for five games.

Two Countries

Separated by a common language. Continuing our English language meme...

Val, What is this man saying?


Via Atrios/Echaton

Lost In Translation

Just got out of an interminable meeting the only highlight of which was a gent speaking with a British accent. I'm a sucker for that.

It did remind me of a business function I attended here where I overheard another Englishman state to his American female friend:

"Let's pop out and share intercourse over a couple of fags."

Its less jawdropping "American" translation would be:

"Let's step outside for a smoke and chat."

UPDATE:

Pulled from the comments from our Val:

"I remember one of the American students in my hall of residence at university telling us how shocked she was when she first heard someone talking about wanting to be knocked up in the morning, and not realising the girl wanted an early morning call."