Paid Members air_raid Posted August 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) Iâm assuming accents needs itâs own thread? Iâll share one of mine. Laaandaan accents have always gone through me like a dentists drill (like a lot of broad accents in fairness) and certain words or phrases sound awful and put me in mind of absolute mouth-breathing simpletons - âmugâ and âmuppetâ sound terrible in a way I might not mind coming out of a Manc or Geordie but the worst being âmeltâ as an insult. Sounds ludicrous compared to just calling someone a twat, seems very popular among Arsenal fans. But the accent itself is usually enough to do the damage. I was on a tram between Villa Park and New Street once with my best mate (a Villa fan) after Villa-Spurs. A Spurs fan got on the phone and nearly word for word his conversation has stayed with me for 15 years. âAlright Lurch! You prat! Ahhhh mate. You fort (sic) Blackburn was bad, this place is âorrible. Is (insert name) there? You prat! Tell him to get a round in! Make it a proper round, not like the ones he gets at the âome games! You prat!â At New Street when he disembarked, approx five very sour-faced Villa fans followed him. I often wonder if they gave him a shoeing. For being such a prat. Edited August 23, 2020 by air_raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 The audacity to have a moan about accents in BIRMINGHAM. Melt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maestro Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Alcohol. Not just people being pissed, but more the culture around it. One of the lads in my office goes on and on about it all the time. And not in a way where he's sampling different drinks and new things. Just droning on and on about getting shitfaced off Southern Comfort and Fosters. There were two bellends in the shop yesterday buying loads and one was on the phone talking about smashing down bottles of Grey Goose taking an eternity to buy their shit and bugger off out the way. I enjoy a drink as much as the next man but I think it's people that treat it as a personality trait that really get on my tits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted August 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, SuperBacon said: The audacity to have a moan about accents in BIRMINGHAM. Melt. Oh, broad Black Country accents are horrific. I hate going back. Thereâs a really broad bloke from Sandwell in my office and many people tell me âI canât believe youâre from the same areaâ and Mrs raid tells me âIâm so glad you donât sound like him.â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grecian Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, The Maestro said: Alcohol. Not just people being pissed, but more the culture around it. One of the lads in my office goes on and on about it all the time. And not in a way where he's sampling different drinks and new things. Just droning on and on about getting shitfaced off Southern Comfort and Fosters. There were two bellends in the shop yesterday buying loads and one was on the phone talking about smashing down bottles of Grey Goose taking an eternity to buy their shit and bugger off out the way. I enjoy a drink as much as the next man but I think it's people that treat it as a personality trait that really get on my tits. Add craft beers too. One of my mates got married a few years back and his new bro-in-law decided to pay for the booze as his gift. They had an afternoon reception so he'd bought a ton of craft beers and spent the whole time banging on about what a wonderful selection he'd got, the microbreweries he visited, why 'this' beer complimented the colour of someone's tie and pretty much being a pretentious arse. At one point, someone said how nice the bride looked, to which he rolled his eyes and said 'Yes, but what about the beer?' He saw me drinking Diet Coke, told me through gritted teeth how much he respected designated drivers. I told him I wasn't driving and that I'm teetotal, he spent the next twenty minutes telling me I was only teetotal because I'd never tried this beer, tried to force a bottle into my mouth and only stopped when his sister (the bride) told him to stop being such a wanker. I cannot hear the words 'craft beer' or 'microbrewery' without feeling angry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Maestro Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I like a lot of those craft beers but feel like a wanker for doing so. Being a wrestling fan is handy because you learn not to talk too much about things you enjoy to people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted August 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2020 I love beers of many types but âmicrobreweryâ and âcraft beerâ are just a rung down the ladder from Kale, seitan, Almond milk and tofu for making me think about pale little scrotes in khaki shorts insisting theyâre doing something better than the way I do it and/or questioning my moral compass for my preference of food or beverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) My mates being craft beer nonces is one of the main reason I donât really drink anymore. I like the stuff but itâs all the accompanying stuff that goes with it puts me off. The automatic assumption that if itâs available to buy in a supermarket, then it must be shit. Not wanting to go to certain pubs because the beer selection isnât craft enough.  Iâd much rather go to a nice pub with great atmosphere, but serves average bog standard beer than a freezing cold, half empty warehouse on the outskirts of town with tables made out of scaffolding poles and boards that serves 8% IPAs which all taste the same. Edited August 23, 2020 by wordsfromlee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted August 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2020 6 hours ago, air_raid said: Iâm assuming accents needs itâs own thread? Iâll share one of mine. Laaandaan accents have always gone through me like a dentists drill (like a lot of broad accents in fairness) and certain words or phrases sound awful and put me in mind of absolute mouth-breathing simpletons - âmugâ and âmuppetâ sound terrible in a way I might not mind coming out of a Manc or Geordie but the worst being âmeltâ as an insult. Sounds ludicrous compared to just calling someone a twat, seems very popular among Arsenal fans. But the accent itself is usually enough to do the damage. I was on a tram between Villa Park and New Street once with my best mate (a Villa fan) after Villa-Spurs. A Spurs fan got on the phone and nearly word for word his conversation has stayed with me for 15 years. âAlright Lurch! You prat! Ahhhh mate. You fort (sic) Blackburn was bad, this place is âorrible. Is (insert name) there? You prat! Tell him to get a round in! Make it a proper round, not like the ones he gets at the âome games! You prat!â At New Street when he disembarked, approx five very sour-faced Villa fans followed him. I often wonder if they gave him a shoeing. For being such a prat. Way you describe it, sounds like a classic London/Cockney accent - with the changes in economics and culture of the years, that's becoming less a London accent and more an Essex one. I still hear that accent around my local area, but it's increasingly uncommon. The modern London accent is more a fusion of Cockney and Caribbean, and if it isn't in the majority yet, it will be soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted August 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2020 As a craft beer twat I fully agree with hating craft beer twats. There's some snobbery and general wankery in some of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 Real ale twats > Craft ale bells. Remember when Tommyboi discovered Brewdog? He was like Joey in Friends when he pretended he had a Porsche   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 One of the last nails in the coffin of my Facebook account a few years ago were all the twats who had to tell you via the medium of a filtered picture that it was âCava oâclock!â Iâll never see a bottle of the stuff without thinking of those bellends.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted August 23, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 23, 2020 50 minutes ago, Mr_Danger said: One of the last nails in the coffin of my Facebook account a few years ago were all the twats who had to tell you via the medium of a filtered picture that it was âCava oâclock!â Iâll never see a bottle of the stuff without thinking of those bellends. On a similar note, Prosecco now forever makes me shudder at the thought of orange-skinned duck-faced instatwats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathrey Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, air_raid said: Oh, broad Black Country accents are horrific. I hate going back. Thereâs a really broad bloke from Sandwell in my office and many people tell me âI canât believe youâre from the same areaâ and Mrs raid tells me âIâm so glad you donât sound like him.â I moved to Sandwell from Yorkshire about 4 years ago. The accent is awful but gets worse the closer you get to Wolverhampton to my ear. When I first moved here, a guy I worked with had the thickest Black Country accent I've ever heard, I genuinely thought he was speaking Gaelic (or something similar) the first time I heard him conversating with another Black Country-er. I still can't get used to all the slang and all the yam-yam business...... I can't wait to move back up North one day. Edited August 23, 2020 by deathrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted August 24, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted August 24, 2020 7 hours ago, deathrey said: I still can't get used to all the slang and all the yam-yam business...... I can't wait to move back up North one day. The best thing about being here is being away from the âI ay a Brummieâ and âYowâm a yam yamâ gibberish. And nobody says âdayâ instead of âdidnât.â Christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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