Strange Question

[JS Sanders]

I have a gig in Cairo this Sunday. 1st trip there.

A Scottish friend has coached me well in speaking with his east coast accent and even offered a specific reply to these situations.

So when young cuties ask me to, "Say something", my reply is, "Lassies get your breeks doon!"

They giggle, ask me to say it again, then are off to get more friends so it can be repeated to them.

No one has ever indicated they comprehended a word.

Slainte yall,
steve

[beowulf67]

[fluter]

I had the worst BBQ across the Ohio River into KY from Cincinnati.

I guess you should have stuck with the five-way chili spaghetts? I'm not sure how properly to spell that... or whether it's possible. ;)

The important question is did they know how to make good sweet tea?

Hmm, you know, I honestly cannot remember. Which probably means "no." I was behind the grill at the cafe that didn't have grits, and I don't recall our serving iced tea at all.

[ThreadBbdr]

You know, language is more hardy AND more fluid than you think. The linguists use root languages to determine both how old a concept is and how far/fast it spread (See Women's Work: the first 20,000 years for a good, deep, but approachable explaination.) On the other hand, there were some young black students/cadets - friends of my son - that I could barely understand when they got to using hiphop slang. That's a change over thousands or tens of thousands of years in one direction and 20 years in the other.

Karla << mind boggles.

[robthehiker]

While honeymooning in Scotland I was constantly being asked "what part of America are you from?". I grew rather tired of saying "actually I'm Canadian" so on the last night when a rather large, rather drunk Scot asked me "what part of America are you from?" I replied ""what part of England are you from?". He turned brick red and thundered "I'm not from England I'm from &$*%&$ Scotland" to which I replied "Well I'm not from America I'm from &$*%&$ Canada". He glowered menacing at me for another second then smiled and replied "guid oan ya " and bought my drink for me.

I wasn't sure if it was going to be the funniest thing I said or the last.

[elitekiltedcommando]

Never been asked if I had an accent. Most peculiar thing to happen to me was when I was attending a play at a friend's school. A rather nice looking female approached me and said she liked my sporran.

As far as accents go, I've been told I have a rather heavy Wisconsin accent. I don't notice it though.

[M_Beorn]

Now there is a question I have never had asked, While in a training meeting last week we had to give a fun or unusaul fact about ourselves. So the only thing that came from me was that I wear kilts to which the first question was " Are You Scottish" followed by "Do You Play The Bagpipes".

I've never been asked about my acccent, but more than once I've been asked if I am scottish or if I play bagpipes. I usually explain that I am wearing the Irish National Tartan (i.e. I'm Irish). One time in an Irish bar, I was asked why I was wearing a kilt and wasn't that a Scottish thing, after a thought, I replied no it's a Celtic thing, which he then agreed.

I've been thinking of good snappy answers to piping, and I haven't used it yet, but I could reply that yes I do play, now ask me if I know how to play well!

[Troy]

When in Britain, I have usually been wearing a khaki photographer's vest (my briefcase), khaki troosers, and a Tilley hat. People have been known to assume I'm an Aussie, until I open my mouth. "Oh! You're a Yank!?!"

I don't know where people get these ideas from: funny, isn't it? I can't remember seeing a fellow Aussie dressed the way you have described.

One thing's for sure, though: if I see a man walking the streets of Sydney wearing moleskin pants, a full-length Driza-bone jacket, and a "Crocodile Dundee" type hat I could bet my last dollar that he's an American!

Back on the subject of kilts...

I often wear my Cornish National 8-yarder to "Scottish" events and can expect to get asked a question along the lines of, "Excuse me, what clan tartan are you wearing? I know most of them, but I don't recognise that one."


Regards,

Troy

[CameronTaylor]

Slainte yall,
steve

That's the funniest thing I've read so far, I'm gonna use that next time I be gittin' ta Tejas.


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