We are British and we are always correct
That's why we don't have to learn other languages, and we cross the language barrier by the use of shouting in English so that johnny foreigner can understand.
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience,
Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:33,
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shouting S L O W L Y in english
always worked for me
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oneofthemany,
Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:35,
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I don't want any of this foreign muck
get me egg and chips...
E G G A N D C H I P S
bloody work shy mumble mumble
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Prof UnderCover evitable,
Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:37,
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And wildly
gesticulating
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fak,
Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:39,
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Shouting slowly
if they really don't get it.
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HP hasn't been here in aaaaaages,
Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:35,
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and pronouncing it in their accent
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Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa.,
Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:37,
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hehehehe
I once met a French couple who found it easier to understand us if we talked with 'Allo 'Allo accents. Was most amusing for us all.
Edit/ then they went and bloody beat us at Scrabble - in English. Fucking cheek.
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MizEmma,
Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:39,
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That's correct as they don't understand fast words
Caaaaannnnnn yoooooouuuuuuu (point to foreigner) speaaaakkkkiiieee (make mouthy movement with hand) daaaaa Eeeenglish?
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maiden is filmed before a live studio audience,
Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:38,
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Hahaha
I have hung my head in shame whilst abroad seeing other tourists doing that.
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Samsonite,
Mon 10 Nov 2003, 14:41,
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