There was a brill thing on R4 (Americana) last night about Tangier island in North America

where the inhabitants, because of their relative isolation over the last couple of hundred years, are thought to speak almost Elizabethan English.

Posted By: malkybarkid on February 21st 2011 at 14:49:14

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Bollocks (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Feb 21, 14:39:26
- Wrorth, to rhyme with north (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 21, 14:50:56
  - No, that's just wrong (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 21, 14:53:06
    - Whoorsh (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 21, 14:53:36
      - Yeah, I know :-( (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 21, 14:56:17
  - wtf? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 21, 14:52:07
    - He's jorking (n/m) (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 21, 14:53:13
      - No I'm not (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Feb 21, 14:58:38
      - ah, I was still reeling from so many roth types (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 21, 14:56:41
        
        the strange thing is (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 21, 15:03:53
      - Ah (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 21, 14:53:44
    - OG is Lloyd Grossman (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 21, 14:52:49
- c.f. Kingsley Amis (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 21, 14:50:13
- roth! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 21, 14:40:42
  - Of course, how can there be any dispute. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 21, 14:45:15
  - I say rath (General Chat) - NiftyFiftyCity, Feb 21, 14:43:50
    - same here (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 21, 14:45:19
      - Roth of the Barclay (General Chat) - NiftyFiftyCity, Feb 21, 14:47:26
      - Rath??? as in rat with a "th" instead of a "t"?? That's weird, that is. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 21, 14:47:00
        
        No, as in Wrath (n/m) (General Chat) - NiftyFiftyCity, Feb 21, 14:48:03
        
        yeah, as in Grapes of Wrath (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 21, 14:51:14
        
        Which is "Roth" (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 21, 14:51:45
        
        yep (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 21, 14:53:17
        
        Yes. I still can't imagine in my head how else this lot could say it. (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 21, 14:54:46
        
        it's how simpletons talk (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 21, 14:57:26
        
        haha brillers reply (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 21, 14:49:12
      - the queen would not be amused (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 21, 14:46:00
        
        the queen can go fuck herself (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 21, 14:46:47
        
        crikey ! (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Feb 21, 14:57:24
        
        that's treason (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 21, 14:47:47
        
        ... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Feb 21, 14:48:55
  - get in!!!!!!!!!!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 21, 14:41:29
    - Who says Wraaaaaaaaaath? People who say "parster" no doubt (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Feb 21, 14:42:41
      - There was a brill thing on R4 (Americana) last night about Tangier island in North America (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Feb 21, 14:49:14
        
        Forsooth? (General Chat) - yarmyyarmy, Feb 21, 14:51:22
        
        Cheers - gonna see if that's on iPLayer... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Feb 21, 14:50:09
        
        haregoo (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Feb 21, 14:52:21
      - Nope, people who say Dayta and pasty (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Feb 21, 14:45:54
    - I feel sick. (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Feb 21, 14:42:07
      - raff is already a word (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 21, 14:43:43
- That's how I say it, doesn't everyone? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Feb 21, 14:40:35
  - no, no they don't (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 21, 14:41:53

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