"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
I’m pretty good at understanding thick accents (a consequence of childhood and job choices) but there are two I can’t make heads or tails of. One is Scots and the other is Kiwi.
Closed captions turned off. I wonder why?
ReplyDeleteA bit of old-school clever advertising.
ReplyDeleteWish there were closed captions. Couldn't understand a word the ladies were saying. Another reason I'm glad my ancestors left Scotland.
ReplyDeleteMaybe your ancestors didn't understand it either!
DeleteI’m pretty good at understanding thick accents (a consequence of childhood and job choices) but there are two I can’t make heads or tails of. One is Scots and the other is Kiwi.
ReplyDeleteThe Scottish brogue is, indeed, almost impenetrable to the American ear.
ReplyDelete...but dinna fash yersel'.
DeleteI understood about 1 word in 3 .... .... most of the time.
DeleteI figure the closed caption ai had a nervous breakdown.
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