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post #1 of 24
8/1/10 at 7:55pm
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Do so in a dialect or accent!

Please, we get so bored here in the USA hearing the talking heads on TV from The President to news commentators speaking only the blandest mainstream of General American English.

(It gets to the point we hope something newsworthy happens in The Ozarks or The Bayou, just so we can hear some of the locals for a change)

Geez! The melting pot has melted some of our richest dialects via television

So, please post something useful:
How to crochet, grow marijuana, join the F.B.I, or get a proper shave--

Anything you like
But let's hear in a dialect or accent

I'll get the ball rolling with some instruction of a 19th century English art form:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6tr5...eature=related


Your Turn.

Cheers,
Mario
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post #2 of 24
8/1/10 at 9:32pm
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... or get a proper shave.

As first, I thought you'd written; 'get a proper slave'.
God knows, that I could use one or two more of those
on my estate, but they are so darn hard to get a hold
on these days ... one wonders!
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post #3 of 24
8/1/10 at 10:10pm
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As first, I thought you'd written; 'get a proper slave'.

That got me in hysterics, Duckie ! *LOL* *LOL*


OK- a bit of yoga sound stuff - bhakti yoga -with the great Russill Paul ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Tmp4bSOrw
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post #4 of 24
8/3/10 at 6:58am
Kill two birds with one stone.
How to do accents, with the amazing Amy Walker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k
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post #5 of 24
8/4/10 at 6:58pm
The lovely Eddi Reader, with her gentle Scots burr, sings a Robbie Burns song.
The glasses push this into the irresistible category...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXH9DVS76yM
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post #6 of 24
8/5/10 at 7:51am
Until something more serious occurs to me...
How to make a great entrance to a room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okjOzLfshao
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post #7 of 24
8/7/10 at 8:16pm
How to "address the haggis" at a Robbie Burns feast. Helpful subtitles for the Scots-impaired.
I need a wee dram...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kzYaIphbzU
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post #8 of 24
8/8/10 at 3:17pm
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HOW TO TIE A WINDSOR

1. Break into Buckingham Palace
2. Kidnap a member of The Royal Family
3. Tie him up and take him to Australia
4. Issue a demand for a billion pounds

Otherwise

5. You'll make him watch not only this but countless other clips with an even stronger Aussie accent, AND you'll force him wear plaid to match this tie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1oKs...eature=channel

Truly a diabolical plan worthy of Dr. Evil.
Say, does anyone around here dress like Austin Powers?
Now THAT was understated class


Cheers,

Mario
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post #9 of 24
8/8/10 at 7:46pm
I liked that one, Mario.
I do the Half Windsor, seems easier and (like countless guys) it is what my dad taught me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKyOqyF7nBk

That seemed like a fairly mild Aussie accent.
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post #10 of 24
8/8/10 at 7:49pm
The one, the only, Dylan Thomas.
How to read a brilliant poem. Gentle Welsh accent...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyWiE1vNSxU
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post #11 of 24
8/9/10 at 7:44pm
Here's a charming scene from Henry IV pt. 1, which I'm currently watching.
A lovely song in Welsh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib6QgZkooEY
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post #12 of 24
8/23/10 at 12:01am
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How to win the lottery (sure)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLOuP...eature=related

Is this a Brooklyn or New Jersey accent? Or is this guy Joe Pesci in disguise?

It is rather annoying after Welsh, isn't it?
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post #13 of 24
8/27/10 at 1:12pm
Hey Mario, I'll check this when I get back, I'm currently in London in merrie olde England. Cheers, ody.
PS, was in Wales too.
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post #14 of 24
8/27/10 at 1:35pm
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post #15 of 24
8/30/10 at 8:40pm
I enjoyed the Ethiopian food blurb.
And yootoob pulled the plug on Mario's contribution...
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post #16 of 24
9/1/10 at 12:49am
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Confound it! And i was going to ask everyone what new fragrances they were going to buy with their millions.
Curse you, YouTube!

Apropos of which: I'm not certain what she's teaching. How to sing from the heart? How to sing with the love of home in your heart?

However it must be profound because I can't understand one freakin' word she's saying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7N5QztzRvQ

But i understand every word she says when she sings
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post #17 of 24
9/1/10 at 5:57am
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Apply only you accident to make Engrish help in time stresser.

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post #18 of 24
9/1/10 at 6:16pm
Here's Hayley singing in Maori, with English subtitles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GXua6gD4Hc&feature=fvst
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post #19 of 24
9/1/10 at 9:02pm
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Apply only you accident to make Engrish help in time stresser.


It looks like someone learned:


Why do I like that stuff so much?
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post #20 of 24
9/5/10 at 2:12am
If you're into gardening, perennials etc, try Jerry Baker's Perennial books, I've had his one Perennials book for over 17 yrs now, I am always referring to it, one thing good about it is you don't need to spend a lot of money on the expensive fertilizers, pest sprays etc, you use things like plain old cheap shampoo (remember Octaogon) use tobacco juice ( I know it sounds horrible but...tobacco is in many of the store items) cheap beer and cheap dishliquid (no degreaser kinds) whiskey, vodka, I mix up a quart of parts of Octagon, Listerine mouth wash (original), tobacco juice, put this in a handheld sprayer you attach your hose to and spray, peroxide is used depending on what's bothering a plant ( I think the milky spore).

LOL Hillaire you wanted something new, I'm a person who likes my hands in the dirt, must be why I like Patchouli
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post #21 of 24
9/6/10 at 6:31am
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I use things like plain old cheap shampoo (remember Octaogon) use tobacco juice ( I know it sounds horrible but...tobacco is in many of the store items) cheap beer and cheap dishliquid (no degreaser kinds) whiskey, vodka, I mix up a quart of parts of Octagon, Listerine mouth wash (original), tobacco juice, put this in a handheld sprayer you attach your hose to and spray, peroxide is used depending on what's bothering a plant ( I think the milky spore).


Axe is going to sue you for product infringement..
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post #22 of 24
9/6/10 at 8:59am
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axe is going to sue you for product infringement..

Hilarious!
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post #23 of 24
9/26/10 at 3:42pm
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One Swiss and one Austrian speaking ( in what's left of a regional German accent) on the meaning of life, or a life with meaning . . .

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wop91_Gvwos&NR=1 . . .

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EIxGrIc_6g

Pax,

Mario
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post #24 of 24
9/26/10 at 6:43pm
Mario! You are bringing GIANTS (well, at least in my mind) to the table. Jung. Mein Gott! Incredible that we can see him speak. And dear Viktor Frankl explaining logotherapy. BTW, those are some pretty Hollywood glasses he's wearing!
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