Friday humour

Kittyfrisk · October 2023

^ More possibly that southerners are simply deaf to how others perceive their noise.
Ask Dick Van Dyke...

Kidding :-D

Kittyfrisk · October 2023

Lou Reed Street ( just narrow your eyes/squint slightly)

https://twitter.com/bodrum3535/status/1709556882568851694

Sporky · October 2023

In Berlin?

stufisher · October 2023

I think that's cool as feq ... I wonder how many other streets or buildings there are out there that conjure an image of famous musician

Adey · October 2023

Is that real? I always think they are photo-shopped.

AK99 · October 2023

proggy said:
Why do northerners think Londoners pronounce London as Landon?

Not just Northerners proggy - unless Norn-Iron stock counts as well

Emp_Fab · October 2023

proggy said:

AK99 said:

Stratavarious said:

Knock Knock

Who’s there?

Control Freak

Con…
This is where you say Control Freak who?

Whilst we're on the genre..

Knock Knock

Who's; there ?

MIB It's a big horse

MIB It's a big horse who ?

(altegevver now..)

MIB ... it's a big-horse .. I'm a Lan-dun-ah..
That I luv Lan-dun Tahn...

Why do northerners think Londoners pronounce London as Landon?
Do they all have hearing difficulties?

Because they do! Well, some do. I think it's more an East end kind of thing. I'm from North London and although it wasn't prevalent near me, I heard it a lot from visitors from other parts of town.

I can only speak for what it was like in the 60's & 70's though. I imagine London is so multicultural these days that there is no "London" accent anymore.

Kebabkid · October 2023

NothingOnTheTele · October 2023

Adey said:

Is that real? I always think they are photo-shopped.

They're made using AI.

Winny_Pooh · October 2023

Philly_Q · October 2023

Emp_Fab said:
I can only speak for what it was like in the 60's & 70's though. I imagine London is so multicultural these days that there is no "London" accent anymore.

Yes, it's a city of many accents, and many languages. I guess I still have a notion of an East London accent, and a South London accent - although they've evolved from what they'd have been a few decades ago - but I'd have no idea what North or West London accents would sound like, if they exist.

proggy · October 2023

Emp_Fab said:

proggy said:

AK99 said:

Stratavarious said:

Knock Knock

Who’s there?

Control Freak

Con…
This is where you say Control Freak who?

Whilst we're on the genre..

Knock Knock

Who's; there ?

MIB It's a big horse

MIB It's a big horse who ?

(altegevver now..)

MIB ... it's a big-horse .. I'm a Lan-dun-ah..
That I luv Lan-dun Tahn...

Why do northerners think Londoners pronounce London as Landon?
Do they all have hearing difficulties?

Because they do! Well, some do. I think it's more an East end kind of thing. I'm from North London and although it wasn't prevalent near me, I heard it a lot from visitors from other parts of town.

I can only speak for what it was like in the 60's & 70's though. I imagine London is so multicultural these days that there is no "London" accent anymore.

I'm a Londoner, born and bred and have never lived, or even worked outside of London.
I have never heard another Londoner (north, south, east or west) pronounce London as Landon. The only time I've ever heard anyone say Landon is when non-Londoners, mainly northerners, are taking the piss out of the accent. And I've heard that hundreds of times.

boogieman · October 2023

Philly_Q said:

Emp_Fab said:
I can only speak for what it was like in the 60's & 70's though. I imagine London is so multicultural these days that there is no "London" accent anymore.

Yes, it's a city of many accents, and many languages. I guess I still have a notion of an East London accent, and a South London accent - although they've evolved from what they'd have been a few decades ago - but I'd have no idea what North or West London accents would sound like, if they exist.

I’m originally from NW London, my first wife was a West London girl. There definitely is a difference in the accents but it’s very subtle.

Stratavarious · October 2023

Don’t take advice on accents from people who cannot pronounce ‘Castle’, ‘Book’ or ‘Curry’ correctly.

Snags · October 2023

proggy said:

Emp_Fab said:

proggy said:

AK99 said:

Stratavarious said:

Knock Knock

Who’s there?

Control Freak

Con…
This is where you say Control Freak who?

Whilst we're on the genre..

Knock Knock

Who's; there ?

MIB It's a big horse

MIB It's a big horse who ?

(altegevver now..)

MIB ... it's a big-horse .. I'm a Lan-dun-ah..
That I luv Lan-dun Tahn...

Why do northerners think Londoners pronounce London as Landon?
Do they all have hearing difficulties?

Because they do! Well, some do. I think it's more an East end kind of thing. I'm from North London and although it wasn't prevalent near me, I heard it a lot from visitors from other parts of town.

I can only speak for what it was like in the 60's & 70's though. I imagine London is so multicultural these days that there is no "London" accent anymore.

I'm a Londoner, born and bred and have never lived, or even worked outside of London.
I have never heard another Londoner (north, south, east or west) pronounce London as Landon. The only time I've ever heard anyone say Landon is when non-Londoners, mainly northerners, are taking the piss out of the accent. And I've heard that hundreds of times.

I've lived a few miles north of the M25 for most of my life. I have heard "Larndan" more than "Landon", in much the same way you might put on a generic Southern Yob accent and go "I'll av a pint of laaaarrrrrger, mate". But I have heard it. Mostly from people with fairly strong working class Essex/Harlow/Stevenage or north/northeast London accents. It's hardly ubiquitous though.

Kittyfrisk · October 2023

As @sev112 put it on the 13th Oct.

"The Friday Humour thread is my little bit of pleasure to look forward to during the week - I don’t read it until Friday. Seeing the post count going up makes me think that I am going into a conucopia / compendium of all sorts of humour. I don’t even mind the limericks .

But can we have a separate thread please “Comments on the Humour Thread” where the moaners and point scorers can go, and leave the jokes to a thread on their own please ? "

And as he was, I'm aware of the irony in posting this...

Stratavarious · October 2023

I didn’t fart in front of my wife until we got married.

The congregation wasn’t too impressed.

Sassafras · October 2023

We should rename this thread "Friday Pedantry".

DannyP · October 2023

Sassafras said:

We should rename this thread "Friday Pedantry".

I think you'll find it's Thursday.

bloodandtears · October 2023

DannyP said:

Sassafras said:

We should rename this thread "Friday Pedantry".

I think you'll find it's Thursday.

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