July 8th, 2009, 11:15 PM
|
#10 (permalink)
|
| Rully like, inappropriate
Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Long Beach, CA
Posts: 3,187
| Butch, ol' buddy, you are right on the cutting edge, you are so close to it!  Quote: |
Originally Posted by butch81385
BTW, I miss Yorkshire. And I met plenty of people there that spoke English that was harder to understand than Chinese...
| Yeah, so true. I've been to Maui, Hawaii a bunch of times, and I like to frequent the places where the haoles (white tourists) don't go.
The natives speak a form of pidgin English that I can barely comprehend. But I like to work on it. 
Example:
English: "Tell me about it".
Samoan/Hawaiian: "Talk story" (barked REALLY fast) 
Fascinating! 
__________________
The name "Knothead" on a post is your assurance of a quality post, carefully half-baked using only the finest ingredients!
|
|  |