Random questions to which you seek an answer
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Now can anyone explain how our favourite Belgian has a better written command of the English language than many native UK English speakers?
It has been bugging me for a while now.
Is our education system really that bad?
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Very good Giles!
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I'm just wondering where he picked up the Cockney accent…
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Well, I can't speak to education in the UK, but I know that in the US there is less emphasis on proper writing than one would hope for. I also think that people who study English as a second language are often more careful and precise with their usage, because the desire is there to do it right. The rest of us don't give a fuck if our communication is perfect, because we haven't ever struggled to make ourselves understood in our native language.
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Talking of Cockney, I live in Barnet, which is Cockney rhyming slang for hair (from Barnet Fair). E.g. "Look at his ridiculous Barnet".
Quite (in)appropriate in this context really and I don't have much left myself so I really shouldn't have brought it up. I'll get me coat.
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I've been looking for dye locally, but no shop seems to sell it… So fuck it, ordering this:
Plan is to overdye my IHSH-77... It has this problem going...
Now: how much of this stuff should suffice?.. 200 grams will do or?.. Anyone with some experience with this, please weigh in
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Have used Dylon myself and 200 grams and half a kilo of ordinary kitchen salt (very important as the fabric won't take up the dye otherwise) will work perfect for a shirt/sweater or anything cotton/linnen up to 600 grams worth of fabric …
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I did a second, individual 40c wash after the dying wash to fix the colour of the garment, and then another 40c with an empty machine just to clean it … and I made sure the next wash was one with just black clothing just to be 110% safe
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Cockney rhyming slang.
Butchers Hook = Look
Yeah haha I know thàt G - just wondering where the rhyming comes from…
Being a well bred north Londoner ;), I only use the most common Cockney expressions that have become part of the vernacular in London. I don't have a mockney accent either, so I won't pretend to be an authority on the slang.
I had always assumed the slang and rhyming was developed by East London 'criminals' so that most people didn't know what they were talking about, but Wikipedia offers much more insight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney_rhyming_slang#History
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As I am sure everyone else has, I've hit the point where almost everything I use is being examined for quality, benefit, cost, etc. One bump I have hit is in the personal care department though and I am looking for a line on deodorants and fragrances. Everything I have found thus far either leaves you smelling like a whore or a head shop, and neither really work for me.
