Didn't realize that my typing up a quick post would require a grammar check. Damn you Grammar Nazi's and your efficient way to suck the fun ot of a thread.
C-Kwik wrote:At least this guy is understandable. My girlfriend's cousin's husband is British and noone can understand a word he says. I had never thought I'd need an English to English translator before in my life until I met this guy...He is funny as hell though. Then again, half the time we're laughing cuz we have no idea what he said...
what part of England is he from? You have to understand that there is a vast difference between the Queen's English and Cockny English. The Queen's English is what the standard Englishman speaks and is what our bastardized American English is based off of. Cockny on the other hand is a like Ebonics here in America, it's what the standard Westender and those from Bristol and the ghetto's of London speak.
The best way to see the difference is to watch most anything on BBC America, and then what Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels or any Guy Ritchie film for that matter. Cockney is where what they say is generally a word that rhymes with the word they are saying.
If he is speaking the Queens English then more than likely he may be from one of the northern areas of England which would then mean that he has a mix of the English accent and a thick Scottish Broque going on, in which case, get him drunk and then you should be able to understand him better, or worse depending if he speech speeds up or slows down.
If he is in fact speaking Cockney, then just study up on this site and you should be good to go.
http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/rabbit