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02-12-2009, 11:36 AM | #1 |
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For the brits
Reminded me of this series of comics. Just keep clicking for the next day until you see the last of mac.
For background: Rob is the owner, Bucky is a badly behaved cat, and Manx is a breed of cat.
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02-12-2009, 12:39 PM | #2 |
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*clears throat*
is this ONLY for the brits or can anyone look?
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02-12-2009, 01:05 PM | #3 |
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Maybe I should have said, "For the Brits, Britophiles, and others interested in Manc/Brit speak."
Sure. Dive in.
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02-12-2009, 01:11 PM | #4 |
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Just discovered Manc is a term of derision. Learn something new every day.
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02-12-2009, 01:57 PM | #5 |
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In Bridget Jones Diary, after one of her friends gives birth she says her husband is upset "with everything so manky down there..."
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
02-12-2009, 03:18 PM | #6 |
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I'd just like to point out that 'manc' and 'manky' are not the same thing :P
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02-12-2009, 03:48 PM | #7 |
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As in "The Mancunian Candidate"?
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02-12-2009, 09:03 PM | #8 | |
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Quote:
and Manx is something else entirely
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02-12-2009, 03:31 PM | #9 |
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Re the OP - the English cat appeared to be cockney. No cockney would pronounce Bucky as Booky. A cat with a broad Yorkshire accent might, as long as the oo is pronounced as in book and not as in soon.
Made me smile though. Because of course I understood it all and was delighted to think it might appear an inpenetrable code to other people.
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02-12-2009, 06:00 PM | #10 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Mancunian = someone from Manchester
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02-13-2009, 04:41 AM | #11 |
We have to go back, Kate!
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Yes indeed.
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02-13-2009, 11:31 AM | #12 |
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It's beter than that.
read on a bit he's supposed to be a Scouser Which is probably why he incorrectly uses Bakers Dozen and Bevvy. If you flick through the comics he just stops appearing after a week, then theres a smash and grab on somebodies piggy bank, unintended humor |
02-13-2009, 11:48 AM | #13 |
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is that supposed to be a humerous cartoon? It's bloody awful. And not just because of the repeated butchering of the phrase 'have a Butcher's". And his hair's all wrong for a scouser too. But I like the piggy bank bit
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02-14-2009, 03:21 AM | #14 |
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I agree, it's the one comic in the paper I skip.
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02-13-2009, 11:49 AM | #15 |
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You guys got, like, a whole other language.
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