English

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

We all seem to share a common bond..."to help make this planet a safer place to live for all".

We all seemed to share the same language "English".

At least that is what I thought LOL

On Thursday past a  United States Air Force C130 "Herc" and two Royal Air Force L1011s landed here.  They had been on some exercise and they were passing through and all broke down.

Well one of my sons being an Airbus driver asked if I wanted to help tour the lads about, give some information on the local museums and area.  
The old girl and I agreed whole hearted.

For three days we toured the local area and many of the young men and women went off to visit Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara Falls...why someone would want to watch water go over a bloody rock I have no idea ...and several other historical spots like Kingston.

We soon realized that some of these young men were quickly running out of cash  and were staying back at the hotels.

Well we decided to get a local school bus and bus about forty British and American lads out to our place for a hot dog and hamburger Bar B Q.  
Me being the chief cook and bottle washer.

The beer, the food, and the bus all supplied free by our local neighbours and friends.
And yes there was even some food and beer left over.

Now the problem, do you think I could understand some of those Yanks and Brits ....I almost needed an interpreter

Good Grief, if they were all speaking Engish then I sure don't  know what I speak.  Words like Yall and Mate and I can't even imagine how to spell half the words the Brits spoke.  They use body language and waved their hands about as well....I sure don't know whether they understood each other or not....the old girl seemed to fit right in though

Well late evening we got them back on their bus and back to their hotels...they seemed happy enough.

Now the problem is I don't know whether I am welcome in the United States of America or Great Britain or not.
I hope it wasn't my cooking because when they all left I still don't know what half of them said. LOL

Cheers....Happy Landings...Doug

[C]

[quote]two Royal Air Force L1011s landed here.

[Fly2e]

Great stuff Doug!

Dave

[ozzy72]

The RAF has its own special language, a combination of slang and cockney Unless you've been in the RAF you've got no chance of understanding it. But if the Brits were addressing you as mate you've made some friends

Mark

Ps. Dave (Fly2e) has mastered the strange form of English after only chatting with me by PM for a couple of years. He'd blend in at a British airshow no problem

[Hagar]

Accents, slang & dialects. My pet subjects. Remind me to give you a crash course in English 'as she is spoke' before you venture over here Doug. Of course, it depends which part of the country you're visiting. I can't understand some of it myself.

PS. Can't understand the youngsters either. I think they speak a completely new language of their own. It's all done deliberately to confuse anyone over 25.

[TSC.]

It's all done deliberately to confuse anyone over 25.

I aint confoosed & i'm firty innit!!

(God I hate it when people speak like that).

TSC.

[legoalex2000]

speaking of which, i saw a program on VH1, snoop dogg ad a language made out of his Fo Shizzle slang.

Ramos

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Well we never really set up a bar per say, what I do is obtain a large keg of Draft Beer from the Brewers Retail and I put it in an outdoor water trough fed from the stream going into the river.  The water is cold all the time and we use a water wheel to do the gardens.  

We do not use the wells for the gardens although we have lots of water.

This way everyone helps themselves to the beer and I provide the plastic glasses as they are recyclable.  We were lucky the Legion paid for the beer and I paid for the deposit on the keg.  The delivery and pick-up is Twenty-Five Dollars and I picked that up.

The local cheese factory supplied a 50 pound block of old old cheese and the grocer supplied the crackers, olives and pickles.
The neighbours supplied salads and hot dogs, hamburgers and buns.  

As you can see it was a bit of a community effort.

What was interesting to watch was our local farm lads give away some of their new ball caps and "T" shirts.
All of the crews got something to take back and wear.

It was interesting to watch them intermingle and some even went swimming off the dock.  To dam cold for me

I think there were a few friendships made and a few e-mail addresses exchanged.

Well I will be glad when you Yanks and Brits learn to speak "Canuck" then I will know what you are talking about LOL

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[legoalex2000]

Well we never really set up a bar per say, what I do is obtain a large keg of Draft Beer from the Brewers Retail and I put it in an outdoor water trough fed from the stream going into the river.  The water is cold all the time and we use a water wheel to do the gardens.  

We do not use the wells for the gardens although we have lots of water.

This way everyone helps themselves to the beer and I provide the plastic glasses as they are recyclable.  We were lucky the Legion paid for the beer and I paid for the deposit on the keg.  The delivery and pick-up is Twenty-Five Dollars and I picked that up.

just have cups floatin down the trough.

Ramos

[TacitBlue]

It sounds like you live in a very freindly place. We had a bunch of German C-130 crews here for training last year, and nothing like this happened. In fact, nobody heard about it until after they had left.

Back to the English thing: It always amazes me that this is supposed to be one language when we sometimes can't understand each other. The other day they were talking to British people on ABC news (about the recent events in London), and they had to have sub-titles. I could understand most of what they were saying, but I can see how some Americans (or other non-Brits) would have a problem with it. Do British news programs do the same thing when talking to Americans?

[Omag 2.0]

Reminds me of that episode of " keeping up appearances" I saw on the BBC... I'm used seeing them with subtitles... But I thought that I knew enough English... all goes fine until Onslow starts speaking! lol!

Seems you had a wonderful time Doug! If I'm ever in Canada, I'll give you a ring... perhaps I can amaze you with my special "moonshine" English-blend ( 80% Oxford English + 15% American English + 5% of Omag's supersecret language ingredient)  ;D  ;D  ;D

Cheers lads, mates and dudes...

Omag

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Well TacitBlue it helps when you are a retired pilot and all your children are pilots.
My one lad is an Airbus Captain so we get to me a lot of folks.
As for the language problem I am just pulling everyones leg, there really was not that big of a problem if you listen.
After a dozen beer or so I can't even understand the old girl and we have been together...oh my goodness time to trade her in LOL

Anytime you can pop over OMAG you will be made welcome

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[ozzy72]

I have to say I enjoy teaching the regional variants of the language. All my students love learning cockney.
If it makes you feel any better the original release of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels has subtitles in it for the non-Londoners

[Hagar]

Back to the English thing: It always amazes me that this is supposed to be one language when we sometimes can't understand each other. The other day they were talking to British people on ABC news (about the recent events in London), and they had to have sub-titles. I could understand most of what they were saying, but I can see how some Americans (or other non-Brits) would have a problem with it. Do British news programs do the same thing when talking to Americans?

No. Most of the younger people talk American or Australian anyway. I blame the amount of imported shows on British TV.

Depends who they were interviewing on that news programme. London is a cosmopolitan city with residents of many different ethnic backgrounds. This leads to rich variations on the language that even I need subtitles to understand. Of course, Cockney rhyming slang was originally used as a code to prevent anyone understanding conversations between the locals.

[Craig.]

Well I will be glad when you Yanks and Brits learn to speak "Canuck" then I will know what you are talking about LOL

shouldn't that be talking aboot, eh?