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By Jessica Thornton in on March 22, 2007 9:40 AM 0 Comments

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  • adi

    this comment on the BBC link is hilarious!

    god bless the scousers



    "I have two accents, my native Scouse and a straight English accent I use when trying to communicate with people who are unfortunate enough not to come from Liverpool. A few years back I was working in Tennessee as an ICT consultant. I generally used my straight English accent which I found attracted a great deal of attention from the fairer sex. On one occasion while sitting talking to a fellow Liverpudlian at a booth in a bar in Nashville, two very pretty young ladies came up to us and asked if we spoke English to which I replied "better than most". They were totally gobsmacked and sat next to us and one said "wow you speak real good English... but what was that other language you where just talking?" For the first time since arriving in the US, we were speechless!"

    John Murphy, Liverpool

  • Stew

    I got 4 words for ya:



    Peeps in the microwave.

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