Comments on: When the Boat Comes In http://smashingtelly.com/2009/02/28/when-the-boat-comes-in/ A hand picked TV channel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:10:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: dean morris http://smashingtelly.com/2009/02/28/when-the-boat-comes-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 dean morris Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:15:01 +0000 http://smashingtelly.com/?p=816#comment-2058 i'm told part of my family is from n-u-t, but i don't know which part. my mom is from the new york finger lakes, and my dad is from st catharines ont. and rochester ny. i grew up 100 miles north of detroit and currently live in nyc. no wonder nobody thinks i sound like them. i’m told part of my family is from n-u-t, but i don’t know which part. my mom is from the new york finger lakes, and my dad is from st catharines ont. and rochester ny. i grew up 100 miles north of detroit and currently live in nyc. no wonder nobody thinks i sound like them.

]]> By: admin http://smashingtelly.com/2009/02/28/when-the-boat-comes-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2044 admin Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:33:48 +0000 http://smashingtelly.com/?p=816#comment-2044 Hmm - your hunter gatherer blog is very good. I'm going to pilfer stuff from it. Hmm – your hunter gatherer blog is very good. I’m going to pilfer stuff from it.

]]> By: hntrnyc http://smashingtelly.com/2009/02/28/when-the-boat-comes-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 hntrnyc Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:55:41 +0000 http://smashingtelly.com/?p=816#comment-2042 Hello and thank you for this exquisite piece of esoterica. I came upon your site a few weeks ago via another site that had linked to one of your posts and return back daily to see what else you have posted. It is a great comfort to know that there is very intelligent life out there among the glut of worthless drivel that predominates the web. Cheers. Hello and thank you for this exquisite piece of esoterica. I came upon your site a few weeks ago via another site that had linked to one of your posts and return back daily to see what else you have posted. It is a great comfort to know that there is very intelligent life out there among the glut of worthless drivel that predominates the web.
Cheers.

]]> By: Anon http://smashingtelly.com/2009/02/28/when-the-boat-comes-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2041 Anon Mon, 02 Mar 2009 00:27:02 +0000 http://smashingtelly.com/?p=816#comment-2041 I grew up down the river from Newcastle and see my (insanely mild compared to that video) accent as a bit of a curse - anyone south of Middlesbrough struggles to understand certain pronunciation quirks, and you can forget people who dont speak English as a first language grasping it- Northern Europeans aside. I've heard people say that it sounds rather german, and that we share a few words- though i'm sufficiently homogonised by the internet to not actually know any geordie slang beyond 'howay' and 'why aye' I grew up down the river from Newcastle and see my (insanely mild compared to that video) accent as a bit of a curse – anyone south of Middlesbrough struggles to understand certain pronunciation quirks, and you can forget people who dont speak English as a first language grasping it- Northern Europeans aside.

I’ve heard people say that it sounds rather german, and that we share a few words- though i’m sufficiently homogonised by the internet to not actually know any geordie slang beyond ‘howay’ and ‘why aye’

]]> By: Tomm Matthis http://smashingtelly.com/2009/02/28/when-the-boat-comes-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2039 Tomm Matthis Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:20:12 +0000 http://smashingtelly.com/?p=816#comment-2039 Here's a pint o' broon for ya! Here’s a pint o’ broon for ya!

]]> By: Dan Hesketh http://smashingtelly.com/2009/02/28/when-the-boat-comes-in/comment-page-1/#comment-2038 Dan Hesketh Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:25:29 +0000 http://smashingtelly.com/?p=816#comment-2038 As the son of a Geordie, a graduate of Newcastle University and someone who now lives in Oslo and speaks Norwegian, I can confirm that this is indeed a blend of all the things mentioned and is indeed phenomenally strange. As the son of a Geordie, a graduate of Newcastle University and someone who now lives in Oslo and speaks Norwegian, I can confirm that this is indeed a blend of all the things mentioned and is indeed phenomenally strange.

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