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Isn't that the financing company that owns istock?
I thought for a minute there this was anti-semitic, until I remembered that North Americans pronounce 'Dewey' as 'Do we'.
Quote from: rubyroo on December 15, 2010, 18:52I thought for a minute there this was anti-semitic, until I remembered that North Americans pronounce 'Dewey' as 'Do we'. And, how else could you even pronounce Dewey, especially in a way that is anti-semetic?Signed by : clueless in North America.
Oh, if it was lost on you, Sue, I'm guessing that we had a lot more stupid and unfunny racist jokes South of the border in the 70's than you did up in Scotland.
But I'm also always intrigued by the misunderstandings that can occur from something like a very slight difference in pronunciation.
Oh hang on... I'm trying to think with a Scottish accent now... your 'o's are quite long. You would have to think of the 'o' in Potter as very short, and the 'augh' in daughter as a very long awwwwwww sound, to get the non-rhyming version.
...or James West from Alamy. Lots of short 'o's here for comparison:http://www.alamy.com/Blog/contributor/archive/2010/04/23/4813.aspx
BTW Sue... I'm off to bed, but thought I'd leave you with this... I wonder if you had the advert up in Scotland where an American lady from the Southern states pronounces Worcestershire Sauce as 'Wer-chester-shyer sauce'? What a mouthful! Pretty complex, no?@ PixelBitch...
Perhaps they are represented by the legal firm of Sue, Grabbit and Runne.
Do we cheat'em and how.Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.Jokes just aren't funny when you have to explain them.
Ooooohhhhhh.... That took a while... But if your natural language is not English these things are hard to understand.
At least there's an excuse... Scottish Gaelic
@ Sue - I'm the same with adverts... I did something similar over an ad not so long ago... The Worcestershire sauce ad was around many years ago. Not sure if the pronunciation was common in the Southern States or peculiar to that woman. It seemed quite a struggle for her to say it, and I wished I could make it easier for her by climbing into the telly and saying 'It's pronounced Woostersheer' - so much easier!
@ Lisa - Glad you've been enjoying this I mentioned the TARDIS because, based on my original mis-reading (or mis-hearing) of the joke, I was trying to figure out how a joke that seemed to come from the 70's somehow time-travelled into 2010.
@ RacePhoto - that's the thing about Cornwall too... a lot of the place names seem most akin to Welsh. I've never quite figured out the historic journey of Cornish lingo - but it's clearly heavily influenced by the Celts.
You're right Lisa, very educational! Maybe when this Yankee gets to Ireland/Scotland I won't sound like such a corky American!
Quote from: Blufish on December 16, 2010, 18:07You're right Lisa, very educational! Maybe when this Yankee gets to Ireland/Scotland I won't sound like such a corky American! Oh yes, you will!
It was none of those things and sorry to confuse anyone over the scam. It was simply something I heard on the Click and Clack Show; a Public Radio Series with two very funny guys who give automobile repair advice. They were talking about starting a car repair business called ...Do we cheat'em and how.Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.Jokes just aren't funny when you have to explain them.
@JBarber - now I'm lost. Horseshoe Road Inn? Apologies for my ignorance.
Quote from: rubyroo on December 17, 2010, 04:44@JBarber - now I'm lost. Horseshoe Road Inn? Apologies for my ignorance.Horse you rode in