Banderas was impressing me. I knew he'd come to the US not speaking English at all, but I didn't realize he'd gotten his first movie role before he learned it!
He's just that pretty.
That's beautiful. Or taken literally, incredibly gross.
Buffy ,'Potential'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Dec 11, 2011 5:06:47 pm PST #11031 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
shrift - Dec 11, 2011 5:08:46 pm PST #11032 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
If you don't know they refer to Liverpool, Newcastle, and that wee bit of London, you'd have no idea.
I've known what a Geordie accent sounds like for a while due to all the British television I watch, but it wasn't until just the other day that I put it together with Newcastle while watching an old Graham Norton episode with Diddy, Vince Vaughn, and Sarah Millican.
DebetEsse - Dec 11, 2011 5:11:21 pm PST #11033 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Hoosier accents vary significantly depending on what part of the state you're from, so I'm going to say, "no" on that one.
Cashmere - Dec 11, 2011 5:12:47 pm PST #11034 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Hoosier accents vary significantly depending on what part of the state you're from, so I'm going to say, "no" on that one.
Walking, talking, proof of that one.
Jesse - Dec 11, 2011 5:14:30 pm PST #11035 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
We don't even have that many regional (or whatever) nicknames that don't connect to the place name -- Hoosiers, what else? Not Massholes, obviously.
Amy - Dec 11, 2011 5:16:18 pm PST #11036 of 30001
Because books.
Cajun doesn't refer specifically to the region it's from.
shrift - Dec 11, 2011 5:17:29 pm PST #11037 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Yooper? (Except obviously that ties back to the place name. Er.)
Hil R. - Dec 11, 2011 5:19:09 pm PST #11038 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
New Orleans has the Yat accent, but I don't think many people outside Louisiana know what that is.
We don't even have that many regional (or whatever) nicknames that don't connect to the place name -- Hoosiers, what else? Not Massholes, obviously.
Downeaster, sort of.
Calli - Dec 11, 2011 5:20:53 pm PST #11039 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Matt, I'm sorry for your loss. Much peace to you and Beth.
Hil R. - Dec 11, 2011 5:21:02 pm PST #11040 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I remember researching something or other and finding out that, in the early 1800s, New York City newspapers would have a lot of jokes about stupid New England farmers, and the stereotypical farmer's name was Jonathan, to the point where some of the jokes just started with "Jonathan came to the store" or something and they'd expect everyone to know what they meant.