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Old 03-06-2011, 08:52   #11
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I like the SA accent - it's full of interesting colloquialisms and intonation; but it's bloody awful when people do an impression of it, or it's acted out poorly.

It's like hearing American's trying to do a British accent
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Old 07-06-2011, 09:23   #12
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It's like hearing American's trying to do a British accent
Or seeing Englishmen murder English punctuation

Can I be the first (predictably) to say:

DIPL-OM-ATIC IMM-UNI-TY
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Old 07-06-2011, 10:04   #13
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Or seeing Englishmen murder English punctuation

Can I be the first (predictably) to say:

DIPL-OM-ATIC IMM-UNI-TY
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