Are they takin' the piss?

[andym]

I've been trying to find some curtains for the last couple of days.

On my travels I've gone into a couple of charity shops, also a few other large stores that should stock them but I couldn't find where... anyway.... the conversation usually goes a bit like this:

me 'hi could you tell me where to find the curtains please'
them 'cottons?'
me 'no curtains'
them 'we don't sell cottons you want to tr...'
me 'curtains... you know things to cover windows'
them 'oh curtains... sorry... yes right over here'
or them 'you have to try....'

Maybe it's just the way I pronounce it with a Scottish accent, being in Wales and all.... but I've said it over and over again and I pronounce it 'currtins' but they pronounce it 'coutins'.

Should I just make up a sign that says 'point me to the curtains please... twat'

[The Artist]

Probably your accent.

I don't think anyone has ever confused cottons with curtains.

[andym]

but I've dulled my accent down as much as I can.... I've even dropped rolling my R's

[The Artist]

perhaps you can record your voice and upload to show us.

[andym]

think Rab C Nesbitt without the 'I will tell you this boy'

[Gazz]

Fuck them.

Its obviously a problem with THEIR hearing. I can assure you that there will be nothing wrong with YOUR accent.

[Gazz]

On a serious note. The Welsh do have a problem with our accents.

I remember years ago I was in Wales and I asked someone for directions to the next town and he thought I was Spanish .

I said something along the lines of 'See that town along the road there....', and the only part he understood was the 'See' part and after some confusion he said that he thought I was speaking Spanish.

[andym]

I have to admit when I was driving buses some of the foreign locals would tell me to 'fuck off back to Ireland' a lot... mind you some of the foreign locals mistook me for English/Welsh and Irish... most of the time I had to point out it was Scottish they were looking for and they were still getting off the bus

[Skudd]

[Harold_Shand]

Have you ever tried asking for a purple burglar alarm?
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[gray84]

????? Sorry I can't understand you mate. Can you type a bit slower?
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[andym]

No but I've tried saying I could murrrrrrrrrrrderrrrrrrr a burrrrrrrrrgerrrrrrrrr, with extra gurrrrrrrrrrrrrkin.... and served in a purrrrrrrrrrrrple box

[Easter Bunny]

Why dont you ask for Drapes?

I love a nice seedless drape
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[angryjonny]

My girlfriends a geordie. I loved it when she was choosing a bike recently.

"I kwayte layke the Kawasakky"

[Bubbs]

[Redoko]

A man buying curtains?

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[andym]

ah the ol' farnsworth.... couldnt' have said it better myself

[Martay]

Working in a garage on night shift, i had a scottish (or welsh, or irish, i cant tell the difference) woman come up asking for a bottle of cork. I was soo confused, but after she repeated it 3 or 4 hundred times i realised it was Coke she was after! I felt a plonker
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[Easter Bunny]

[Tenko]

Sounds like pure NI to me - think Ian Paisley...

[garth]

Four Candles?

[andym]

ah now the fowkandles doesn't work for me.....

it would something along the lines of 'geez a coula connles ya cun' ur ah'll chib ye' but more said as one word than a sentence

[stinkwheel]

[andym]

yes I have stinkwheel... I usually pronounce it 'wan a' thame'

[andym]

hang on a minute... how old is that photo? 45p last time I seen one of them in the shop