What are your unpopular opinions? (Vol. 2)
Discussion
mickythefish said:
e-honda said:
I think we can all agree the only person's opinion that matters is mine
It is interesting the amount of narcissists that have gravitated to the internet for supply nowadays.I am going to assume they are long words meaning whole hearted agreement with me.
Blown2CV said:
bodhi said:
nickfrog said:
Ally McCoist's accent is incomprehensible at times. Good job he doesn't do live TV commentaries.
It isn't really if you're Scottish or have ever lived there. I have worked closely with many people from Scotland and never really struggled.
A lot of stuff on tv at the moment encouraging people to vote. Why? What's so great about a high turnout? I think people should be actively encouraged not to vote. That way, the majority of people who aren't really interested and don't really have much understanding of the issues will be less likely to bother. The people that will ignore the pleas encouraging us not to vote will be those of us who actually care, have a viewpoint, and couldn't care less about being told not to vote, because we're absolutely going to vote.
You'll end up with a turnout of about 20%, but the MP will have been elected by people who understood the issues.
You'll end up with a turnout of about 20%, but the MP will have been elected by people who understood the issues.
nickfrog said:
Not sure. My wife is British, a linguist and we routinely speak to people from different backgrounds whether in the UK or abroad. She agrees that McCoist is incomprehensible at times.
I'm a Londoner and have never had an issue understanding Ally McCoist. Yes, he has a strong Glasgow accent, but he's easily comprehendible. TwigtheWonderkid said:
A lot of stuff on tv at the moment encouraging people to vote. Why? What's so great about a high turnout? I think people should be actively encouraged not to vote. That way, the majority of people who aren't really interested and don't really have much understanding of the issues will be less likely to bother. The people that will ignore the pleas encouraging us not to vote will be those of us who actually care, have a viewpoint, and couldn't care less about being told not to vote, because we're absolutely going to vote.
You'll end up with a turnout of about 20%, but the MP will have been elected by people who understood the issues.
Though you might also encourage those who are more thoughtful about who they might vote for, rather than just those that never even considered the choice and were always going to vote for X.You'll end up with a turnout of about 20%, but the MP will have been elected by people who understood the issues.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
nickfrog said:
Not sure. My wife is British, a linguist and we routinely speak to people from different backgrounds whether in the UK or abroad. She agrees that McCoist is incomprehensible at times.
I'm a Londoner and have never had an issue understanding Ally McCoist. Yes, he has a strong Glasgow accent, but he's easily comprehendible. nickfrog said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
nickfrog said:
Not sure. My wife is British, a linguist and we routinely speak to people from different backgrounds whether in the UK or abroad. She agrees that McCoist is incomprehensible at times.
I'm a Londoner and have never had an issue understanding Ally McCoist. Yes, he has a strong Glasgow accent, but he's easily comprehendible. 
Ali Mcoist is not hard to understand?
nickfrog said:
TwigtheWonderkid said:
nickfrog said:
Not sure. My wife is British, a linguist and we routinely speak to people from different backgrounds whether in the UK or abroad. She agrees that McCoist is incomprehensible at times.
I'm a Londoner and have never had an issue understanding Ally McCoist. Yes, he has a strong Glasgow accent, but he's easily comprehendible. 
e-honda said:
Nethybridge said:
No, voters can be and are thick, but people who desire to be a cog in the machinery of deciding the country's future should have a minimum level of intelligence.
It is known that 25 current UK MPs have never uttered a word in parliament this year, why are they there ?
To listen maybe?It is known that 25 current UK MPs have never uttered a word in parliament this year, why are they there ?
President Merkin said:
I went to universiy in Newcastle, spent four happy years there, it's an amazing city. On my very last night, got chatting to an old boy from Wallsend in a bar & couldn't understand a word he was saying. Divvent dunsh us, wah Geordies.
My elder son married a lass from the North East. Her dad and brother ran a fishing boat out Seahouses catching crabs and lobsters. We were on holiday up there once and by chance ran into them on the dockside while they were unloading a catch. We had a pleasant chat.When I later told my daughter in law about it I said I was really proud of myself that I must be getting better at untangling the local dialect, as I understood everything they were saying. She said, Oh no you didn’t. If you understood them they were putting it on for you. On their own, you wouldn’t have understood a word.
Roofless Toothless said:
My elder son married a lass from the North East. Her dad and brother ran a fishing boat out Seahouses catching crabs and lobsters. We were on holiday up there once and by chance ran into them on the dockside while they were unloading a catch. We had a pleasant chat.
When I later told my daughter in law about it I said I was really proud of myself that I must be getting better at untangling the local dialect, as I understood everything they were saying. She said, Oh no you didn’t. If you understood them they were putting it on for you. On their own, you wouldn’t have understood a word.
Can remember being on a golf course in Portugal with my dad and him having a chat with a father and son, obviously from Sunderland, about football for about 10 minutes, I’m not really much of a football fan so I stood by politely.When I later told my daughter in law about it I said I was really proud of myself that I must be getting better at untangling the local dialect, as I understood everything they were saying. She said, Oh no you didn’t. If you understood them they were putting it on for you. On their own, you wouldn’t have understood a word.
Bearing in mind two of my best mates are from Newcastle and Sunderland, their accents were so deep I didn’t have a f
king clue what they were on about and I was blown away that my Dad actually did.I asked him how on earth he understood them, he said he didn’t; he just picked out the odd footballer name or team amongst the way-aye and rambled about them for a minute or so before letting them carry on
By the time I left, I could easily tell a Mackem from a Geordie. Even over 20 short miles, the difference in accents is detectable. Impenetrable sometimes but still.
My favourite would be middle class people from Gosforth. Lovely sing song lilt to it. You'd think Jesmond would be the same but Heaton & Sandyford keeps a lid on them.
My favourite would be middle class people from Gosforth. Lovely sing song lilt to it. You'd think Jesmond would be the same but Heaton & Sandyford keeps a lid on them.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
I'm a Londoner and have never had an issue understanding Ally McCoist. Yes, he has a strong Glasgow accent, but he's easily comprehendible.
I'm not sure if I'd even say Coisty's accent was particularly strong compared to some you hear round Glasgow. I'm from Dundee and was brought up by parents from Lanarkshire, but even I struggle in Glasgow sometimes, especially if the locals have had a drink. The hardest accent I find to understand though are some from Norn Iron. We had a guy at work from there with a thick accent and the Norn Iron tendancy to mumble a lot - was never any the wiser as to what he'd said.
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